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Centre for the Dental Arts – Modern Dentistry for Beautiful Smiles
Visiting the Center for the Dental Arts is not just about checking for cavities. We’ve invested in noteworthy advancements in the field of dentistry to offer our patients a range of custom dental care services. Our up-to-date methods and technologies ensure all smile results are achieved. Since 1989, The Centre for the Dental Arts has been creating healthy and beautiful smiles for our patients. We are always welcoming new patients and ask you to give us a call to schedule your next check-up.
What Makes The Centre for the Dental Arts Different?
Every individual that visits our office is greeted with a welcoming and friendly staff, genuine in our empathy and interests in the lives of our patients. Our patients trust us to provide the care and comfort needed when addressing their dental care requirements. No matter the level of nervousness, pain-tolerance or anxiety, The Centre for the Dental Arts specializes in making our patients feel at-ease as well as part of our dental family.
We take into consideration factors such as not waiting long before being treated, having a knowledgeable and up-to-date staff and the superior technologies to address all of our patients needs. The Centre for the Dental Arts has become a strong staple for dental healthcare in Fort Lauderdale’s Broward County. Visit us today to meet our exceptional team of dental professionals.
Top Reasons to Visit The Centre for the Dental Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1. Exceptional dedication to the individual needs of our patients.
2. Extended after-work hours for our patients’ convenience.
3. Relaxing, Zen-like atmosphere at our easily accessible office near downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
4. Third party payment plans available so you can afford a beautiful and healthy smile today.
5. The Centre for the Dental Arts staff is personable, knowledgeable and caring and wants your smile to be the center of positive attention.
Why is it Important to Visit the Dentist Regularly?
• Your teeth reflect your inner persona to the world.
• First impressions rely on beautiful smiles.
• Your oral health affects your body’s entire health
• Few things on earth are more powerful than a beautiful smile.
Three Excuses for Not Visiting the Dentist…Our Solution.
• Time… we are open two evenings a week for your convenience.
• Money… we accept most dental plans and offer a variety of third party financing options.
• Pain… don’t wait until it hurts. We are gentle, caring and can provide sedation. Overall, we are always here to help and make sure you visit is as pleasant as possible.
Call Dr. Blum’s office at 954.463.4999 to schedule your next dental check-up. Your health is as important to us as it is to you.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Look and feel great with Cosmetic Dentistry services from the Centre for the Dental Arts.
By focusing on the entire smile and not just a few teeth, Dr. Blum and his team are always sure to give our guests the most natural-looking smile and, more importantly, each guest is excited about the results. We use the following techniques of cosmetic dentistry:
• Teeth whitening
• Porcelain veneers
• Cosmetic crowns and bridges
• Implant restoration
• Tooth colored fillings
Crowns and Bridges
If you want a smile that's your crowning glory, you may need a crown -- or dental cap – to restore your tooth to its normal shape and size. A porcelain crown (also called a cap) covers the tooth to restore it to its normal shape and size, strengthening and improving the appearance of the tooth.
The advantages of crowns include:
• Size, shape, texture, and color can be controlled (custom-made)
• Restore aesthetics and function to broken, cracked, or filled back teeth
• Can be used on damaged or broken teeth
Bridges
A dental bridge replaces a missing tooth. A crown is placed on each tooth next to the space of the missing tooth, and then a false tooth is suspended between the crowns.
Implants
Dental Implants
Missing teeth affect a person's appearance, the ability to speak and chew, and general dental health. Many people who have lost teeth would like new teeth that are attractive, natural and comfortable. Others, who have worn removable bridges or dentures, wish to have the security of fixed (stationary) teeth. Dental implants have made this possible. Over the last 20 years, dental implants have grown to be an effective and reliable means of replacing missing teeth and securing bridges and dentures. In expert hands, it is the most successful technique for improving the quality of life for many people.
Lumineers©
The gentle alternative to Porcelain Veneers and Braces
If you dream of having a perfect smile, but the thought of having your teeth cut down makes you wince in pain, you’ll be happy to know there is a new pain-free alternative to porcelain veneers and crowns that help you get a fantastic, natural-looking smile. If you are seekingstraight teeth without braces, this may be your solution.
The new Lumineers by Cerinate, are extremely thin veneers that can lengthen small teeth, correct misshapen teeth, crooked teeth, crowded teeth, broken teeth and teeth that have been permanently stained with tetracycline antibiotics or age. A Lumineer is a contact-lens-thin porcelain shield that is permanently attached to the front of each tooth that is: safe for sensitive patients because it does not require grinding down large amounts of sensitive tooth structure.
Dentures
Dentures are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, and are supported by surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Conventional dentures are removable; however there are many different denture designs, some which rely on bonding or clipping onto teeth or dental implants.
Porcelain Veneers
Make your smile look great again with Porcelain Veneers from the Centre for the Dental Arts
The development of advanced techniques has enabled Dr. Blum and our associates to change your smile overnight with porcelain veneers.
Advantages to Porcelain Veneers:
• It’s fast. An entire smile can be changed in just 2 visits to our Fort Lauderdale office.
