Diagnostic

• Dental Examination
  While most traumatic dental injuries occur in children and teenagers, people of all ages can be affected, usually as a result of sports mishaps, automobile accidents, or bad falls. If you've experienced a traumatic dental injury it is important to visit your endodontist in order to determine any necessary treatment. Any dental injury, even if apparently mild, requires examination by a dentist or an endodontist immediately. Sometimes, neighboring teeth suffer an additional, unnoticed injury that will only be detected by a thorough dental exam.

Preventive

• Teeth Cleaning

Restorative

• Fillings
• Crowns
  Fractured, chipped teeth account for the majority of dental injuries. Most chipped or fractured tooth crowns can be repaired either by reattaching the broken piece or by placing a tooth-colored filling. If a significant portion of the tooth crown is broken off, an artificial crown or "cap" may be needed to restore the tooth.
• Bridges
• Dental Bonding

Endodontics

• Root Canal Treatment
  Endodontic therapy, also known as a root canal, is a relatively painless treatment which aims at clearing infection as well as protecting the tooth from subsequent infections.
• Apicoectomy
  Although there are many surgical procedures that can be performed to save a tooth, the most common is called apicoectomy, or root-end resection. When inflammation or infection persists in the bony area around the end of your tooth after a root canal procedure, your endodontist may have to perform an apicoectomy.

Prosthodontics

• Dentures
  Often, the only alternative to surgery is extraction of the tooth. The extracted tooth can then be replaced with an implant, bridge, or removable partial denture to restore chewing function and to prevent adjacent teeth from shifting. No matter how effective modern artificial tooth replacements are, nothing is as good as your natural tooth.

Implants

• Dental Implants

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Oral Surgery
  Gretchen has been a member of the Central Carolina Endodontics team since 2021. Before joining the team, she assisted chairside in Oral Surgery for 26 years. Her goal has always been to provide a compassionate and caring atmosphere for her patients and to work cohesively together with her team members. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring new recipes in the kitchen and spending time with her family.
• Tooth Extractions

General

• Teeth Whitening
• General Dentistry
  Throughout the year, Dr. Sciarrino attends numerous continuing education courses on a variety of oral healthcare topics. By strengthening her core knowledge of general dentistry and endodontics, she ensures that she provides the best care and strongest results for patients.