By Meredith Knight
“I promise you’ll never look for another dentist after coming here. From the moment you walk in, the receptionist creates a welcoming experience. The hospitality I experienced from literally everyone is something I’ve never experienced from ANY sort of medical professional building. They kept me informed every step of the way. I never felt pressure to make a decision, and they prevented the ‘sales-pitch’ feel. I honestly can’t say enough about this dental office.”
In this day of medical specialists, healthcare can feel disjointed with every member of the family seeing a different specialist for every medical concern. Thank goodness there are still men like John Bauer who since the early 80s has offered a dental home to the families of Mansfield seeing patients of all ages and providing everything from oral-hygiene education to the very latest cosmetic and restorative dentistry. In fact, over the past four decades, Dr. Bauer has treated very young children, watched them grow up in his dental chair, go off to college, marry, and begin bringing their own kids to Mansfield Family Dentistry.
Even as his young patients were growing, Dr. Bauer and his wife, Teri, were watching their own kids grow. And their son, Dr. Cody Bauer, joined them in the practice in 2009. Together, the Bauer family with Teri as office manager, cares for the oral health needs of Mansfield area families. Relationship is at the heart of everything they do. Mansfield has doubled in size, since Dr. John and Teri opened their practice, and those patient relationships have grown to include three or more generations of many local families.
Treat the Person, Not Just a Patient
Days at Mansfield Family Dental are filled with laughter and conversation as the Bauers chat with kids about school and sports teams and with their parents and grandparents about fishing, gardening, vacations, and hobbies. Over the past 40 years, as patients have requested it, the Bauers have expanded their services so that, once a patient is comfortable there, there’s no need to refer them to other practices, making it a true dental home.
Services now include everything from routine cleanings and exams to interventions such as root canals, dental implants, and tooth extraction as well as the latest cosmetic offers including tooth whitening, porcelain veneers, dental crowns and bridges, dentures, inlays and onlays, dental bonding, fillings, and sealants.
For patients who’d like to straighten your teeth—at any age—but don’t want to deal with metal brackets and wires, Mansfield Family Dental offers Invisalign clear tooth aligners which can straighten their teeth in 12-18 months and require far fewer office visits that traditional braces. This is a great option for busy, young professionals but is also popular with patients in their 50, 60s, even 70s.
Latest Dental Technology
Over more than 40 years, Dr. John has witnessed—and helped pioneer—a revolution in dental technology. Mansfield Family Dentistry has invested in the very best of that technology to make dental care gentler and more effective for their patients. That includes digital imaging. The Cadent iTero scanner allows Dr. Bauer to take a digital impression—a highly accurate, digital 3D image of the individual characteristics of your tooth surfaces and gum tissue. No more gooey impressions. Digital imaging uses radiographs to detect cavities in between teeth, determine bone level, and health of bone, examine the roots and nerves of teeth, diagnose lesions such as cysts or tumors, and assess damage when trauma occurs all with 50% less exposure time.
The latest NewTom VG 3D CT scanner allows the Bauers to capture up to 600 images as it rotates around your head, compiling an extremely detailed 3D image of your jaw resulting in the clearest, sharpest images available today. And both Drs. Bauer are trained in the DEKA CO2 cold laser for soft tissue and gum related problems.
Lasers are safe for kids or adults and are used for:
- Curing or hardening bonding materials
- Whitening teeth
- Periodontal or gum related care
- Pediatric procedures
- Apthous ulcer treatment (canker sore)
- Frenectomy (tongue-tie release) without anesthesia or sutures
- Root canals and apiecopectomies
- Crown lengthening, gingovectomy, and other gum corrections
Often no local anesthesia is required. For soft tissue (surgical) procedures, the cold laser eliminates the need for scalpels and healing is much faster and virtually painless. And if you dread dental injections, you’ll love DentalVibe. This small, hand-held device blocks the discomfort of dental injections by emitting soothing, pulsed, percussive micro-oscillations to the site where the shot is to be administered. Dental Vibe is the pain-free way to administer a dental injection.
For their patients’ comfort, the Drs. Bauer offer both nitrous oxide and sedation dentistry. They also fashion custom silent sleep oral appliances for patients suffering with obstructive sleep apnea, bruxism, or even to be used as a sports mouth guard. Providing all these services under one roof where patients are comfortable and known by name makes Mansfield Family Dentistry the architype of the dental home. Find out more and schedule your appointment at MansfieldDentistry.com.
CONTACT
100 Carlin Road | Mansfield, Texas 76063
(817) 473-0291 | MansfieldDentistry.com
Prepare Kids for Their First Dental Visit
Drs. John and Cody Bauer love the idea of raising the first generation of kids who look forward to a trip to the dentist. Nothing makes them happier than seeing a child hop up into the dental chair with a smile on their face. They offer this advice for parents to prepare their kids for that first trip to the dentist.
- Take your child for a “preview” or online tour of the office.
- Read books with them about going to the dentist.
- Review with them what the dentist will be doing at the time of the first visit.
- Role play their visit with you playing the part of the dentist. Then switch places and let them pretend to exam your teeth.
- Speak positively about your own dental experiences.
