Dental Excellence of Blue Bell

Having beautiful teeth is one of the most dramatic ways to improve your confidence and shave years off your appearance. Our Blue Bell cosmetic dentistry office can help you achiever the smile that you’ve always wanted.

Dr. Siegel is a leading cosmetic dentist and can give you the smile of your dreams. Combining his artistic skills and the latest high-tech equipment. Dr. Siegel has created beautiful, natural smiles for thousands of Blue Bell cosmetic dentistry patients.

MTM clear braces are a leap forward in orthodontics. They offer many benefits, including:

-Results in six months or less
-Cost less than other orthodontic options, including other braces!
-Almost invisible
-Completely removable
-No diet restrictions
-No special cleaning
-No uncomfortable wires

These benefits are causing many people to try MTM clear bracess to take care of crooked teeth that cause them concern about their appearance or cause problems with oral hygiene.

Are you unhappy with the appearance of your crooked teeth? Do you cover your mouth when you talk, laugh, or smile? Or do you try to avoid talking, smiling, and eating in public? If so, we have a treatment option that is noninvasive, relatively inexpensive, and nearly invisible.

Dr. Siegel offers “Six Month Smiles” for adult braces in Blue Bell. This effective and affordable cosmetic solution can straighten and align teeth in an average time of just six months, instead of the years sometimes required by traditional approaches!

Six Month Smiles use wires that are tooth-colored to blend in with your smile, making them virtually undetectable. You don’t have to drop out of your social life, dodge the camera at family get-togethers, or cancel your sales meetings while your teeth are being straightened. They focus on cosmetic tooth straightening—just the ones that show when you smile–so they work much faster than traditional braces.

Have you ever wished that you could just change one or more teeth in your smile? Take that small tooth and make it larger. Take that crooked tooth and make it straight. Bring those two teeth in the front together to close the gap. That’s what porcelain veneers can do for you.

Porcelain veneers are thin, custom-crafted porcelain restorations that can replace or be bonded over the front surface of your teeth. They can be used to whiten, reshape, and lengthen your teeth, giving you a youthful, attractive smile.

The Zoom! teeth whitening procedure is simple and painless. First, we will place dams and blocks to keep the whitening gel off your gums, lips, and cheeks. Then we apply the specially-developed Zoom! Whitening Gel to your teeth. A special light is used to encourage the reaction between the gel and staining compounds. Once the whitening compound wears out, it is removed and new gel is applied. We typically use three applications per session.

The Zoom! light-activated gel is a scientifically formulated, pH balanced peroxide compound that penetrates the teeth and breaks down organic staining compounds. The Zoom! light gives additional energy to the reaction, and can reactivate some of the spent peroxide to increase the effectiveness of whitening.

Studies have shown your teeth may become six to ten shades whiter, although results depend on the type of staining.

It is a versatile treatment that can help with many common cosmetic dental problems, including:

-Repair chipped or cracked teeth
-Close spaces between teeth
-Lengthen short or worn teeth
-Reshape teeth
-Protect exposed tooth root when gums recede
-Serve as a tooth-colored filling

If you have these or other cosmetic complaints about your smile, we encourage you to consider dental bonding for your treatment.

An attractive smile is white teeth framed by lips and healthy pink gums. Unfortunately, as we age, many of us develop black triangles around our teeth. These triangles are caused by receding gums, which expose more of our teeth than we want to show. Fortunately, we now have a new technique for closing black triangles: BioClear. BioClear is a unique, flowable composite that can pour around your teeth, closing black triangles and reshaping your teeth to create an attractive smile.

First, Dr. Siegel takes a 3-dimensional photo of your tooth. Then our computer system analyzes your mouth structure to determine the best shape and dimensions for your new tooth crown, veneer or filling.

CEREC restorations are milled from a single block of high-quality ceramic, a substance that has the same characteristics as normal, healthy dental enamel. The milling process takes 4 to 6 minutes depending on the size of the replacement tooth.

Once the restoration is created, Dr. Siegel bonds the final restoration in place and you leave the office with a beautiful, permanent tooth crown.

Dr. Siegel is an experienced dentist, and has filled thousands of cavities. With his expert eye and vast experience in the field of cosmetic dentistry, he can make your cavities disappear by using a tooth-colored filling compound that is custom-blended to match the exact shade of your natural teeth. Once set, the filling compound is virtually undetectable and 100% mercury free.

Painless Fillings
If fillings are needed, Dr. Siegel will first numb the area with a numbing gel or an injection that you will hardly notice. Some shallow fillings can be done without any anesthetic at all. Then the cavity is filled with a tooth-colored composite that will perfectly match your natural teeth. No more silver and black fillings like you got on the old days. If the cavity is larger, the doctor may use an inlay or onlay, a porcelain restoration that will cover the cavity.

