​Missing a tooth when you are 6 years old is cute, right? If you are older and the tooth is a permanent tooth, it’s not cute and the consequences can be serious. Losing a tooth sometimes can’t be avoided. Dental injury, infection or damage can create a need for a tooth extraction. Depending on the situation, having an extraction can be a welcome relief of excruciating toothache pain. Once your extraction site has healed, the missing tooth (or teeth) can cause problems.

Obviously having missing teeth can affect your appearance. Even if the missing tooth is not visible when you smile, the skin around your mouth may not be supported and cause sagging which can make you appear older. Having a missing tooth can cause you to feel less confident, smile less often, or feel depressed. It will affect the way you chew your food and might affect your speech. Missing teeth create a higher risk for periodontal disease or infection and can spread to other parts of the body. Tooth loss has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, and kidney disease.
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The good news is missing teeth can be replaced! At Periodontal Therapy Center, Dr Jeffrey Hameroff, evaluates each patient’s smile, bone and supporting tissue before presenting treatment options. If you need a tooth replacement, a Dental Implant treatment maybe your best option. We take most dental insurance plans and have financing options available. Don’t let a missing tooth affect your confidence or your health! 

For many patients, having a dental procedure done causes high anxiety and great fear, even if the procedure is minor. When the dental work is extensive or requires surgery, sedation is normally required for the safety as well as the comfort of the patient. But not all dentists can perform IV or oral sedation, so be sure to ask if you are an anxious patient or you know you will be having extensive work done.

So what is required of the dentist to provide this care for patients?

First of all, your dentist, periodontist, or oral surgeon must have additional training for the license to perform IV Sedation. The training is completed at an accredited university. In addition to the Dentist training and certification, the dentist, dental assistants and staff must be certified in ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and BLS (Basic Life Support) and be recertified annually. There are requirements for the dental office as well. The facility will need patient safety and monitory equipment, including CO2 Monitors, Pulse Oximeters, and Blood Pressure Monitors. And this equipment is checked and calibrated regularly. When performing any dental procedure, and particularly when IV Conscious Sedation will be used, patient safety is the primary issue and concern.

At Periodontal Therapy Center, we offer IV Sedation for our patients who need it. Our Periodontist, Dr Jeffrey Hameroff, has the training and has been performing sedation for many years. Our staff is also trained, certified, experienced, and our office is state of the art. Our patients are in good hands when they need to be sedated! If you would like to learn more about our IV Conscious Sedation services, please call us at 352-596-1771 or visit the IV Sedation page on our website at

​https://www.periodontaltherapycenter.com/sedation.html