What is a Prosthodontist

Prosthodontists provide an extremely high level of care to patients with missing teeth, or having significant damage to their existing teeth. Prosthodontists work with congenital defects as well as problems arising from trauma and neglect.

Prosthodontists are highly trained in state-of-the-art techniques and procedures for treating many diverse and complex dental conditions and restoring optimum function and esthetics. These include: crowns, bridges, complete and removable partial dentures, dental implants, TMD-jaw joint problems, traumatic injuries to the mouth's structures and/or teeth, snoring or sleep disorders and oral cancer reconstruction and continuing care.

Prosthodontists must complete dental school, plus three additional years of advanced training and education in an ADA-accredited prosthodontic education program.

Prosthodontics is one of the nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association (ADA). Prosthodontists are dental specialists in the restoration and replacement of teeth. Extensive training and experience provide prosthodontists with a special understanding of the dynamics of a smile, the preservation of a healthy mouth and the creation of tooth replacements. Serving as the architect of a dental treatment plan, prosthodontists collaborates with general dentists, specialists and other health professionals to develop solutions to your dental and oral health concerns.

Dr. Joseph N. Tregaskes

He earned his dental degree in 1971 from the University of Pittsburgh.   Following dental school, he did a rotating internship in the U.S. Military.   He then completed a residency in prosthodontics at Marquette University.  

As a board certified prosthodontist, he is trained to accommodate the special functional and esthetic requirements involved with implant rehabilitation and complicated restoration problems.  

Having taken hundreds of hours of intensive continuing education courses, Dr. Tregaskes has the training and experience necessary to diagnose and treat TMD, head, neck and facial pain patients. Snoring and sleep apnea are many times conservatively treated with a dental appliance once a diagnosis is determined. Together with sleep specialists, he is educated in treating these breathing disorders.      

Through the advances of modern dentistry and technology, his office can replace missing teeth utilizing implants firmly anchored into bone.