A dental implant has many advantages over other methods of tooth reconstruction.

-Dental implants are generally stronger and more durable than bridges and dentures and offer a permanent solution to tooth loss.
-They act and feel exactly like natural teeth. Implant dentistry can also be used with other dental procedures for greater effectiveness.
-While a dental implant can be used to replace a single missing tooth, it can also be used to support a dental bridge or a set of upper or lower dentures.
-Dental implants stimulate the jaw bone and prevent the boneloss that naturally occurs when you are missing a tooth (resorption) .
-Although there are a number of options for the treatment of missing teeth, dental implants are often considered to be the most functional and durable. To find out if you are a candidate for our Blue Bell dental implants, come in today for a consultation with Dr. Siegel.

If you have a tooth that is severely infected and/or damaged, a root canal is usually a necessary procedure in order to protect your oral health and the health of other teeth. The living part of the tooth, also known as the pulp, is made up of blood vessels and nerves. The pulp is located within the pulp chamber which not only houses the pulp but is connected to the roots. The pulp and pulp chamber can become infected due to:

-Decay (cavities)
-Trauma that damages and causes inflammation of the pulp
-Deep fillings that have to be placed near the pulp chamber
-Unexplained reasons – sometimes the pulp just dies with no known cause

During a root canal procedure, both the pulp and nerve are removed from the canal inside of the root. The root is then cleaned, filled, and sealed to ensure that bacteria and other harmful agents are kept outside of the root.

If you have lost a tooth, it is important to replace that tooth to prevent damage to other teeth and future tooth loss. A missing tooth affects the balance of forces in your mouth and can cause:

-Additional stress on other teeth, leading to fractures
-Shifting of teeth that are not braced by adjacent teeth
-Ineffective chewing
-Poor bite, which can lead to TMJ

In addition, a gap can make your teeth harder to clean, leading to gum disease and tooth decay.

CEREC stands for CERamic REConstruction. Dr. Siegel has vast experience creating CEREC dental crowns, onlays and inlays and has hundreds of satisfied patients.

In the past, tooth-colored filling material was not durable enough to withstand the tremendous biting forces required by back teeth, which limited cosmetic dentistry to front teeth restorations. The CEREC system allows us to create beautiful tooth-colored inlays and onlays both for front and back teeth that match the color and appearance of the rest of your teeth. It creates the same translucence, color and brilliance of your natural healthy teeth and can be custom-made and placed in one visit!

Dr. Siegel recommends CEREC restorations due to their durability; typically CEREC restorations he has seen, even after several years, are in the same condition as when they were first placed.

Reconstructive dentistry (or restorative dentistry) is used when you have suffered damage to your teeth that affects its appearance or function. The quality of reconstructive dentistry will determine how attractive and natural your results will be. Dr. Kenneth Siegel has more than 25 years’ experience in giving his patients great-looking natural results. And now he is happy to utilize CEREC technology, which uses computerized imaging and a computer-controlled milling machine to create attractive and durable restorations within an hour.

Whether you have just one damaged tooth, a whole mouth full of damaged teeth, or tooth decay from cancer treatment, reconstructive dentistry can help give you back the attractive smile you once enjoyed—or maybe only dreamed of. During your initial consultation, Dr. Siegel will examine your teeth and recommend a number of restoration options based on the state of your teeth, including the health of individual teeth and the number of teeth you have lost. You can then pick the option that best fits your budget as well as your cosmetic and functional goals.

Dr. Siegel has been helping Blue Bell and Philadelphia patients for years. He provides high-quality full and partial dentures that will fit precisely, comfortably and will remain stable – even when you’re eating.

After working with thousands of patients, Dr. Siegel has the experience and know-how to create a perfect fitting denture the first time. Or, if you live in heart of Blue Bell or the Philadelphia area and you already have dentures that need correction, Dr. Siegel can solve your problems.

A lifetime of good oral health begins with regular, preventative dental care including exams and professional cleanings. Dr. Siegel knows how important it is for your child to have a positive experience at the dentist and he strives to make every visit a pleasant one. Dr. Siegel and his experienced hygienists offer friendly family dentistry checkups and extra-gentle cleanings.

Other family dentistry services for our young patients include X-rays and fillings (if needed) . We also offer dental sealants, a plastic material that is painted on the teeth to help prevent tooth decay and cavities. Dr. Siegel can apply a dental sealant to your child’s teeth in just one visit.

We look forward to serving your entire family here at Dental Excellence of Blue Bell!

