Located near Jasper, Texas, our dental office is clean, comfortable and our staff is qualified and friendly. We offer light sedation, including nitrous oxide (laughing gas), and have a TV in every room, so you can enjoy your favorite show while experiencing gentle, comfortable dental treatment.
We are also very technology savvy in our office. We offer digital x-rays, which allow us to take x-rays with much less radiation than traditional x-rays. This has also allowed us to eliminate the need for the chemicals that are used to process film x-rays.
While it is impossible to be completely paperless, we are still around 95% paperless and work hard to ensure we can eliminate as much waste as possible from our everyday activities. We enjoy working in a clean workspace and take pride in how clean our treatment areas are.
Dr. Seale was born and raised in the Jewel of the Forest. He first became interested in dentistry when he got his braces from Dr. Cammack, and he always wanted to come back to serve his hometown community.
After graduating from The University of Texas, he attended dental school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He then completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency program with the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System in Temple, Texas in 2007.
The most common cause of severe dry mouth is the use of multiple medications. Nearly all medications seem to list dry mouth as a potential side-effect. Older patients are often on multiple medications, each one adding to the possible problem of xerostomia.
If your physician has recently added a medication and you notice a sudden decrease in saliva, there may be other medications that have the same function but will not affect your salivary flow as much. Please discuss this with your physician. People with dry mouth are at a greatly increased risk for rapidly developing multiple, large cavities (due to the reduced buffering action of saliva and using sugar containing candies/drinks to help increase salivary flow).
Consult with your physician for change or reduction of medications Drinking plenty of water throughout the day to ensure proper hydration Chewing SUGAR FREE gum (preferably containing the natural sweetener xylitol) Using SUGAR FREE hard candy Using over the counter aids in mouth moisturizing (i.e. Biotene)