Dr. Anne A. Nicholas

Teeth Whitening: Bleaching lightens teeth that have been stained or discolored by age, food, drink, and smoking.  Teeth darkened as a result of injury or taking certain medications can also be bleached, but the effectiveness depends on the degree of staining present.

Composite (tooth-colored) Fillings: Also known as “bonding”, composite fillings are now widely used instead of amalgam (silver) fillings to repair teeth with cavities, and also to replace old defective fillings.  Tooth-colored fillings are also used to repair chipped, broken, or discolored teeth.  This type of filling is also very useful to fill in gaps and to protect sensitive, exposed root surfaces caused by gum recession.

Porcelain Veneers: Veneers are thin custom-made, tooth-colored shells that are bonded onto the fronts of teeth to create a beautiful individual smile.  They can help restore or camouflage damaged, discolored, poorly shaped, or misaligned teeth.  Unlike crowns, veneers require minimal tooth structure to be removed from the surface of the tooth.

Porcelain Crowns (caps): A crown is a tooth-colored, custom-made covering that encases the entire tooth surface restoring it to its original shape and size.  Crowns protect and strengthen teeth that cannot be restored with fillings or other types of restorations.  They are ideal for teeth that have large, fractured or broken fillings and also for those that are badly decayed.

Dental Implants: Dental implants are artificial roots that are surgically placed into the jaw to replace one or more missing teeth.  Porcelain crowns, bridges, and dentures can be made specifically to fit and attach to implants, giving a patient a strong, stable, and durable solution to removable dental appliances.

Orthodontics: Less visible and more effective brackets and wires are making straightening teeth with orthodontics much more appealing to adult patients.  Also, in some cases, teeth may be straightened with custom-made, clear, removable aligners that require no braces.

Thanks to the advances in modern dentistry, cosmetic treatments can make a difference in making your smile shine!

Call us or stop by for a visit; The Palm Desert Center for Advanced Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry is located at 73-929 Larrea Street, Suite 2, Palm Desert, CA 92260.  Contact us by phone: (760-340-1030)

Dr. Ann A. Nicholas offices provide dental services to Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and the entire Coachella Valley.

1.    You will look younger.
Dental implants prevent the bone loss that is common with the loss of teeth. By preventing bone loss, your facial structures remain normal and intact, which reduces wrinkling and the look of old age.

2.    Your quality of life will improve.
Dental implants look, feel, and function more like natural teeth, which allow you to smile, laugh, and eat with confidence.

3.    You will improve your nutrition.
Fresh vegetables, corn, and fruit are back on the menu! Dental implants are stronger than dentures so you can eat the foods you like. And since your chewing will improve, your digestion will improve as well.

4.    You will gain confidence in social situations.
Our patients love their implants because of their improved appearance, function, and comfort. You will never again have to cover your mouth with your hand or delay eating out of fear that your denture will pop out or gag you. The improved appearance of your new smile will have people giving you compliments galore.

5.    You will eliminate denture adhesives FOREVER!
Implant supported teeth are securely attached so there is no need for messy dentures adhesives. You will never again worry about your dentures flying out when you laugh, sneeze, or eat.

6. Your mouth will be restored to its natural state.
By replacing the entire tooth, as well as the tooth root, it is possible to replicate the function of natural teeth, with a strong, stable foundation that allows comfortable biting and chewing.

7. You will enjoy eating again.
Wearing an upper denture can prevent you from really tasting food, because the roof of the mouth is covered. With implant supported teeth, it is not necessary to cover the roof of the mouth, so you can truly enjoy the taste of foods.

8.    You will improve your overall oral health.
Dental implants improve your overall oral health and decrease your risk of oral cancer and heart disease. Plus, because it is easier to care for implants than dentures, they decrease your chance of bacteria build up and gum disease.

9.    Your will protect your other teeth.
Replacing teeth with implant supported crowns and bridges does not involve the adjacent natural teeth, and thus will not damage them. On the other hand, partial dentures clamp onto adjacent teeth, which can loosen them, and bridges require grinding down of the adjacent teeth so that the bridge can be cemented on them. This tooth structure can never be replaced and the long-term health of these teeth is compromised.