Losing your teeth doesn’t have to be part of growing older!

Dr. Siegel believes in using senior dentistry to help people keep their own teeth whenever possible, and has helped thousands of his patients do so.

Dr. Siegel has vast experience working with mature adults and their unique dental conditions. He has built his practice with the latest in dental technology to make procedures and quick and comfortable as possible, including means to provide painless injections and crowns or restorations in a single visit with breakthrough CEREC technology. If you’ve avoided the dentist for a long time because of anxiety, we offer drug-free NuCalm relaxation dentistry. With this technology, many of our patients say their dental visit is the most relaxing part of their week!

Dr. Siegel uses computer-aided injections to make sure that they are pain-free.

When you come in to our Blue Bell office for a check-up or a teeth cleaning, you will find that we care about our patients and make them feel comfortable. We listen to you and explain our procedures, keeping you at ease at all times. There’s no need to be afraid of the dentist at our office.

We use the latest technology to provide a comfortable, gentle and painless experience and to give you accurate, quality work.

Dr. Siegel’s dental care includes the diagnosis and treatment of TMJ, a common jaw disorder that can result in symptoms from headaches and tooth damage to tingling or numbness in the fingers. Dr. Siegel is trained in the field of neuromuscular dentistry, the study of how your mouth’s teeth, bones, muscles, and nerves work together to create a healthy, functional system. Neuromuscular dentistry can be used to treat TMJ as well as other functional disorders of the jaw.

The term “TMJ” can be confusing. It can stand for “temporomandibular joint, ” the joint where your jaw meets your skull. There are two of these joints, located close to your ears. Not only are these complex joints that allow your jaw to open, move forward and back as well as side to side, they are located near numerous important nerves and depend on many muscle groups for proper function. TMJ can also be used to stand for temporomandibular joint disorder (or dysfunction) , which is also sometimes called TMD.

NuCalm is a great new approach to helping people overcome dental anxiety and feel relaxed at the dentist’s office. NuCalm is rapidly increasing in popularity because it offers many benefits, including:

-Feeling relaxed for dental treatment
-Still feeling like yourself—you’ll never be out of yourself as drugs can sometimes make you feel
-Takes less than 5 minutes to relax you
-You’re alert when you arrive and alert when you leave
-Drive yourself to and from dental appointment
-You can go back to work after an appointment
-No drug-related risks or side effects
-Can be extended to last as long as your procedure

With these benefits, it’s no wonder that 95% of patients benefit from NuCalm, and 98% of those who try it would recommend it to a friend or family member with dental anxiety.

During your treatment consultation, Dr. Siegel will check to see if any of your symptoms point towards sleep apnea. If you do in fact suffer from a variety of these symptoms, Dr. Siegel will work with you to schedule a sleep study that is monitored by a sleep physician. Sleep studies can either be conducted at your home using an ambulatory unit, or at a local sleep laboratory. Dr. Siegel cannot diagnose sleep apnea but if a positive diagnosis is received, you can work with him for proper treatment.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Often referred to as OSA, obstructive sleep apnea is a type of apnea that occurs when the airway becomes narrowed or block. When the air way is blocked completely, breathing can stop and even partial obstruction causes breathing to become irregular. Sufferers often experience dozens or possibly even hundreds of apnea episodes each night. Since obstructive sleep apnea episodes (called apneas) only happen while one is sleeping, sufferers can live with the condition untreated for years, wondering why they always feel tired when they wake up.

The diode Laser machine is an extremely effective gum disease treatment option and allows us to treat gum disease quickly without the need for injections.

How Does the Diode Laser Work?
The diode laser is not much larger than a strand of hair, making the procedure quite comfortable.

The hygienist aims the laser between the gum tissue and teeth, where it painlessly removes and kills the bacteria that cause gum disease. The small laser is able to penetrate deeply into pockets between the gums and teeth, ensuring that bacteria has no place to hide.

Because the diode laser kills bacteria, it is also used to sterilize the gums before or during root canals, cavity treatment, and other such procedures.

Dr. Kenneth Siegel has repeatedly been named one of America’s Best Dentists. He has received advanced training in some of the most advanced techniques in dentistry, including neuromuscular dentistry, sleep dentistry, and cosmetic dentistry. He was even named a “Master Aesthetic Dentist” by the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies.

Being a premiere dentist, Dr. Siegel also knows that it’s important to have the right tool for the right job, and he has introduced many advanced technologies into his practice. These include NuCalm drug-free relaxation dentistry, GLO teeth whitening, CEREC one-visit crowns, painless injections, and DIAGNOdent laser cavity detection.