Dr. Ames is currently focusing on the promotion of Biomimetic Dentistry to Patients and Dentists.
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Dr. Ames is currently focusing on the promotion of Biomimetic Dentistry to Patients and Dentists.
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Welcome
Mission:
"To promote within contemporary dentistry, the science and techniques of Biomimetic Dentistry, such that it is both accepted and embraced by Patients, Practitioners, Educational Institutions, Governing Bodies and Insurance Organizations as the fundamental standard in patient well-being and care."
Dr. Ames is one of the few Biomimetic Practitioners in the Long Island - Metro NY areas and
is the Founding President of The Academy of Biomimetic Dentistry.She has some fundamental values for her practice. These are:
- Respect for those who have entrusted their oral health to her
- Respect for the team who helps her care for her patients
- Helping people to retain their natural teeth for as long as they can through thorough diagnosis, and excellent dentistry
- Coaching patients to be able to maintain, at home, the highest level of dental health
Quoting Dr. David Alleman... "I've taught about 300 dentists and Dr. Ames is one of the best around the country."
Please browse our pages and learn how Biomimetic Dentistry can benefit you and your family.
Our Mission
The mission for Biomimetic Dentistry is:
This is done using techniques which Dr. Ames learned in 2009 that are well-documented in high quality dental research. These studies provide techniques that overcome the facts that:
- To keep the nerve alive.
- To maintain all strong, healthy enamel and dentin and not remove any healthy tooth structure for the convenience of making a crown.
- To perform dentistry that allows patients to avoid catastrophic events like root canal therapy and extractions.
- Traditional bonded fillings fatigue over time due to shrinkage.
- Patients' natural enzymes, caused by decay, must be inactivated. If left after the decay is removed, they continue to destroy the collagen in the tooth.
- Traditional bonded fillings cannot flex when the tooth does. This leads to bond failure and microscopic leakage of decay-causing germs under those fillings.
Biomimetic Dentistry is becoming the sought after treatment of choice among informed patients... for themselves and their children.
Dr. Ames and Team
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Biomimetic Dentistry is becoming the sought after treatment of choice among informed patients!"
Don't like the dental drill? Most people don't.
Air Abrasion can often be used in replacement of drills. Air Abrasion reduces stresses on the tooth being treated and virtually eliminates the removal of healthy tooth structure. It's more comfortable for the patient and can often be used without anesthesia! (No Needles!)
Air Abrasion can't be used in all circumstances. But in many, it is the most appropriate method for removing decay and keeping teeth vital.
View an informative video on our Air Abrasion page.
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These silver/mercury amalgam fillings will eventually fail catastrophically. Bacteria get under them. They're not connected to the tooth to keep it strong. Biomimetically placed composite resin restorations, with polyethylene fibers placed within the filling, enable the tooth to be connected side-to-side, top-to-bottom and front-to-back. And the restoration can move with the tooth as you chew, grind, etc. |
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See how teeth are treated and what it means for your oral health.
See the difference a Biomimetic Restoration makes.
Biomimetic restorations are not just more esthetically pleasing. They respect your natural oral anatomy and create an environment more like what your body expects.
Materials which recreate the natural rigid and flexible portions of your teeth are bonded with a bond SO EXACT that not even a single bacterium can penetrate the margin. This prevents recurrent decay.
Conventional amalgam fillings are rigid, crack teeth and enable recurrent decay. This leads to future root canals, crowns and ultimately, extractions.
Images courtesy Dr. Margaret Ames"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile and sometimes your smile is the source of your joy."
