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101 Union St N, Nashville, Tennessee 37201, US
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Dentist in Nashville, TN

Healthy. Beautiful. Functional.
We treat the whole picture—oral health, bite, myofunction, sleep, and smile aesthetics—using advanced tech and a conservative approach that seamlessly balances health and beauty.
Nashville • Expert Integrative Dentistry • Functional & Biological Care • Prepless Veneers & Dental Facelifts • TMJ, Bite & Airway Focus • Anxiety-Friendly • Advanced & 3D Technology • Conservative, Enamel-Sparing Restorations • Nashville • Expert Integrative Dentistry • Functional & Biological Care • Prepless Veneers & Dental Facelifts • TMJ, Bite & Airway Focus • Anxiety-Friendly • Advanced & 3D Technology • Conservative, Enamel-Sparing Restorations •
More than holistic. Expert Integrative dentistry.
our team has decades of experience in modern functional dentistry — solving dental mysteries and empowering patients with industry-leading knowledge and expertise. 

Get answers. Gain Confidence. Become a patient today.
Beauty
Prepless, conservative veneers and cosmetic treatments that protech your natural teeth while subtly lifting and balancing your face for more youthful symmetry.
Health
Functional integrative care that strengthens teeth and gums while considering airway, sleep, bite forces and habits for long-term wellness.
Balance
A whole-body approach that that connects your teeth, jaw joints, muscles, posture, and airway so your smile feels as good as it looks — now and over time.
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Health and beauty go hand in hand

Every detail is planned to preserve natural tooth structure and create results that look and feel authentic.

Conservative by design

Keep more natural tooth for stronger long-term results.

Strong, Beautiful, Lasting

We plan for both, so your smile looks natural and
lasts.

Prove the plan

Digital smile previews, bite maps, and printed guides mean fewer
surprises.

Why Us

Our team has decades of experience in modern functional dentistry, combining advance diagnostics with integrative care to solve dental "mysteries" and create predictable results.

Comprehensive Health + Beauty

We connect overall health ↔ dental health, and design smiles that fit your face (not just your teeth).
Meaning: Looks you love and a mouth that stays healthy.

Conservative by Design

Protecting your natural tooth first and pursuing root-cause, natural fixes – diet, remineralization, balancing bite force, retraining habits (myofunction), supporting sleep, laser therapies – before drilling, drugs, or quick patches.
Meaning: Less tooth removal, fewer medications, and results that last.

Everything Connected. All Here.

One team practicing connective healthcare – seeing the big picture and delivering outcomes: fewer surprises, faster answers, healthier gums and fewer cavities, a stable bite with less pain, better sleep and energy, a confident natural smile, beautiful facial structure, and kids who grow and breathe better.
Meaning: Clarity and ease – integrative, whole-picture care from one team.

Tech That Proves It

3D CBCT, digital smile design, digital bite mapping, 3D printing, lasers, and in-mouth photos/scans so you can see the why.
Meaning: From confusion to clarity, more comfort, predictable results.
"I love Downtown Dental! I’ve been a patient there for years and they have consistently been attentive, helpful, and shown a high quality of care."

This Is for You If…

Clarity & Comfort
Stronger, Longer-Lasting
Health + Beauty Together
You’ve felt rushed or not heard and want the why, clear options, and help choosing.
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Dental visits make you anxious—you want predictable steps and gentle care.
You know your issues are connected—bite, gums, sleep, stress—but haven’t found a provider who sees the whole picture and how it applies to you.
You think your child needs help but aren’t sure when or how—you want clear next steps from a team that understands growth, airway, and habits.
You’ve delayed care because it felt confusing—you want a simple roadmap: what’s happening, what to fix first, and how we’ll keep it from coming back.
You want straight talk on cost—plain-English estimates, insurance help, and payment options before treatment
Your work keeps failing—you're done with patch-and-pray and want bite/force + habit testing to stop the cycle.
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Your night guard is “one-size-fits-none”—you want digital bite mapping and custom solutions.
You keep getting cavities or gum inflammation despite cleanings—you want us to check sleep, saliva, diet, mouth-breathing, and myofunction.
You want laser gum treatment options that reduce reliance on antibiotics.
You want less chair time over 10 years by addressing infection and forces now.
You’ve noticed wear, chips, or flat edges and want to stop the damage—not just patch it.
Your teeth are crowded/crooked and you want to reduce gum infection and cavity risk while improving your smile.
You want guidance for your child’s growth and development—support for nasal breathing and tongue posture (myofunction), plus early airway/ortho screening to set them up for healthy sleep and facial growth.
You’re considering cosmetic work and want prepless or minimal-prep veneers that protect your bite and keep tooth structure.
You want aesthetics that support health—fewer headaches, better sleep, graceful aging—with a seamless path to Dr. Clark when needed.

