General Dentistry

Personal Care & Personal Road Map to A Happy, Healthy Smile

Our practice handles several standard dental procedures that include fillings, extractions, crowns, root canals and more. We are dedicated to your comfort and dental success. Please contact us for more information.

Two Women Smiling — Germantown, TN — Mark A. Skidmore, DDS

Teeth Cleaning & Dental Hygiene

While at our office, we make sure that you receive the highest level of service and ensure that our dental work is of the highest quality. To ensure that you maintain great oral health, this level of quality needs to extend into your personal oral hygiene routine. We can help you establish a dental hygiene routine that will keep your teeth healthy and white.



In addition to a dental routine, we perform teeth cleanings to maintain healthy teeth and gums. If you have any questions about your current hygiene plan or need to schedule a cleaning, please ask us.

Bridges

Dental bridges are a great way to replace missing teeth. Your existing teeth are used to literally create a bridge to cross the area where your tooth is missing. Bridges are made from gold, metal, alloys, or porcelain to ensure that they are strong and durable.

Dental Bridges Model — Germantown, TN — Mark A. Skidmore, DDS
Single Dental Crown — Germantown, TN — Mark A. Skidmore, DDS

Crowns

Over time our teeth can begin to weaken and become more susceptible to problems such as decay, cracks, discoloration and others. If you feel your smile isn’t what it once was, crowns can help you recover your smile.

Wisdom Teeth Extractions

Wisdom teeth extractions are a common procedure. Wisdom teeth often cause problems as they are trying to protrude through the gums. When a wisdom tooth is impacted, it means the tooth is coming in at an angle and not straight through the gum line. This can cause pain, the tooth can come in unevenly, or the tooth may only emerge partially. Please contact our office to schedule an appointment.

Wisdom Teeth Extraction — Germantown, TN — Mark A. Skidmore, DDS
Close View of Beautiful Smile — Germantown, TN — Mark A. Skidmore, DDS

Cavities, Fillings & Root Canals

A dental check-up is designed to make sure your teeth are in peak condition. Sometimes we find a cavity or two and they need to be treated quickly in order to halt the deterioration of the tooth due to bacteria. We provide fillings to clean out the cavity and fill it to prevent additional decay. It’s a simple procedure that makes a difference.


Root canals are probably the most well-known procedure in dentistry. When a tooth becomes infected it is usually related to the nerves in the root of the tooth. The infected nerves need to be removed. If left untreated an infection can turn into an abscess, which is a much more serious problem that includes bone loss in the jaw. Mark Skidmore, DDS is extremely skilled with this procedure and we will handle your root canal with the greatest of care.

Panorex Camera

A panorex is a very impressive piece of imaging machinery in that it can identify many issues and structures that a normal x-ray is not. Initially you will sit in a chair with your chin on a small ledge. Once positioned in the machine, it will rotate around your entire head taking a full 360 degree view of the teeth, head, sinuses and bones.



The ability to view the full structure of your head is very informative to the dentist. It will allow us to see any potential problems and make sure that everything is functioning as it should be. The panorex can view specific types of structural problems, infections or asymmetry among many others.

Full Detailed Dental X-Ray — Germantown, TN — Mark A. Skidmore, DDS
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