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At Briarwood Dental, our goal is to provide your family with a caring, comfortable, affordable, and convenient dental experience. We do this by serving you in a polite and professional manner and treating you as we would want to be treated. Our entire dental team loves helping people and strives to develop lasting relationships with our patients built on trust, honesty, and integrity.

Briarwood Dental was established in October 2002 by Dr. Kevin Clemmons. His dream of opening a dental office in Bowling Green became a reality after having dental practices in Clarkson, Smiths Grove and Brownsville, KY.  In 2022, Dr. George Bare joined the practice. Dr. Clemmons and Dr. Bare are pleased to provide quality dental care to patients of all ages in Bowling Green, Smith's Grove, Scottsville, Brownsville, Morgantown, Alvaton, Glasgow, Franklin, and surrounding areas.

Trust Decades of Experience

If you’re looking for a dentist in the Bowling Green area you couldn’t make a better choice than by choosing Briarwood Dental. They have decades of experience practicing dentistry and between them have developed a broad range of skills.

This expertise allows Dr. Clemmons and Dr. Bare to provide all the routine dental treatment you need, as well as state-of-the-art services like dental implant placement and restoration. We continually add new services and offer the best and latest technology.

And if you want a more youthful appearance to go along with your healthy smile, ask us about in-office cosmetic facial treatments like Botox and dermal fillers.

Your Comfort Is Our Priority

Dental anxiety is very common. For you, it may be a small twinge of worry; for others, it may be so overwhelming that they avoid dental visits altogether. We want you to know that at Briarwood Dental, our team is sympathetic to your feelings. Our goal is to provide dental care in a way that helps you feel and confident and happy about taking care of your oral health.

Our dentists make your comfort a priority, and have been trained to provide safe sedation dentistry. We are pleased to offer nitrous oxide and oral conscious sedation; if you need something stronger, you'll be comforted to know that we can also safely administer IV sedation. Now you can get all the dental care you need from a team of professionals you know and trust.

If there's anything we can do to improve your experience and minimize your stress, please tell us. We are here to serve your unique needs with personalized, stress-free dental care.

We Make Quality Dental Care Convenient

Your job is to get to our practice for dental treatment, and our job is to make it as easy and convenient as possible when you do!  We accept most dental insurances and also offer our own Membership Plans for those without dental insurance. Ple

We know that you may not be able to break away from school or work during regular business hours. For this reason, we've arranged to be here until 6 PM on Tuesdays and start at 7 AM on Fridays. Let us know what works for you, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you. If you have an urgent problem and need an emergency dentist please call us and we’ll do our best to see you as soon as possible.

If it’s time for your next dental exam and cleaning, please call Briarwood Dental to arrange an appointment. Don’t worry if you haven’t been to the dentist in a while and you have multiple problems to address. We’re not here to judge you; we only want to help you enjoy the healthiest smile possible.

Please call us at (270) 746-5880 to schedule your appointment.

Dental emergencies are quite frightening and often painful.  Prompt treatment is almost always required to alleviate pain and to ensure the teeth have the best possible chance of survival.

Sometimes, teeth become fractured by trauma, grinding, or biting on hard objects.  In other cases, fillings, crowns, and other restorative devices can be damaged or fall out of the mouth completely.  If there is severe pain, it is essential to contact our office immediately.  The pain caused by dental emergencies almost always gets worse without treatment, and dental issues can seriously jeopardize physical health.

Types of dental emergency and how to deal with them

Avulsed tooth (tooth knocked out)

If a tooth has been knocked clean out of the mouth, it is essential to see a dentist immediately.  When a tooth exits the mouth, tissues, nerves, and blood vessels become damaged.  If the tooth can be placed back into its socket within an hour, there is a chance the tissues will grow to support the tooth once again.

Here are some steps to take:

1. Call our office.

2. Pick up the tooth by the crown and rinse it under warm water.  DO NOT touch the root.

3. If possible, place it back into its socket – if not tuck it into the cheek pouch.

4. If the tooth cannot be placed in the mouth, put the tooth into a cup of milk, saliva, or water as a last resort.  It is important to keep the tooth from drying out.

5. Get to our office, quickly and safely.

We will try to replace the tooth in its natural socket.  In some cases, the tooth will reattach, but if the inner mechanisms of the teeth are seriously damaged, root canal therapy might be necessary.

Lost filling or crown

Usually, a crown or filling comes loose while eating.  Once it is out of the mouth, the affected tooth may be incredibly sensitive to temperature changes and pressure.  Crowns generally become loose because the tooth beneath is decaying.  The decay causes shape changes in the teeth – meaning that the crown no longer fits.

If a crown has dropped out of the mouth, make a dental appointment as soon as possible.  Keep the crown in a cool, safe place because there is a possibility that we can reinsert it.  If the crown is out of the mouth for a long period of time, the teeth may shift or sustain further damage.

When we are not immediately accessible, here are the steps to take:

1. Apply clove oil to the tooth to alleviate pain.

2. Clean the crown, and affix it onto the tooth with dental cement.  This can be purchased at a local pharmacy.

3. If the crown is lost, smear the top of the tooth with dental cement to alleviate discomfort.

4. DO NOT use any kind of glue to affix the crown.

We will check the crown to see if it still fits.  If it does, it will be reattached to the tooth. Where decay is noted, this will be treated and a new crown will be made.

Cracked or broken teeth

The teeth are strong, but they are still prone to fractures, cracks, and breaks.  Sometimes fractures are fairly painless, but if the crack extends down into the root, it is likely that the pain will be extreme.  Fractures, cracks, and breaks can take several different forms, but are generally caused by trauma, grinding, and biting.  If a tooth has been fractured or cracked, there is no alternative but to schedule an appointment as quickly as possible.

Where a segment of tooth has been broken off, here are some steps that can be taken at home:

1. Call our office.

2. Rinse the tooth fragment and the mouth with lukewarm water.

3. Apply gauze to the area for ten minutes if there is bleeding.

4. Place a cold, damp dishtowel on the cheek to minimize swelling and pain.

5. Cover the affected area with over-the-counter dental cement if you cannot see us immediately.

6. Take a topical pain reliever.

The nature of the break or fracture will limit what we are able to do.  If a fracture or crack extends into the root, root canal therapy is often the most effective way to retain the tooth. In the case of a complete break, your dentist will usually affix the fragment back onto the tooth as a temporary measure.

Dislodged/loose teeth

When a tooth has been dislodged or loosened from its socket by trauma or decay, it might be possible to save it. If the tooth remains in the mouth still attached to the blood vessels and nerves, there is a good chance root canal therapy will not be necessary.

It is important to call our office immediately to make an appointment.  In the meantime, use a cold compress and over-the-counter medications to relieve pain.  Your dentist will reposition the tooth and add splints to stabilize it.  If the tooth fails to heal, root canal therapy might be required.

If you have questions or concerns about dental emergencies, please contact our office.

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