What is General & Family Dental Care?

General dentistry involves preventing and addressing tooth decay and gum disease, which are the major causes of tooth loss. Maintaining a healthy smile and beautiful teeth with the help of a dentist can help to prevent these problems.

Preventive services help you maintain good oral health by stopping disease before it takes hold in your mouth. Regular dental exams (including diagnostic images such as digital x-rays) and professional teeth cleanings are a cornerstone of prevention. Our team can give you detailed instructions on how to improve your at-home oral hygiene, and may also recommend preventive treatments such as sealants, if needed.

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Parkview Dentistry of Fountain Hills is also there when you need emergency treatment for dental trauma —for example, a broken, loosened or knocked-out tooth. Dr. Laskis can also diagnose and treat the causes of tooth pain or periodontal (gum) disease. General dentistry also includes treatments for missing teeth, placement of crowns or bridgework, and dentures.

Why Choose Parkview Dentistry as your Family Dentist?

At Parkview Dentistry, Dr. Stacey Laskis brings exceptional credentials and a compassionate approach to family dental care. A graduate of the prestigious NYU College of Dentistry and the Larry Rosenthal Institute for Aesthetic Dentistry, Dr. Laskis is also a proud member of the Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and the ADA

Dr. Laskis takes the time to truly know each patient, prioritizing gentle, conservative care to preserve your natural teeth. Serving the Fountain Hills and Rio Verde communities,we also proudly serve the Scottsdale area. If you’re looking for a dentist in Scottsdale who provides expert, patient-focused care, Parkview Dentistry is here for you. Our practice is built on treating every patient like family from the moment you walk through our doors. And if you ever find yourself in need of emergency dental near you, we’re ready to provide prompt and compassionate care. We also offer no-drill options for those seeking a no-drill dentist near you, ensuring a comfortable, minimally invasive approach to dental care. We’re also happy to answer any questions you may have about specific procedures, such as gum graft costs in Scottsdale.

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Our General & Family Dental Care Services

  • Family and Pediatric Dental Care

    Parkview Dentistry is a cosmetic and family dental office.  In other words, Dr. Laskis is also a children's dentist. Family dentistry allows the whole family to be treated by one dentist. The family dentist serves the same function as a general dentist. However, children who are brought into the family dentist for regular check-ups and to watch while other family members are treated are freer to form a warm relationship with members of the dental team.
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  • Comprehensive Dental Care

    Comprehensive Dental Care at Parkview Dentistry means complete dental care and guidance from early childhood to elder tooth care. Nothing in the human body exists or functions in isolation. In comprehensive care, we look at the mouth as more than teeth and gums – we include the soft tissues of the surrounding oral cavity and the muscles used for chewing and movement, including those around the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) [link to TMJ page]. In fact, these muscles that help create your “bite” or occlusion are often a source of problems that show up as jaw pain, neck or head aches, tooth wear and stress, failure of dental restorations, which further can affect the health of your gums and jaw bones.
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  • Routine Dental Checkups

    The exam is performed at your initial dental visit and at following check-up exams that your dentist will perform. Do not let the name ‘general dental exam’ fool you, this is a comprehensive dental exam that will include all of the following main points: Digital X-Rays, oral cancer screening, gum disease screening, examination for tooth decay and gum and bone recession, and examination of previous work done (existing restorations).
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  • Cleanings and Periodontal Care

    Regular dental preventive care is a great way to avoid serious dental problems, or detect small problems while they’re easy and inexpensive to treat. Visiting Parkview to get your teeth cleaned every six months is one of the best things you can do to maintain a beautiful smile (in addition to daily brushing and flossing, of course). Not only will we polish up your pearly whites to a shiny gleam, but we can make sure there aren’t any hidden problems, and help ward off problems down the road. That’s why we offer oral cancer screening and fluoride therapy as well.
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  • Oral Cancer Screening

    According to research conducted by the American Cancer society, more than 30,000 cases of oral cancer are diagnosed each year. More than 7,000 of these cases result in the death of the patient. The good news is that oral cancer can easily be diagnosed with an annual oral cancer exam, and effectively treated when caught in its earliest stages.
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  • Dental Bridges

    Do you have weak or missing teeth? Are you loathe to smile because of the gap in your teeth? Do you have trouble chewing correctly due to missing teeth? Then you may be a candidate for a dental bridge.
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  • Crowns

    A dental crown, a cap for the tooth which is made of porcelain or metal, covers the tooth to improve its shape, size, strength, or to improve its appearance. If left on its own, the tooth usually is at some risk, with considerable damage that needs to be stopped to keep the tooth strong.
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  • Full and Partial Dentures

    A local company, Global Dental Science has recently created an entirely new type of denture, the AvaDent® denture, utilizing several breakthroughs in technology. AvaDent® digital dentures are created from digital scans, processed through sophisticated engineering algorithms to aid and control the design and manufacturing tasks  and milled from a single piece of acrylic that is superior to traditional denture material. AvaDent® is not only an easier, faster and better approach to creating dentures, but it also provides more security to patients in the form of a permanent digital record of their dentures. If their denture is damaged or lost, a replacement is just a phone call away. At Parkview Dentistry, we are dentists that specialize in dentures. And we have good news.
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  • Dental Sealants

    Sealants are a thin, protective coating that adheres to the biting surface of teeth. Dr. Laskis only uses BPA-free sealants on her patients.  The recommendation is to have sealants placed as soon as the permanent molars erupt (age 6 and age 12 on average).  Sealants are  no substitute for brushing and flossing, but they can keep cavities from forming and may even stop early stages of decay from becoming a full-blown cavity.
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  • White Fillings (Mercury Free)

    When filling in the pockets in teeth created by drilling out a cavity infection, until recently dentists used amalgam (which looks silver).  Fillings are important because they help restore teeth damaged by decay back to their normal function, and can prevent further decay. Nearly half of the weight of amalgam fillings, however, is comprised of the element Mercury. That's not great. Mercury has been shown to be associated with dementia and gastrointestinal problems. It is also thought to show some relation to conditions like ADHD.
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