Services

Prevention, Gum Health & Comfort

  • Cleanings & Gum Health: Gentle hygiene with laser therapy options to limit antibiotics.
  • Cavity Care: Conservative fillings/onlays that save healthy tooth.
  • Sensitivity & Emergency Relief: Same-day when possible.
  • Cold Sore & Ulcer Laser Treatment: Laser care for herpetic lesions/aphthous ulcers to reduce pain and speed healing.
  • Risk & Habits Review: Diet, saliva, myofunction, and mouth-breathing that elevate cavity/gum risk.
  • Homecare Plan: Simple, sustainable changes with measurable impact.

Restorative & Missing Teeth Replacement 

  • Conservative Cavity Care: Small, tooth-colored fillings that remove as little enamel as possible so your teeth last longer.
  • Inlays & Onlays First: Bonded inlays/onlays as our go-to over crowns, preserving far more natural tooth structure.
  • Enamel-Sparing Crowns: When crowns are truly needed, we design them to leave up to 50% more natural enamel than typical approaches.
  • Save-Your-Teeth Reconstruction: In severe wear or erosion, we rebuild and stabilize teeth that many offices would extract for full-arch implants, often avoiding full-mouth removal.
  • Full-Arch Implants When Needed: All-on-X-style implant solutions for cases that genuinely require extractions-never a one-size-fits-all default.
  • Bite-Tuned, Long-Lasting Results: Every restoration is calibrated to your bite to reduce fractures and the cycle of redoing dentistry every few years.

Bite, TMJ & Myofunction

  • Digital Bite Mapping & Calibration: Measure contacts and timing to stop chips, cracks, and “high” crowns.
  • Custom Day/Night Appliances: Designed to your ideal joint/muscle balance (beyond generic guards).
  • Myofunctional Therapy: Retrain tongue, lips, and breathing to reduce clenching, improve stability, and lower cavity/gum risk.
  • TMJ Care (Non-Surgical): Joint, muscles, teeth, airway/sleep, and posture considered together.

Airway, Sleep & Myofunction

  • Screening for Mouth-Breathing/Apnea: Identify sleep contributors to inflammation, decay, and grinding.
  • Oral Appliances and Myofunctional Therapy for Sleep Apnea: Plus collaboration with sleep/ENT partners.
  • Tongue-Tie Release (Frenectomy): When indicated, to support nasal breathing, speech, and oral function.

Orthodontics & Alignment (Adults & Teens)

  • Clear Aligners/Orthodontics: Improve alignment and function, timed to health and airway needs.
  • Relapse & Retention Planning: Stabilize muscles and bite so results last.

Kids & Growing Smiles

  • Early Growth & Airway Evaluation — Age-appropriate screening for nasal breathing, tongue posture, crowding, and sleep-related issues.
  • Myofunctional Support (Early Intervention) — Train healthy habits (nasal breathing, tongue posture, lip seal, chewing/swallow) to guide growth and reduce future problems.
  • Guided Orthodontics — When needed, we time orthodontic treatment to growth to expand space, correct crowding, and help them catch up if development is behind.
  • One Team, Clear Roadmap — We coordinate with parents on what to do now, what to watch, and when to act next.

Cosmetic & Facial Aesthetics

  • Prepless, conservative veneers: Transform your smile while preserving your natural enamel whenever possible.
  • Facially driven smile design & previews: Plan your smile around your face, lips, and profile-and use digital mockups/temporaries to try out your new look before anything is permanent.
  • Non-surgical "dental facelift": Improve facial support, fullness, and symmetry through thoughtful changes in bite and tooth position.
  • Additive cosmetic bonding: Repair chips and reshape worn edges without aggressive drilling.
  • Whitening & color harmony: Professional whitening and shade-matching that works with your natural teeth and restorations.
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Your first visit

Listen — Your Story, Goals & Values

We learn what matters now (health, prevention, smile, facial structure) and how proactive you want to be (1–10), then tailor the exam and recommendations to fit today—and adapt as you do.

