Downey Dentist

Tissue conditioning is a dental procedure used to improve the health and condition of the soft tissues (gums) in the mouth, particularly in areas where dentures or other dental prostheses will be placed.

For your convenience, use Zak Dental online billing system. Therefore, our patients may now be paid online via credit card. In addition, it is easy and quick.

Fund My Smile Contest is an ongoing game at Zak Dental offices where patients have a chance to win $500 toward their dental treatment.  Treatment Plans in progress are eligible! You can be a Winner! Hurry up!

Because Porcelain Materials – a new generation off very strong porcelain materials. Therefore they can be used for fabricating crowns, veneers and inlays helped to advance dentistry in many ways.

Porcelain Veneers can be used to mask tooth discoloration, repair teeth that are worn down, chipped, broken, and Veneers can make dark teeth resistant to whitening bright and white again.

Stem Cells in Dentistry. Stem cells are a type of universal cell that can morph into other types of tissue. One of the easiest sources of stem cells turn out to be in the pulp tissue of teeth. Exfoliated deciduous teeth are the most natural and noninvasive sources to harvest stem cells.

Benefits of Digital Radiography. Particular benefits of digital radiography for the dentist’s office include improved comfort of intra-oral (photos taken inside the mouth) X-rays, and less cranial exposure to radiation. Digital images are also easily stored on a computer and can be transferred to different dentists or orthodontists for referrals. Overall digital radiography has been beneficial for both dental providers and patients.

Dr. Zak is offering a Complimentary Prophylaxis Dental Cleaning to New Patients in Zak Dental offices located in Agoura Hills, Downey, Long Beach, San Diego, Covina/San Dimas, Simi Valley, Temecula, Valencia, Ventura, North Park, Santa Barbara and Whittier/La Mirada, California.

Antibiotics and their indication in dentistry. When to use antibiotics? How much to use? What type of antibiotic to use?  According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention more than 2 million people in the US are hospitalized and more than 23,000 die each year from superinfections caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Mouth Guards in Sports. Each year more than 5 million teeth are either avulsed or displaced due to a sports injury. In many cases the loss or damage to teeth can be attributed to the absence of a mouth guard or to a poorly fabricated or ill-fitting one.