Henry J. Ramirez D.D.S.

Dentist in Santa Cruz, California

Services we provide to help you continue on your path to dental health.

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CEREC

My virtual laboratory for designing and printing my cosmetic crowns and veneers from blocks of material which mimic natural enamel’s physical characteristics.

Learn more at Sirona
Invisalign

Straight teeth without wires! Eat whatever you like and be able to brush and floss afterwards! The pain level after having the wire braces tightened is lowered to the level of mild discomfort with the clear aligners. Since your models are digitized and the teeth are straightened by a computer program, you can see a movie of your teeth being straightened, step by step and evaluate the end result.

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Dental Implants

Having gone back to Boston for my implant placement training, I can offer tooth replacements that are rock solid and will never get a cavity! Not only can implants replace teeth, they can also keep that pesky lower denture from floating up while eating.

Learn more at Nobel Biocare
Diagnodent Laser Cavity Detection

No longer do I have to stick you teeth with my sharp pointy cavity explorer. The German’s found out that cavities reflects laser light and this machine finds cavities in pits and grooves painlessly.

Learn more at KaVo USA
Digital X-Rays

Besides only using a fraction of the radiation exposure of conventional film radiography, I can view your xrays on a computer monitor which is a hundred times bigger than the film. This together with Photoshop-type tools allow me to colorize, texturize, annotate and zoom in on any suspicious areas.

Wireless Miniature Intra-Oral Camera

Now you can see exactly what I see. Actually, we can both see better in that the monitor image is many times larger than your actual teeth and we can sneak back behind those hard to get at places.

Learn more at RF System
Diode Soft-Tissue Laser

The spectra of this laser allows the vaporization of inflammatory tissue and the decontamination of deep gum pockets. This allows your body to concentrate on healing and is a fountain of youth for the gums.

Learn more at Odyssey
Sedation Dentistry

Adult dental sedation is safe and comfortable, allowing me to perform more dentistry in a single visit instead of again and again with little to no post-operative discomfort for you.

Learn more at Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation (DOCS)
CareCredit

Our dental credit card. Easy payments for various time periods. You have to have good credit and if you’re a second late paying the balance by the term’s end you’ll get hammered with all the backlogged interest. Still, if you are disciplined, it could be a good way to go on an expensive treatment plan.

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Before & After

  • Dental Implants

    We replaced a broken tooth with an all-ceramic dental crown, secured to a dental implant. A dental implant takes the place of the missing tooth’s root.

  • Cracked Tooth

    Restoration of a cracked tooth using CEREC, keeping the natural tooth structure.

  • Invisalign

    We straightened using Invisalign.

  • Broken Tooth

    Broken tooth from an unfortunate auto accident. We did a root canal and built the tooth back up, then placed cerec restoration

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