General Dentistry
Every family should have a high-quality dentist with whom they can grow and build a trusting relationship.
We offer a family-oriented practice to provide patients with all of their dental needs.
While our office offers numerous dental services, gentle and thorough regular cleanings and check-ups are still at the foundation of our practice.
Family-Oriented Dentistry
Our team recognizes the importance of providing the services families need and customizing care for kids.
Our office is comfortable, and our hygienists, assistants, and front desk staff are all very friendly. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that you’re comfortable and happy during your visit.
Our office is a peaceful place, and our team will work with you to alleviate your concerns.
Outstanding Oral Hygiene
Regular cleanings and check-ups are a key ingredient to a healthy preventive care routine. These allow us to give your teeth a thorough cleaning to remove the plaque and tartar that build up on your teeth over the months.
By examining your teeth during your visit, we are able to screen for any issues that may be developing, such as tooth decay or gum disease. Instead of waiting until a problem is in advanced stages, we are able to identify issues early and avoid extensive treatment down the line.
We look forward to serving your entire family.
We recommend your child start seeing a dentist early to monitor their development. As children lose their baby teeth and grow new teeth, it’s important to check in and ensure the constant changes associated with a developing child’s teeth are occurring properly.
We also know how important your time is and will do everything we can to ensure that your regular visits begin on time and are completed efficiently.
Special Services
Hopefully, with proper oral hygiene care and regular cleanings and check-ups at our office, your teeth will be healthy and problem-free. However, if you do require special services, we offer many additional types of care in-house. For example, our office can replace missing teeth, support your cosmetic needs, provide orthodontic care, and relieve pain.
If you do happen to require a service that our office does not provide in-house, we can refer you to a qualified, local specialist to fulfill your needs.
We look forward to satisfying more patients each day. Call our office to schedule an appointment for you and your family.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lots of professional research has been done, and by and large dental professionals agree that it is essential to have a professional cleaning done every 6 months. Using a toothbrush and floss removes much of the buildup (plaque) from your teeth, but it's very difficult to remove all the plaque every time you clean. This plaque that is left behind, after about 10 days, begins to turn in "tartar" or "calculus" which is a hardened version of the buildup that you cannot remove with home care (toothbrush, floss). Your body sees this calculus as an invader somewhat like an autoimmune disease and starts to try to remove it by becoming inflamed and increasing blood flow to the area(s). This is called gingivitis, which literally means "inflammation of the gums." If left untreated, gingivitis can further progress to a disease known as periodontitis. This is where the inflammation of the gums now leads to bone loss of the bone supporting your teeth. There has been a lot of recent research that suggests oral hygiene health (periodontal) and cardiovascular health to be very related to one another.
Other reasons for six month interval professional cleanings and exams include us being able to find fillings that may have fractured and are easily restorable if found quick enough. Over time fillings breakdown and need to be replaced due to actual damage to the filling or due to decay being found between the filling and the tooth. If caught early enough, most times we can just replace the filling (or whatever restoration is on the tooth already) which saves you money. As more tooth structure is lost to a growing amount of decay when left untreated, treatment becomes more expensive and leads to root canals and crowns, etc.
It is unrealistic to promise that you will not feel anything whatsoever, but we do go above and beyond to make sure that your visit with us is as comfortable as possible. This is another reason to keep your regular visits so that we can catch anything going wrong upfront before it worsens. Our office has done everything within our power to ensure our patients are comfortable, we have learned techniques when we have to give anesthetic to numb patients. We use a very effective topical anesthetic before administering local anesthetic. We are not stingy with our local anesthetic, Dr. Jackson believes in not feeling a thing while being treated. He will ask you over and over during your procedure "are you ok?" If you are very anxious about being treated, please let Dr. Jackson and his staff know. We do have some moderate sedation options if you need them. The key to managing discomfort is clear communication, if you let us know if you are uncomfortable in the least little bit, we can fix it. Our patients are very comfortable and report not even being able to feel anything on a daily basis.
When you come into our office for a comprehensive exam, we will spend a significant amount of time during your visit assessing the periodontal health of your teeth and gums. The reason we rarely do same day cleanings with comprehensive exams (patients who haven't been in a while) is because we do not know the extent of cleaning you need before we take x-rays and measurements to assess your periodontal tissue health. It is impossible for us to know how much time and resources to allocate to your cleaning procedure if we haven't yet looked inside your mouth to see what's going on. Some patients can be sufficiently cleaned with just a normal prophylaxis cleaning (above the gums) and some patients will need to be numbed up to get the calculus below your gums. Don't worry, this will not be painful because you will be numb for this procedure (a deep cleaning). If you need this type of deep cleaning ("gum infection therapy"), it is very important to get it done because your teeth are losing their supporting bone and will fall out if not taken care of. We always use the analogy of a post (tooth) being anchored into cement (bone around the tooth). If all of the bone is lost, the tooth can no longer withstand the forces of your bite and will come out.
Meet Our Doctor:
Dr. Scott Jackson
Dr. Jackson was raised in a small town outside of Jackson, Mississippi (Florence, MS). He always knew he wanted to serve in some way, and after high school, he decided to join the U.S. Navy soon after September 11, 2001. He served onboard the USS Jacksonville (SSN 699), which is a “fast-attack” submarine. Dr. Jackson was stationed in many different areas, including Norfolk, Virginia; Great Lakes, Illinois; and Kittery, Maine.
After his service in the military, Dr. Jackson wanted to continue serving while pursuing his childhood dream ...