Cosmetic Dentist - The LVI Difference
in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska and surrounding communities
Traditional dental schools offer excellent training, but as in all under-graduate schools, it ends at a certain point, and to continue your education, you must attend graduate school. LVI is a graduate school for dentistry. Cosmetic dentist Dr. Kent Dodson in Lincoln, NE is an LVI trained professional, and received advanced training in both cosmetic dentistry and neuromuscular dentistry there.
LVI stands for Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Training. Dentists from throughout the world come to the U.S. to attend it. It does not grant academic degrees, as it is a free-standing school, not affiliated with any university dental school. But it does confer detailed and sophisticated dental training.
LVI was founded in 1996, by a dentist named Bill Dickerson. In its relatively short life, it has gained enormous respect in the dental community and has over 3,000 graduates, who now practice cosmetic dentistry and neuromuscular dentistry in more advanced ways because of their LVI education.
Science and art combined
Part of the emphasis of LVI training is that cosmetic dentistry is a combination of dental science and artistic skill. When an LVI-trained dentist such as Dr. Dodson is meeting a new patient and answering questions about possible procedures, he or she will examine more than just the person's teeth and gums. Such a dentist will look at the person's overall facial shape and assess their general health as well as their dental health. In devising a treatment plan he will consider the person's coloring, age, gender, and lifestyle. All these factors are part of the LVI dental solution for that person.
This means that all cosmetic dentistry and neuromuscular dentistry performed by an LVI trained professional is completely customized for you. LVI cosmetic dentists do not offer just "porcelain veneers". They offer "porcelain veneers for you". LVI training fosters artistic skill as part of cosmetic dentistry training, and this is to your advantage.
If you come to Dr. Dodson for a smile makeover, it will be the only instance of that smile makeover ever performed, and it will never be performed again. LVI has set these high standards and others strive to match them. This has improved the whole field of cosmetic dentistry.
Neuromuscular dentistry
Like cosmetic dentistry, Neuromuscular dentistry has also blossomed because of the influence of LVI. This is the branch of dentistry which deals with the jaw joint, and its muscles, nerves and blood vessels. It views your teeth not just as two rows of teeth, but as two parts of a bite, also known more technically as your occlusion.
If there's discomfort in your bite, or pain, or popping or clicking noises, neuromuscular dentistry will examine it as a dental system, and will look for what's making it mal-function. A misaligned bite leads to the many painful symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD). As a highly-trained neuromuscular dentist, Dr. Dodson has invested in sophisticated tools and equipment to diagnose and treat TMD.
Metal braces are very strong and can withstand most types of treatment. At first they may irritate your gums, but after a few weeks, when your cheeks adapt, this discomfort will go away. Most traditional metal braces require an elastic o-shaped rubber band -- called a ligature -- to hold the arch wire onto the bracket.
Please contact us if you'd like to have an initial consultation with Dr. Dodson. Whether you'd like to improve your smile, or get some answers about persistent facial pain you've been experiencing, or if you'd just like to have a thorough, professional cleaning and check-up, we would like to welcome you to our comfortable facilities. Call or email us today and come and see for yourself what the LVI difference is.
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Adams Dental Center
8251 Northwoods Drive
Lincoln, NE 68505