Cornell Dental

Cornell Dental At Cornell Dental, we provide top-quality services in a friendly, comfortable environment. Visit us for a healthy, beautiful smile!

Our experienced team offers exceptional care, flexible payment options, and sedation to ensure a stress-free visit. Dr. Anthony Adams, DMD in Hillsboro, OR, practices a full scope of general and cosmetic dentistry with expertise ranging from porcelain veneers to dental implants, crowns and bridges. He can correct a wide variety of so-called permanent cosmetic dental problems, and can literally red

esign your smile. In addition to that, He also offers comprehensive family dental care for adults and children.

Sometimes a patient is so fed up with a tooth that they just want it gone. "Forget it, pull it, I'm done." I completely ...
09/03/2026

Sometimes a patient is so fed up with a tooth that they just want it gone. "Forget it, pull it, I'm done." I completely understand the feeling.

But if that tooth can be saved – even if it needs some work – your own natural tooth is almost always the better long-term call. Nothing we build is quite as good as the real thing when the real thing can still be rescued.

So before we remove anything, I want an honest conversation about what's actually going on and what your options really are. Pulling it might feel like relief in the moment and cost you more down the road.

I'm never going to take the most aggressive route just because you're frustrated today. I'd rather help you keep what you've got and build from there.

Thinking about just having a tooth pulled? Get an honest read first. Call us 503-648-9772 or visit www.cornell-dental.com.

09/02/2026

Crown or veneer? If you've tried to figure out the difference on your own, you've probably ended up more confused than when you started. So here's the clearest way we've found to explain it.

A crown is like a porcelain helmet. It goes over the whole tooth, covering all of it.

A veneer is more like a fingernail. It covers just the front, the part people see.

Which one you need comes down to what's already going on underneath. If a tooth has lots of old fillings, a root canal, or is heavily restored, a crown usually makes sense, because it protects and rebuilds the whole thing. But if the tooth is mostly healthy and simply doesn't look the way you'd like, a veneer can get you there with much less removal, sometimes none at all.

Here's the part worth remembering, though: you don't have to walk in knowing which one you need. Figuring that out together is the very first thing we do.

If you've been wondering which is right for your smile, let's sort it out side by side at Cornell Dental in Hillsboro, OR.

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Losing a front tooth is the kind of thing that makes people cancel their whole week. You don't want to be seen, you don'...
09/01/2026

Losing a front tooth is the kind of thing that makes people cancel their whole week. You don't want to be seen, you don't want to talk to anyone, you just want it handled.

Good news: we can almost always get you looking normal again the same day. Whether it's bonding the tooth back into shape or a small removable piece with a tooth attached, you walk out able to smile and talk like nothing happened.

That buys us time to plan the permanent fix without you white-knuckling through every conversation in the meantime.

So if it happens to you, don't hide at home hoping it sorts itself out. There's no reason to spend even one day avoiding people over a tooth we can fix fast.

Front-tooth emergency? Call my Hillsboro dental office at (503) 648-9772 and we'll see you fast.
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08/31/2026

Most dental testimonials show you the happy ending and skip the middle. This one is different, because the middle is where the real story lives.

One of our patients walked a long road to rebuild their smile, and they were candid about what it took.

It started with having teeth removed under sedation, comfortable and asleep for that part. But once the teeth were out, there was some infection in the bone, which meant bone grafts to prepare things properly before implants could go in. Then came the dentures, and a healing stretch measured in months, not days.

For close to six months, they were on a soft diet. Even a simple bowl of chili went through the food processor first. That's the part the glossy stories leave out.

Here is what they said at the end of it all: I can't say it was easy, but I'm glad I did it.

That candor means everything to us. Big dental work is a journey, and we'll walk every step of it with you, clearly and patiently.

If you've been considering implants or a full smile rebuild, let's talk about what it would really involve for you, at Cornell Dental in Hillsboro, OR.

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Everybody who sits in my chair is convinced they have the worst mouth I've ever seen.You don't. I promise.And even if th...
08/27/2026

Everybody who sits in my chair is convinced they have the worst mouth I've ever seen.

You don't. I promise.

And even if things have gotten really bad, that's honestly not the part I care about. I'm not going to make you feel bad about how you got here, because how you got here doesn't change anything we're going to do next.

Life happens. Money gets tight, a bad experience scares you off, years go by faster than you think. None of that makes you a bad person.

What matters to me is that you finally walked in and you're ready to make a change. That's the hard part, and you already did it.

So when you sit down, you're not getting a lecture. We look at where things are today and figure out how to move forward from here.

You can leave the embarrassment at the door. Message us 503-648-9772 whenever you're ready and we'll take it from there. Visit https://cornell-dental.com/

08/26/2026

The boss is on vacation. The team? Still very much here. 😎

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Can you really get an implant the same day the tooth comes out? Sometimes, yes. And sometimes the right answer is to wai...
08/25/2026

Can you really get an implant the same day the tooth comes out? Sometimes, yes. And sometimes the right answer is to wait – here's how I decide.

When I remove a tooth and the implant goes in nice and firm, with good solid bone around it, we can often place it right then. In some cases I can even attach a temporary tooth to it that day.

But if the bone is soft or the implant doesn't grip the way I want, forcing it would be the wrong move. In that case we let the site heal and place it a little later. That's not a setback – that's me protecting your result.

I can usually get a strong sense from your scan ahead of time, but I confirm it in the moment, because your healing and your long-term success matter way more than doing it fast.

Curious whether you're a same-visit candidate? Call 503-648-9772 visit www.cornell-dental.com.

08/24/2026

Let's name the real reason the dentist gets put off. It's usually not fear. It's time. The hours never quite line up with work, with the kids, with everything else, so it slides to next month. Then the month after that.

We get it, and we'd rather help you solve it than watch you wait another six months.

Here's the deal. We're open Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 5:00. We know that doesn't fit everyone's life perfectly. So when you call to schedule, just tell us what you're working with. Is it early morning before work? A lunch break? The one day this month you have off?

Tell us the constraint, and we'll do our best to find something that fits around it. That's a real conversation, not a take-it-or-leave-it slot.

Because the goal isn't to make you rearrange your whole life for an appointment. It's to get you in the chair without the stress of figuring it all out alone.

So don't put it off again. Just call, and we'll find something that works, at Cornell Dental in Hillsboro, OR.

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How do you know your dentist is recommending what you actually need, and not just what pads the bill? Fair question. I'd...
08/20/2026

How do you know your dentist is recommending what you actually need, and not just what pads the bill? Fair question. I'd wonder too.

Here's how I try to earn that trust: I show you. When we're looking at implants, I pull up your 3D scan – an image that lets us see your bone from every angle – and I walk through the measurements with you, right there on the screen.

I'll even tell you the number we're looking for before I measure, so you can see for yourself where you stand. If there's plenty of bone, you'll see it. If we need to build it up first, you'll see that too.

I'm not interested in you taking my word for it. I'd rather you look at the same picture I'm looking at and understand exactly why I'm recommending what I'm recommending.

Want to actually see what's going on in your mouth? Call 503-648-9772 or visit www.cornell-dental.com.

08/19/2026

POV: Your boss seeing the team working together

Meanwhile… everyone’s just deciding what to order for lunch 😭

At Cornell Dental, teamwork comes in many forms 😂

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Address

5880 NE Cornell Road, Ste A
Hillsboro, OR
97124

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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+15036489772

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