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Adult Dentistry & Dental Care

Do you or someone you know have problems with bad breath, a broken tooth or teeth, crooked teeth, tarter build up, or are concerned with how your teeth look when you smile? Your dental health can affect the health of the rest of your body and it is therefore important to take care of your teeth and have a dental checkup at least once a year.

The following are adult dentistry procedures routinely done by our dentist and hygienists at our Leesburg dental practice:

• Dental cleanings
• Bitewing x-rays
• Panoramic films
• Scaling and rootplaning (gum disease procedures)
• Porcelain and gold inlays
• Porcelain and gold onlays
• Porcelain crowns
• All gold crowns
• Removable partials and dentures

Dr. Kokel also performs dental implants and uses many different brands such as:

• BioMet 3i
• Zimmer implants
• BioNobel care

As a dentist who wants to give her patients the best possible care and diagnosis, Dr. Kokel uses the following:

• Vizilite oral cancer screenings
• Brush biopsies through CDX
• Er Yag dental laser

We also offer cosmetic dental procedures for a whiter smile such as:

• Porcelain veneers
• Lumineers
• Aesthetic tooth whitening (a form of bleaching)
• Bonding techniques for broken teeth, split teeth or gaps in teeth (diastemas)

Children’s Pediatric Dental Care

For children, our dentist and hygienists offer the following pediatric dentistry for primary (baby) or permanent teeth:

• Stainless steel crowns
• Pulpotomies
• Sealants
• Digital x-rays
• Laser dentistry to remove tooth decay or cavities
• Space maintainers
• Limited oral surgery
• Limited tooth extractions of deciduous teeth

Educational Dental Topics

Dr. Deidra Kokel and the staff of her family dental practice in Leesburg, Virginia have a mission to inform patients about important dental topics including, but not limited to:

Abrasion Abfractions Amalgam (silver fillings) Anesthesia Attrition Erosion Your bite Bone loss (periodontal disease) Braces Bridgework Bruxism Calculus Canker sores Composite fillings Bad breath Caps Dental floss Decalcification Dental hygiene Desensitization Enamel Fissure sealants

Flipper (spoon denture) Fluoride General anesthesia Gingivitis Implants Inlays Onlays Mouth guards (occlusal guards) Open bite Oral hygiene Oral surgery Orthodontics Primary teeth Permanent teeth Plaque Post and core Pulpotomy Radiographs Root canal therapy Sleep apnea Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD or TMJ Syndrome) Veneers

For information on the above, any other dental concerns, or directions to our convenient dental office in Leesburg, Virginia, please contact us at 703-777-5025 or through our website contact page.