Services
From preventive to cosmetic treatments, including specialized services like sleep apnea appliances and Invisalign, Dr. Katherine Vo Cook offers comprehensive dental care tailored to your needs.
Customized New Patient Exam
It is best described as a "tour of your mouth." With low radiation digital x-rays, intra-oral photos, and extra-oral photos, we perform a complete health evaluation of your facial muscles, jaw joints, tooth structure, gum tissue, supporting bone, and the esthetic appearance of your teeth. All this information helps us customize a plan that best fits your oral health needs and esthetic desires.
Preventative Dentistry
Dental cleanings
Flouride treatments
Fissure sealants
We aim to help you maintain a healthy smile with a minimum biannual check-up and oral hygiene cleaning. Utilizing ultrasonic technology, your cleaning visit will be efficient and add excellent maintenance benefits to your home care. Fluoride treatment and preventive resin restorations are available to help you avoid painful and costly procedures with decayed teeth.
Restorative Dentistry
Fillings
Inlays
Onlays
Crowns
Bridges
While teeth enamel is the strongest substance in our body, it can break and erode over time. Poor oral hygiene and bad genetics can result in cavity-prone teeth. But sometimes even with the best home care and timely checkups, teeth can chip, crack, and fracture. Contributing factors to normal wear and tear include a high acidic diet, para-functional habits, and systemic diseases. Restorative dentistry can repair teeth to full form and function.
We use an intraoral handheld scanner to create digital impressions of your teeth that can be delivered to the lab technician within minutes. This cutting-edge technology replaced the former gooey gagging impressions and your new restorations fabricated from a computer-generated model will be ready for delivery in half the usual time.
Cosmetic Dentistry
Dental whitening
Veneers
Ranging from simple whitening procedures, tooth color resin restorations, and customized bonding or veneers on front teeth, to rebuilding an entire mouth, modern dentistry allows us to create a healthy mouth for your overall health and the beautiful confident smile you desire.
We specialize in the innovative Bioclear method to close spaces between teeth. This latest technique produces aesthetically superior results while remaining conservative to preserve healthy tooth structure.
Urgent Dental Care
If you suffer from tooth pain, a broken tooth, or any other urgent dental issue, don't wait to get relief! Dr. Vo will make every effort to provide same-day or next-day appointments for urgent dental care.
Implant Dentistry
Although there are many options to replace missing teeth, with the advent of modern dentistry, implants are now the standard of care treatment. These surgically placed titanium screw-like structures, which come in various shapes and sizes, integrate into your bone to simulate the roots of your missing teeth. Their abutments can be customized to suit the teeth they replace, and the types of prostheses to replace the lost teeth. The result is a long-term healthy substitution that can look and function like your natural teeth.
Custom Mouth Guards
With the mouth being a heavily used part of our body, it goes through lots of wear and tear. Custom-made guards are recommended to protect against clenching and grinding forces, which could cause teeth and/or restorations to fracture, weaken/damage periodontal supporting structures, and possibly lead to TMJ issues. Sports mouthguards are also available to prevent injury during your athletic activities.
Sleep Apnea Appliances
We also coordinate with your medical insurance to design specific oral appliances to treat sleep apnea, helping you breathe better and prevent snoring.
Invisalign
Mal-aligned or "crooked" teeth can lead to compromised oral hygiene care, unstable occlusion or "bite", and premature teeth fracture. Beyond traditional wire-and-bracket orthodontic treatment, updated technology from invisible aligners allows for efficient movement of teeth while helping you confidently smile and ease of hygiene maintenance during the treatment period.
A digital impression can be made in minutes to give you a preview of how your current dentition can be aligned into a more functional, healthy, and beautiful smile.
Oral Cancer Screening
During your new patient exam and biannual check-up, we screen for abnormal lesions, including white and red patches in your mouth. If lesions are seen, specific procedures may be done to find abnormal tissues that may develop into oral cancer. We work closely with UCSF Oral Pathology Clinic to coordinate further treatment if necessary.
We offer the latest in Dentistry
Our dental practice is equipped with modern technology to enhance the quality and comfort of your care.
Paperless Practice
We proudly embrace a paperless approach to streamline workflows and enhance patient communication while helping to reduce waste.
Digital X-Ray
Our advanced imaging technology enhances your dental experience. Digital X-rays offer immediate viewing, reduced radiation exposure, and simplified communication with specialists and insurance billing.
Intraoral Camera
Get a firsthand view of your dental health, with before, during, and after photos of your treatment. Our intraoral camera helps maximize your dental benefits by offering detailed explanations to your insurance provider.
Soft Tissue Laser
Utilizing advanced soft tissue laser technology, we provide relief for canker sores, reduce bacteria, disinfect gum pockets, and perform cosmetic gum recontouring for enhanced aesthetics.
Digital Scanner
Goop-free impressions are made possible with our digital scanner, ensuring faster and more accurate delivery of your crowns and veneers. Additionally, it allows for the tracking of periodontal conditions in your mouth and provides a preview of simulated orthodontic treatment with clear aligners.
“Dr. Vo is very friendly and approachable and explains the procedure of what's happening at the beginning. She walked me through what she was seeing and created a step-by-step plan for my dental health. Her hygienists are fantastic as well. Very professional and overall a great experience.”
— Trevor D
Plan Your Visit
Our Union Square location offers stunning views of downtown San Francisco and convenient parking.
Address
450 Sutter St. #2525, San Francisco, CA 94108
Hours
Monday–Friday
8 am–5 pm
Phone
415-397-1004