• Crooked teeth can be corrected to produce a more perfect smile.
• Gaps between teeth can be easily closed with porcelain veneers.
• Natural teeth weakened by old or broken fillings can now be strengthened by this process.
• The natural tooth structure is preserved and the surrounding soft tissues remain untouched.
• Permanent stains such as those caused by antibiotics administered during childhood can be completely masked.
Preventive Dentistry
Preventive Dental Care is your key to an attractive and healthy smile that lasts a lifetime.
Preventive care dentistry is the foundation of having a lifetime of good dental health and an attractive smile. Most people think they have healthy teeth and good dental hygiene, but in reality...
• Most American adults show signs of serious gum disease.In fact, this is the real reason why most people lose their teeth (not tooth decay as one might think).
• Gum disease doesn’t hurt, covertly destroying your oral health.
• 25% of the adult population has suffered from oral pain in the last six months.
• 30% of all adults over 65 will lose all of their teeth.
• 90 million Americans suffer from bad breath.
Sedation Dentistry
If there were a way that you could have your treatment accomplished in minimal visits, with no pain and little memory of the experience, would this be more encouraging? The obvious answer is yes.
Clearly, the 30-50% of Americans who suffer from dental-phobia and avoid much need treatment could greatly profit from sedation dentistry techniques. Just one-two little tablets can eliminate white
Year Established: 1989
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The Centre for the Dental Arts is a private dental practice run by Dr. Michael Blum. We have been responsible for providing outstanding dental service for the greater Fort Lauderdale community since 1989. We are a general practice office with an emphasis on cosmetic and implant dentistry. We offer extended hours of operation to accommodate our patient's schedules. Our extended payment plans, ability to sedate the nervous, along with our belief that we don't treat teeth, we treat people creates an atmosphere which is relaxing and enjoyable. We are located at 648 Northeast Third Avenue, Fort Lauderdale FL 33304.
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Insurance
Dental Insurance and Dental HMO’s
• For those covered by insurance, we will accept assignment of benefits. This means we will wait for payment from your insurance carrier for 45 days. Most policies do not cover 100% of your treatment even if they say so. They pay 100% of what they would like that fee to be, and they would like the fee to be what is was 15 years ago. Due to this and the extreme delay in receiving payment from insurance companies, you will be asked to pay all deductibles and co-payments prior to the start of treatment. We will estimate what your insurance company will pay, but until we actually receive payment, this is just an estimate. We will make every effort to get your carriers to pay, but the ultimate responsibility of payment is yours. If the insurance carrier has not paid after 45 days, the balance will be due in full by you.
• Dental insurance does not pay for comprehensive treatment. Good dental insurance pays up to $1000 per year when you pay co-payments.
• Your employer and your dental insurer are not going to pay money for you to have the best that dentistry can offer. They pay for the cheapest and therefore the lowest quality that is available.
• Insurance will not pay for: existing missing teeth, cosmetics, or implants.
• Insurance is a poor supplement for dental costs and has nothing to do with your dental health.
• The only people concerned with your dental health are you and your dentist. The less money the insurance company pays, the more they have to invest, and the better off your employer is.
• It is poor dentistry and poor health management to wait years to complete dental work. Delaying dental treatment creates more work as your mouth gets worse and more costly to repair.
Dental HMO’s and DMO’s
These are discounted dental plans. You pay for virtually everything at a reduced rate. The MO in HMO stands for Maintenance Organization. If you need nothing done, then you pay very little. Rates quoted to people by HMO’s are very misleading. The HMO might list a fee for a crown, but there are other fees involved. These fees can include lab fees, build up fees, and upgrade fees for cosmetic or implants. HMO’s list the cheapest and lowest grade of services so they can sell their plans. At best, HMO’s are better than nothing, and at worse they lead you to believe you will get something for a price that cannot occur. We will work with you as a caring staff to make sure you receive great treatment, regardless of your situation.
Easy Financing
Dental Payment Plans
The Centre for the Dental Arts offers you a variety of financial options available to help make it easy to afford your dental needs. As a patient of Centre for the Dental Arts, you are eligible for our easy financial and insurance arrangements. With our convenient payment plans, a simple application process and an instant decision, you can schedule your treatment today and pay for it over time. Some things in life can be put off. Fortunately, quality healthcare doesn’t have to be one of them.
Financial Policies and Information
We offer the following options for the payment of your dental treatment:
1. For your convenience we accept cash, check, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express.
2. We have affordable financing through multiple lenders. Financing plans are available for people with a wide range of credit history. There are no fees to apply. There are no prepayment penalties.
3. We will accept any insurance as long as they accept us. Here at the Centre for the Dental Arts we predominantly use two finance companies that offer No Interest payment plans, and low APR plans for extended periods of time.
We use CareCredit. You can find out more about them at
By choosing to use the services of a third-party lender, patients are able to receive the treatment they need immediately. This presents a situation where people can be healthy, happy, worry free, and can still budget their expenses through affordable payment plans.
Don’t wait until you think you can afford it, or until the pain is unbearable. Take care of yourself so you can take care of others.-knuckle syndrome and allow you to forget the entire treatment.
