Summit Dental

MERRY CHRISTMAS from your favorite Elves at Summit Dental, plus a few extra of Santa's helpers!! 🎄⛄️😁

Summit Dental will be closed the week of December 25th-26th. We will re-open with normal hours on Jan 2nd! We hope you all have a Happy New Year!

Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Summit Dental will be closed from November 22, 2023 and reopen on November 27, 2023. We are taking this time to cherish our family and give thanks for all the blessings in life! We hope you have a very thankful holiday. Gobble Gobble 🦃

Dr. Williams is more then the average dentist. She goes above and beyond with continue education and resources for all things health related. This includes TONGUE TIE treatment in babies! It is amazing how this little sliver of tissue can effect the development of your child. So many symptoms can be overlooked, such as restless sleep during the night, to not eating a full bottle. Check out these articles for more in depth information and see if maybe your child, teen or even your self may be suffering from a tongue tie, and didn't even know it!
https://www.littleones.co/blog/tongue-tied-how-a-small-piece-of-tissue-can-affect-your-baby-s-feeding-and-sleep
https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/the-truth-about-tongue-tie

Tongue-tie symptoms and treatment Up to 10% of all babies are born with tongue-tie. Learn how it can affect eating and speech, and if treatment is needed.

“The 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 thing is that we 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿” -𝙱𝚞𝚣𝚣 𝙻𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛
HAPPY HALLOWEEN from your favorite toys at Summit Dental🎃

Dr. Williams will be out of the office this week. She is back home having some fun family time! 🤩
There will be someone answering phones so you can still call for any questions, or to make appointments! Office hours will resume back to normal on Monday October 16th ☺️

Today we remember those lives that were lost 22 years ago, when tragedy hit our nation. September 11, 2001 changed America forever, and will never be forgotten.

Come hang out with us and have some free coffee! ☕️
𝚙𝚜. 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗

Transformation Tuesday! ✨We love a good diastema closure! 🦷

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!!!
✨Anna I.
✨Michelle W.
✨Katy T.
Congratulations to you three! Thank you for being amazing patients and entering our giveaway! We hope you all have an amazing time at the game!

As for other participants, keep an eye out. This is not our last giveaway! 🦷

Today is the LAST DAY to enter our Drawing for MIZZOU Football Tickets!

The moment you all have been waiting for! Dr. Williams would love to give back to our amazing patients! We are GIVING AWAY 3 pairs of tickets to a MIZZOU Football Game!! 🏈
Here is how you can win!
✨Follow Our Page!
✨Tag someone in the comments who will be joining you at the game!
✨Share this post!
But wait, Do you want an additional entry for a better chance at winning?!
Simply leave us a google review! Once we see that has been done, we will enter your name a second time!
There will be 3 winners and the drawing will be on August 15th, and will be announced on our Facebook!
Good Luck!! 😁

The moment you all have been waiting for! Dr. Williams would love to give back to our amazing patients! We are GIVING AWAY 3 pairs of tickets to a MIZZOU Football Game!! 🏈

Here is how you can win!
✨Like Our Page!
✨Tag someone in the comments who will be joining you at the game!
✨Share this post!

But wait, Do you want an additional entry for a better chance at winning?!
Simply leave us a google review! Once we see that has been done, we will enter your name a second time!

There will be 3 winners and the drawing will be on August 15th, and will be announced here on our Facebook!

Good Luck!! 😁🦷

Hint. Hint! Keep your eyes peeled for next weeks post! We have something up our sleeves!🤩🦷

Hint..Hint! Keep your eyes peeled for next weeks post! We have something special up our sleeves! 🤩🦷

This little one was determined to be a Doctor for the day, so he was just that! Good news, him and our RDH were both cavity free!! 🤩🦷

We are so excited to have Sherri back with us! She had a transplant in Dallas Texas back in December. She has had a heck of a time with the healing process, but in true Sherri fashion, she has persevered! She even broke records with the healing time for the hospital in Dallas. (WhooHoo!!🥳)) To ease the transition back, she will be in a couple days a week for now. We have missed her, it feels great to have the gang back together again! When you are in for your next visit, if she is here, give her a big welcome back! 🦷💙

This week Dr. Williams' children brought their preschool classes to the office to learn about oral health! They got a tour of the office and learned they should be brushing 2 times a day for 2 minutes every time. They also got a demonstration on how to properly floss. We loved having these inquisitive and bright young kiddos at the office this week!!

We will be closed today, December 22nd due to the inclement weather. ❄️

Happy Birthday to the 𝗼𝗻𝗲.. the 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆…
Dr. Misty Williams!! 🥳 We hope you have the best celebrations!! All the love from us at Summit Dental! 🫶🏼

We Absolutely love our patients, Donna delivered us 2 sunshine smile balloons and put a smile on everyone's face!! 😁💛

We LOVE a good smile transformation!! Wow, just look at this cheesy smile, truly an amazing change. 😁🦷

✨WOW WEDNESDAY ✨
Let’s take a moment to appreciate this amazing transformation!
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Shout out to who did an amazing job designing these crowns!

The tongue attaches to the floor of the mouth with a web of tissue called the lingual frenulum. The lingual frenulum may be shortened or thickened; restricting movement of the tongue, or it may tether the tongue too close to the tip. Tongue-tie may affect an infant’s ability to latch effectively during breastfeeding and can cause maternal symptoms during breastfeeding, as well. Tongue-tie may also cause mechanical difficulties in the child’s speech and oral hygiene.
Tongue-tie may be suspected in infants or children who have difficulty with the following:
* Breastfeeding
* Lifting their tongue
* Sticking the tongue out (the tongue may appear notched or heart-shaped when the child attempts to do so)
* Moving the tongue from side to side
* Licking their lips or sweeping food debris from the teeth
Frenectomy is a surgical procedure to release the frenulum so the tongue can move more freely.
Most babies can feed immediately afterward. Speech therapy and tongue exercises may be part of the process. If not corrected may cause problems with the development of oral cavity, leaving
to other oral health problems.

This has to be one of our favorite transformations yet, not only from the amazing result but the heart warming story behind it. This patient lost her front teeth in her teenage years and that started a habit of talking and laughing with her hand in front of her mouth. She would smile with her lips together in hopes no one would notice her missing teeth. She came to us with the mindset of full extractions and placing dentures as she thought that was her only option for a new smile. After meeting with Dr. Williams and realizing her existing teeth were healthy, she was ready to start treatment replacing the missing teeth! With each visit, her hand slowly moved away from her mouth and her smile widened. By the final visit, we were able to see her big beautiful smile without the distraction of her hand and the habit was broken!

We had the 𝔹𝔼𝕊𝕋 patient today, and he was 𝙲𝙰𝚅𝙸𝚃𝚈 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝙴!

✨TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY ✨
In some cases, patients want to align most of their teeth, but still have some character to their smile. This is the perfect example, this one absolutely loved her canines, and wanted to keep them just as they were, but align the others properly. She was so excited to be finished and still have the unique smile, absolutely beautiful.