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At Advanced Dental Center, our patients appreciate how Dr. Joe Griffin and our other dentists help them keep their smiles for life. They say great things not only about our dentists but also about our caring staff. They like us so much, they’ve put us on the “Best of the Pee Dee” list of top local merchants, voted on by readers of the local newspaper, in 2015, 2017, and 2018.

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Shelly P. on improving her health through an implant-supported denture

I had some issues with my teeth. I didn't take care of them the way I should have. I had chemotherapy almost 10 years ago now, and that apparently has wreaked havoc on my gums, so I ended up having to have all of them pulled. I initially came for a cavity, and then we found all of the other issues that were going on, so they went ahead and pulled all of them. They gave me some Valium to take before I got here to help with that anxiety in the beginning when they pulled to teeth, one to take an hour before my visit and then one to take when I got here. I ended up not needing to take the second one. I just took the first one. It worked. It calmed me down enough, and with their help, I was calm enough that I didn't have to take the second one.

When they pulled the 12 of them, I didn't realize just how much it was affecting me and how I wasn't sick, but I didn't feel well, until after they were pulled and the healing process began. Then I realized just how much it was affecting how I felt on a daily basis. It's 100% better now that they're gone. I had to be careful of how hard it was to chew something, because my teeth hurt initially, before we had anything done. I couldn't drink cold water. Everything I drank I had to drink through a straw, because it hurt. My teeth were just that sensitive. It just hurt to drink.

I don't have to do that anymore. That's a wonderful thing too. I can just, you know, get a bottle of water and drink it, and don't have to worry about finding a straw, and don't have to worry about whether it's too hot or too cold. THat's a very nice thing, because I'd been dealing with that for a couple of years actually, where my teeth have just been really sensitive, so that's a good thing.

I wasn't sure when I had them pulled if I was just going to stick with the denture or if I was going to do the implants. After having it for six months or so, I really prefer to have the implants done. I think it's going to be well worth it when it's all said and done. I'm more confident now than I was before I had my teeth pulled, but it's been a process, you know, getting the temporary denture in place and having to learn how to eat and how to talk. You pretty much have to do everything over again. There's a little bit of a learning curve there, but once you figure it out it works well. I'm really looking forward to being able to talk the way I used to.

I definitely recommend it. Yes. Definitely. The whole process. For me, it took a while, because I had so many other issues going on, and it'll end up being a little over a year long process to get mine done, but it's definitely worth the time and money to invest in doing it.