Omni Family Health
Family Dental Services
Dental Health Care for the Whole Family
Omni Family Health understands that you and your family have a wide range of dental needs. Our goal is to provide high-quality, affordable dental care in a safe and clean setting. We offer preventative and restorative dental services to keep your smile healthy and bright.
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Kids Cavity Prevention
Dental Cavities
When you eat sugary foods, bacteria in the mouth turn the sugar into acid. The acid weakens the tooth and causes white spots. If you keep eating sugar, white spots turn into cavities. Cavities can lead to severe infections.
The more often you eat sugary foods, the more likely cavities will form.
Toothbrushing
- Start as soon as you see teeth
- Small soft toothbrush
- Small smear of fluoride toothpaste
- Keep toothpaste out of child’s reach
- Sit or stand behind your child when you brush
- Brush gums and teeth
- No food or drink after brushing at bedtime
Snacks
- One sugar-free snack between meals
- No “grazing”
- Healthier snacks such as cheese, vegetables, fresh fruit, plain crackers, Cheerios™, and pretzels
Bottles
- Hold your child when bottle feeding
- Only use formula or breast milk in bottles
- No bottles in bed
- Stop using the bottle by 12 months old
Cups
- Introduce cup at 6-9 months old
- Do not let your child carry around a bottle or sippy cup
- For children one year and older, offer only milk or water between meals
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Oral Cancer Screening
What is oral cancer?
Often generally referred to as “oral cancer,” oral and oropharyngeal cancers are any cancer that forms in the mouth, lips, cheeks, gums, tongue, hard palate, tonsils and throat.
Early detection is a key
Source: https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/oral-and-oropharyngeal-cancer/statistics
Comprehensive Oral Exam (COE)
A Comprehensive Oral Exam (COE) assesses your head and neck for anything unusual (e.g., asymmetry or abnormal lumps and bumps) and also the inside of your oral cavity. Your dentist uses their eyes (visual assessment) and their hands (palpation) to help check for anything unusual.
Although this examination is an overall assessment of the health of your head and neck region and checks for all kinds of disease, one of its most important functions is screening for oral cancer and precancer.
Enhanced oral screening
Your dentist performs an examination with the VELscope® after performing the COE to try and find anything they might have missed with the regular exam. The VELscope® emits specific wavelengths of blue spectrum light into your mouth to stimulate natural tissue fluorescence, which can be viewed directly through the VELscope®. Research has shown that the VELscope® can help find abnormal tissue that might have been unnoticed by the naked eye.
Finding an abnormality
If your dentist finds something unusual that needs further investigation, don’t panic, it doesn’t mean you have oral cancer! There are all sorts of conditions that can lead to abnormalities in your oral mucosa, and most of them are unrelated to oral cancer. Some of them will go away on their own, and some may require some sort of action on the part of the dentist to resolve.
In these circumstances, you may be asked to come for a follow-up visit so the area can be reassessed and, occasionally, your dentist may refer you to a specialist for a biopsy. Biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosing abnormal tissue.
Our Dental Family Services
- Dental Exams
- Emergency Dental Care
- Fluoride & Sealants
- Cleaning & prevention
- Kid’s Dentistry
- Fillings
- Gum therapy
- Tooth Extractions
- Dentures
- Root canal therapy
- Teledentistry
Teledentistry
A Teledentistry appointment is a convenient way to ask a dental-related question, discuss oral pain and infection management or even get a referral to a dental specialist. With Teledentistry, you can speak to an Omni dentist from the comfort of your home.
Accessible Healthcare
Omni Family Health accepts most insurance, including Medi-Cal, Medicare, and most PPO plans.
Omni also offers a sliding fee discount to ensure no one is denied healthcare due to inability to pay. To qualify for this program, patients must provide proof of income and family size.
If you do not have health insurance, let one of our Enrollment Specialists help you. Give us a call today!