The Palm Desert Center for Advanced Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry is located at 73-929 Larrea Street, Suite 2, Palm Desert, CA 92260.  Contact us by phone: (760-340-1030)

The association between psychosocial factors and periodontal disease has been widely reported and might be modified by smoking. A recent study by Professor Chi-Cheng Tsai, DDS, PhD, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, investigated the association of periodontal status with psychosocial factors and smoking in a community population.

Dr. Tsai sampled 11,764 civilian Taiwanese from the general population and came to the conclusion: “Poor mental health had a stronger association with periodontal disease among smokers than among nonsmokers, especially in accumulative attachment loss. His findings suggest that mental health and smoking might have a synergistic effect on the risk of developing periodontal disease.” (1)

Periodontitis is one of the most prevalent diseases in adults and it is influenced by a variety of factors, including age, gender, race, education, psychosocial factors, cigarette smoking and infection. Many recent studies have investigated the influence of psychosocial factors on periodontal diseases and reported that different psychosocial factors, including depression, stress, anxiety, loneliness, negative life events, daily strain, occupational stress, life satisfaction, type-A personality and coping behaviors, were associated with periodontal diseases.

One could conclude from these studies that it is important to pay attention to the factors that appear to be the causes of periodontal disease. Many of these symptoms could be avoided by paying attention to the above mention factors and seeking medical and dental assistance to lessen the probability of getting periodontal disease.

Periodontist like Dr. Anne A. Nicholas can help you avoid periodontal disease, or help you if you are currently dealing with it. The Palm Desert Center for Advanced Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry is located at: 73-929 Larrea Street, Suite 2, Palm Desert, CA. Please feel free to stop by or call 760-340-1030 to schedule an exam. Dr. Ann A. Nicholas offices provide dental services to Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and the entire Coachella Valley.

1. Chiou L-J, Yang Y-H, Hung H-C, Tsai C-C, Shieh T-Y, Wu Y-M, Wang W-C, Hsu T-C. The association of psychosocial factors and smoking with periodontal health in a community population. J Periodont Res 2010; 45: 16–22. _ 2009 John Wiley & Sons.

Seth Godin is a best selling author, entrepreneur and agent of change who has written 12 bestsellers on the topic of marketing, recalls a trainer at American Airlines who gave an example of the importance of paying attention to details: “Every day thousands of employees work incredibly hard to ensure a passenger’s loyalty to American Airlines.  But if a reservation was wrong, or the crew wasn’t friendly, or the bag was missing, it didn’t matter to the passenger that everything else was perfect.  One mistake by one employee could mean that the work of thousands, from the corporate office to the maintenance hangars to the cockpit crew, have gone for naught.”  (Godin S. Wisdom, Inc. New York: Harper Business, 1995 …http://sethgodin.typepad.com)

The entire team at “The Palm Desert Center for Advanced Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry” are working hard to make sure your experience with us exceeds your expectation.  We know that you are busy, have job pressures and time constraints; we are an “on time practice.”  For these reason and others, we want to be able to serve you better, and if our hours don’t match your schedules, please let us know so we can extend our office hours to accommodate your needs.  It is our desire to be better each day at what we do.

You are important to our practice, and we are working hard to eliminate complexity, and are paying attention to detail so that your needs are being addressed and that the history of our relationship is recognized and understood by all our team members.  We live by this motto, “If you think it is an emergency, then we do too.”

We are able to meticulously supervise your treatment plan, and have complete control over the techniques, the material and the quality of service.  The combination of leading edge technology and very talented team members assures that the service we extend to you is the finest available.

Your feed back about your experience with us is important, and we will listen to your suggestions and make improvements where necessary.  We look forward to hearing from you. The Palm Desert Center for Advanced Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry is located at: 73-929 Larrea Street, Suite 2, Palm Desert, CA. Please feel free to stop by or call 760-340-1030 to schedule an exam. Dr. Ann A. Nicholas offices provide dental services to Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and the entire Coachella Valley.