FOR OVER 30 YEARS, WE’VE DELIVERED EXCEPTIONAL GENERAL DENTISTRY AND LIFE-CHANGING COSMETIC MAKEOVERS IN PLANO, TX
FOR OVER 30 YEARS, WE’VE DELIVERED EXCEPTIONAL GENERAL DENTISTRY AND LIFE-CHANGING COSMETIC MAKEOVERS IN PLANO, TX
Introducing the BIOLASE® Epic X — laser gum contouring, whitening & pain therapy in Plano
Smile Maker of Texas now shapes gums, whitens teeth, and soothes sore jaws with focused light instead of a scalpel. Most soft-tissue treatments with the Epic X are done with little or no bleeding, no sutures, and often without a needle — which is why we use it alongside our 3D imaging on nearly every cosmetic case. Serving Plano, Dallas & DFW.
"Half of a beautiful smile is the gumline. You can put perfect teeth under a crooked gumline and the eye will still know something's wrong. The laser lets me draw that line the way I want it — precisely, and without the patient dreading it."
— Dr. Ritchie Beougher, The Smile Architect®
The BIOLASE Epic X is a 940-nanometer diode laser — a wavelength chosen because it's absorbed by pigment and water in soft tissue while passing harmlessly by tooth enamel. In practice, that means it can reshape gum tissue with real precision, and do it in places and at a scale a blade simply can't reach comfortably.
It also does something a blade can't: it seals as it works. Small blood vessels close behind the beam, so most procedures involve little or no bleeding, rarely need sutures, and leave a clean field the doctor can actually see. For a cosmetic case, seeing clearly is the whole game.
The system's ComfortPulse™ setting delivers the energy in very short pulses with rest time in between, which limits heat buildup in the tissue. That's the reason many minor soft-tissue procedures here are done with topical anesthetic only — no needle at all. Every treatment uses a single-use, disposable laser tip.
Dr. Ritchie Beougher, DDS — The Smile Architect® — uses the Epic X as a design instrument: reshaping the gumline so veneers, crowns, and SmileLift™ cases sit in the proportions he drew. Dr. Young Kyu Kim, DMD uses it as a surgical instrument: uncovering healed dental implants, releasing tight frenum attachments, and decontaminating tissue around implants and periodontal pockets. Same device, two disciplines, one treatment plan.
The Epic X arrived alongside our R2 Studio Q imaging system as part of the practice's new Implant Treatment Center — and the two work as a pair. The R2 Studio Q shows us exactly where everything is before we start. The Epic X lets us execute the soft-tissue part of that plan with a level of control, comfort, and cleanliness that a blade and sutures can't match. For patients across Plano, Dallas, Frisco, and DFW, that usually means shorter appointments and an easier few days afterward.
The Epic X isn't a single-purpose machine. It shapes the tissue that frames your smile, it brightens the teeth inside that frame, and it treats the muscles behind it.
Reshaping a gummy or uneven gumline, crown lengthening before veneers, frenectomy, uncovering healed implants, treating sore spots and ulcers, and decontaminating periodontal pockets.
Often with topical anesthetic onlyLaser energy activates the whitening gel so a full professional whitening session happens in one appointment — no trays to wear for weeks, no waiting to see the result.
About 20 minutes, one visitA separate handpiece delivers laser energy through the skin for temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain — useful for jaw and facial soreness after a long restorative appointment.
A few minutes, nothing invasivePatients tell us the laser visit is the part they were most nervous about and least remember. Here's the honest version of how it goes.
Your doctor marks exactly where the new gumline should sit — often against your 3D scan and smile design, so the shape is decided before the laser is ever switched on.
For many minor soft-tissue procedures, a topical gel is all that's needed. Your doctor will tell you honestly which category your treatment falls into.
Everyone wears protective eyewear. There's no drilling sound and no pressure — most patients describe a warm sensation and a faint smell, and that's it.
Because the laser seals as it goes, bleeding is minimal and sutures are rarely needed. Most patients go straight back to their day with simple aftercare.
A laser is only as good as the plan behind it. At Smile Maker of Texas, the Epic X is guided by Dr. Beougher's three decades of smile design and Dr. Kim's implant surgery training. Here's what that changes for you:
Patients don't avoid dentistry because they don't want a better smile. They avoid it because of the needle and the scalpel. We bought a laser to take those off the table wherever we honestly can.
Smile Maker of Texas
Look at a smile you admire and you'll notice the teeth first. But what makes it read as right is usually the gums: how much shows, how even the line is, how the peaks between the teeth are shaped. Get that wrong and no amount of porcelain fixes it.
This is where Dr. Beougher's portrait-art background earns its keep. Every SmileLift™ begins with a drawn gumline — the proportion, the symmetry, the amount of gum that should show when you laugh. The Epic X is simply the instrument precise enough to build what he drew.
If you've been told you have a "gummy smile," short-looking teeth, or an uneven gumline, that's usually a soft-tissue problem with a soft-tissue answer — and it starts with one complimentary consultation here in Plano, minutes from Dallas and Frisco.
The Epic X is the instrument — these are the doctors who put it to work for cosmetic and implant patients across Plano, Dallas, and DFW.
With 30+ years of experience and more than 3,000 smile makeovers, Dr. Beougher treats the gumline as part of the design, not an afterthought. His award-winning portrait-art background is exactly why the laser matters here — it's the tool that lets him execute the proportions he drew.
Meet Dr. Beougher Implant Surgery & RestorationWith 30 years in dentistry — 18 of them as a dental laboratory specialist — Dr. Kim uses the Epic X on the surgical side: uncovering healed implants, releasing frenum attachments, and decontaminating tissue as part of the implant treatment plan he carries from placement through final restoration.
Meet Dr. KimStraight answers about the BIOLASE Epic X and what it means for cosmetic, gum, and whitening patients in Plano and Dallas.
The Epic X is a 940nm diode dental laser from BIOLASE. Smile Maker of Texas uses it for three things: soft-tissue procedures such as gum contouring and reshaping, in-office laser teeth whitening, and temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain. Because it works with focused light rather than a blade, most soft-tissue procedures are completed with little or no bleeding and without sutures.
Most patients describe laser soft-tissue treatment as more comfortable than traditional surgery. Many minor gum procedures require little or no anesthetic — often just a topical gel — and because the laser seals small blood vessels as it works, there's typically less bleeding and less swelling afterward. Your doctor will always discuss anesthetic options with you first.
Laser gum contouring reshapes the gumline so your teeth appear the right length and proportion. It's used to correct a gummy smile, even out an uneven gumline, and prepare the gum architecture before veneers or a SmileLift™ smile makeover. Dr. Beougher designs the new gumline as part of the overall smile design, then reshapes it with the Epic X.
In-office laser whitening is typically completed in about 20 minutes of active whitening time during a single visit. Results vary depending on the type and cause of your staining, and your doctor will tell you what to realistically expect before you begin.
Dental diode lasers are FDA-cleared and have been used in dentistry for decades. Everyone in the room wears protective eyewear during treatment, laser tips are single-use, and the settings are selected by your doctor for the specific procedure and tissue type.
It delivers laser energy through the skin for the temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain, stiffness, and soreness — including the jaw and facial muscle soreness some patients feel after longer restorative appointments. It's non-invasive and takes only a few minutes.
Yes. Smile Maker of Texas is located at 6201 Dallas Parkway in Plano — a short drive up the Dallas North Tollway — and welcomes cosmetic, gum, and dental implant patients from Dallas, Frisco, and across the DFW metroplex.
