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Supporting happy smiles, total body health with biologic dental care
Owens Dental Berthoud takes a special interest in those individuals from across northern Colorado and the tri-state area who need and desire extra time, specialized materials, and anxiety-sensitive treatment. As a holistic dental practice, we prioritize building and sustaining meaningful patient relationships and exceptional, biologic-focused dental care.
What is biologic-focused dental care?
Biologic dentistry is based on several principles, including:
- A holistic and personalized focus on caring for your needs and supporting your overall well-being
- Proactive care that focuses on early detection and the prevention of oral problems, so we do not simply react and treat problems
- Collaborative care in partnership with you, the patient
- Supporting a healthy oral microbiome, which refers to the community of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms that “live” in your mouth
- Therapeutic interventions that promote natural self-healing
- Lifelong learning: we stay on the cutting-edge of the advancements in dental technologies and science
- An understanding of the connections between your oral health and overall or systemic health
- Conservative treatments that preserve natural tissues
- The use of safe, biocompatible dental materials
What are the benefits of biologic dentistry?
Biologic dental care supports a gentle, predictable, safe, noninvasive, natural, and comfortable patient experience. Nonbiologic care largely involves more aggressive, invasive, and reactionary treatment. We partner with patients to keep their mouths healthy and detect problems early. When problems are diagnosed early, we prevent the extensive damage that leads to the need for more involved and invasive treatments. Biologic dentistry and the oral health that it promotes also support your overall health and well-being.
How does biologic dental care support overall health?
Our team accounts for the connections between the mouth and the rest of the body in all we do. The health of other organs and systems can be affected by the health of the mouth. Likewise, the health and function of different parts of the body can influence your oral health. We prioritize those practices that benefit both oral health and total body health. As an example of this holistic approach, we regularly assess for any changes in your medical status, lifestyle, behaviors, and other factors beyond evaluating the condition of the teeth and gums. As needed, we may recommend changes to nutrition, sleep, and other aspects of your life that can influence your total health. These recommendations also promote the body’s natural healing capacity.
Why do dental materials matter?
Biocompatible dental materials are an important part of the biologic dentistry philosophy. Along with other dental products and technologies, the materials introduced to your mouth can promote or inhibit oral health and total wellness. Owens Dental Berthoud has carefully selected materials that are most compatible with biologic tissues. These materials include composite resin and metal-free alternatives to silver-colored, mercury amalgam fillings.
In addition to being a mercury-free practice, we are also “mercury-safe.” Our team is certified in the Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique (SMART) by the International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology. We have invested in the equipment and training on techniques to minimize mercury exposure associated with removing amalgam fillings that contain this toxic element. A nod to our personalized approach, we offer biocompatibility testing to identify and address any sensitivities you may have to materials and products.
For more information about these practices, please call our team in Berthoud, CO, at (970) 444-5464 today.
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Dr. Tim Owens
Dr. Tim Owens is a highly skilled and compassionate dentist, known for his holistic approach to dental care. After earning his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2004, he pursued further training in general dentistry at the University of Utah School of Medicine. With a background in physical therapy, he integrates this unique discipline into his dental practice. Dr. Owens is an active member of the IAOMT and a certified provider of Ozone Therapy, ensuring his patients receive biologic treatments that promote both oral and overall health. He is also pursuing certification in Biologic Dentistry and the SMART technique for mercury removal.
His affiliations include the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, and the Colorado Dental Association, among others.
Why People Love Owens Dental Berthoud
She used to come to Dr. Owens because the level of care and service that I have received here for almost over 10 years has been exceptional. I feel that I’m valued as a patient. You know, you personally feel like it’s a lot of family values, the office makes you feel like you’re in a large city, you feel like you’re in a local dentist office, that we’re not with receptionists but all the dental hygienists knowing my name. They’ve made me feel welcomed and remembered. They always remember my name or something that we talked about the last time I was in. The atmosphere is very relaxed. They make you feel really comfortable, they make you feel like a friend. Everything is always kind of fun here, it’s professional but it’s also fun and very calming. I always feel extremely comfortable here. Fundamentally you forget you’re at the dentist you know everybody they give you a sense that they know you. Always happy to see you and we come in the back for your examination of procedure. They treat you like an individual and it’s always very professional and very relaxed you know, are you okay, can I get you anything. They would ask if you are comfortable, is there anything I can get you. Everyone always asks if you need anything, can I help you with anything, and to me that’s very important. Dr. Owens and his team have explained all the procedures thoroughly to me which is aided in me being very comfortable. I have some unique dental problems and Dr. Owens approached me very cautiously but you know annoyingly about it you know I knew by myself so I really appreciate that and never pushed anything which I thought was very impressive. Everybody knows me and addresses me by name and they make me feel comfortable in the front office they’ve boys taking care of the billing. Everybody is aware of what’s going on and they work well together and always enjoy coming in here. My name is Lynn, my name is Valerie, I’m a certified public accountant, I’m a retired teacher of 23 years, I’m a massage therapist and a graphic designer, I’m a patient of Dr. Owens, and I am a patient of Dr. Owens, and I’m a patient of Dr. Owens and always will be.
My smile I wasn’t happy with it. I consider myself an attractive person and I’m a happy person and my smile just didn’t match the inside. I was a little apprehensive. I was kind of always kind of like keeping my lip down. I wasn’t really self-conscious about my smile. It was just not what I wanted it to be so I went on Google and found Dr. Owens and came here and I was very happy I did. A number of people were telling me, especially my wife, that your teeth are kind of crooked and jagged and everything and so at some point a man, maybe they have a point and I should do something. I felt very insecure and not very confident with my smile. I just felt like yellow. I wanted to replace the front four and as long as we were doing it I said I want them to be beautiful -it was time – it was time – it was time to make a change there was no pain involved it was just it was just a really great process for me I it was so smooth and so easy and I would have done this ten years ago if I would have known it was so easy. It’s boosted a lot of confidence that I have and I can’t believe how many compliments I get out of my smiles. It’s just made a whole difference in how I feel when I perform because I feel like my smile is beautiful because when I sing and when I perform that’s what you see is my smile. But my new smile I feel wakes me up from my job. I can just be myself and not cover my smile anymore. I’m always kind of a happy-go-lucky guy so my smile got even better, but mostly because my wife got the feeling that it was much more beautiful, and happy. You know you’re not as much hiding behind you know you’re smiling white and yeah, you’re just happier and more confident I would say. After I had my teeth done, I was on a dating site and after I had my teeth done and I put up new pictures, boy my dating life picked up a ton. So, you know men are all about the smile. It really has just changed not who I am but it’s changed the reflection of who I am which is exactly what I was after. People are, you know, wondering will it really change my life? Will it really make a difference? It made a huge difference for me.