Elizabethtown is about an hour's drive to our Oleander Drive office, southeast on US-701 and NC-87.
Elizabethtown is inland Bladen County, an hour from the coast and considerably further from any prosthodontist. We are straightforward about this: routine dentistry should be done locally, and driving an hour for a cleaning makes no sense.
What does justify the trip is the work a general dentist refers out. Full-arch implant restorations, full mouth reconstruction, complex cases where the bite itself has to be rebuilt. Those need three additional years of training to plan properly, and Bladen County patients travel for it because the alternative is having complex work done by someone who does it occasionally.
We regularly see patients from Elizabethtown, White Lake, Clarkton, and the Cape Fear River corridor, and from across the area around Jones Lake State Park, White Lake.
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TMJ/TMD treatment addresses pain and dysfunction in the jaw joints and muscles that control how you bite and chew.
If you experience jaw pain, clicking, clenching, or bite-related discomfort, Dr. Pan can evaluate the cause and create a personalized plan to relieve it and protect your teeth.
We evaluate your jaw, bite, and symptoms, identify the underlying cause, and build a personalized plan that may include a custom night guard, bite therapy, or restorative care.
We listen to your symptoms and complete a detailed evaluation of your jaw, bite, and teeth.
Dr. Pan identifies what's driving your discomfort — clenching, grinding, bite imbalance, or worn teeth.
Your plan may include a custom night guard, bite adjustment, or restorative care to relieve strain and protect your teeth.
We follow up to fine-tune your treatment so you can bite, chew, and rest more comfortably.
As a prosthodontist, Dr. Pan has advanced training in how the teeth, bite, and jaw work together. She looks for the underlying cause — not just the symptom — and starts with the most conservative options.
Because it is a long drive, we consolidate aggressively. The first appointment is a full 1.5 hours with a 3D scan and a complete written plan, and subsequent visits are scheduled to accomplish as much per trip as the healing sequence permits.
Elizabethtown is about an hour's drive to our Oleander Drive office, southeast on US-701 and NC-87.