Pentti J. Nupponen, DMD, MAGD, FISD, AIAOMT   (717) 896-3911

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Dr. Nupponen believes that it is wiser to prevent dental disease or to treat it at its earliest stages rather than to allow it to progress to more serious, painful, and costly disease. To that end, our office has been equipped with the most modern equipment available today, including intraoral cameras, computerized digital X-ray equipment, laser tools, imaging for "before" and "after" visualizations, and controlled painless anesthesia delivery. This is one of the most high-tech offices in the nation.

When dental problems are detected at earlier stages of tooth destruction, the treatments are less invasive, requiring less drastic methods to repair them. It is so ironic that those people who are most afraid of the dentist are the ones who suffer the most in the end, because they would rather endure the pain of a toothache for days on end than face the imagined pain of treatment.

Dr. Nupponen is a firm believer in prevention. Recent studies have linked periodontal disease with other serious illness, notably heart disease. The implication is that bleeding gums release mouth bacteria into the blood stream, where they are free to contribute to chronic illness. Therefore regular professional cleanings and checkups are very important. It is NOT normal for gums to bleed.