Health, Habits & Forces — One Integrated Check

We cover the essentials (cavities, gum health, oral-cancer check) and screen connected factors—diet & lifestyle, myofunction, airway/sleep, crowding, facial structure and smile aesthetics, and bite forces.

Show & Explain

Plain-English walkthrough of your images and measurements (photos/scans, CBCT when indicated, digital bite map). You’ll leave with total clarity on what’s happening, why, and your options—with smile & facial previews when helpful—so you can choose next steps with clarity and confidence.

Your Conservative Plan

Our way to support your decisions: prioritized, conservative steps that protect tooth structure, align to your goals, and include clear timing and costs. We emphasize what matters now and pace the rest into a smart plan over time. From personalized homecare habits to a comprehensive plan for your health and beauty.

  • Meet the doctor

    Dr. Daron Clark
    Integrative TMJ, airway, and cosmetic reconstruction with conservative, tooth-sparing focus
    Dr. Daron Clark is a physiologic dentist and founder of Downtown Dental Nashville. He connects teeth, bite, airway, sleep, and facial balance to help patients get out of pain, protect their teeth, and feel confident in their smiles. Patients come to him when they want more than quick fixes—they want someone to explain the “why,” show the full picture, and build a plan that fits their health and goals.

    With thousands of hours of advanced training in TMJ/TMD, airway and sleep, conservative restorative dentistry, and cosmetic/facial aesthetics, Dr. Clark is known for his integrative, biologic, and enamel-sparing approach. He uses advanced imaging, digital bite mapping, and 3D planning to prove what’s happening before he treats, so patients can see and understand their options and move forward with clarity and confidence.
    Meet dr. Clark

  • Meet the doctor

    Dr. Nicole Currie

    Patient centered, integrative dentist that prioritizes clarity, comfort and long-term health.
    Dr. Nicole Currie completed both her undergraduate and Doctor of Dental Surgery degrees in Colorado, followed by an advanced general dentistry residency through The University of Tennessee. She graduated at the top of her dental class and was inducted into Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the national dental honor society—recognition of her clinical excellence and commitment to learning.

    Dr. Currie is passionate about patient education and collaboration. She believes informed patients make the best decisions, and she takes time to explain options, answer questions, and guide people through each choice so they feel confident, supported, and in control of their care. Outside the office, she and her husband love hiking, camping, and exploring with their Bernese Mountain Dog, and they enjoy Nashville’s live music and vibrant local culture.
    Dr. Daron Clark and our team take great pride in being part of the unique and vibrant heart of Downtown Nashville. Our full range of services includes general and cosmetic dentistry, laser dentistry, headache and migraine therapy, orthodontics, periodontal therapy, endodontic procedures, physiologic (TMD) therapy, dental sleep medicine, oral surgery and reconstructive dentistry.

    Our focus is not just on the aesthetics of a perfect smile, but on optimal dental wellness, beauty, and total health: and what it means to find that balance in our lives. We invite you to discover us!

Technology

Technology

Low-Dose 3D CBCT
3D views to spot what 2D X-rays miss
Digital Smile Design
Preview smile before we touch a tooth.
Facial Mock-Up
See how dentistry can even facial features and support graceful aging—before we begin.
Digital Bite Mapping
See where forces hit and how we’ll balance them.
3D Printing & Guided Care
Accuracy, comfort, speed.
Dental Lasers
Target gum infection, improve healing, reduce pain
TENS for Muscle Relaxation
sooth jaw muscles and increase comfort during procedures
Jaw-Tracking Software
Visualize jaw motion to fine-tune TMJ care
EMG Muscle Readings
Measure muscle activity to diagnose issues and calibrate appliances
Intraoral Photos/Scans
You’ll see what we see

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Crowding makes cleaning harder and traps plaque, raising gum infection and cavity risk. We address alignment and hygiene habits so tissues stay healthy.
We prioritize laser gum therapy and meticulous cleaning; antibiotics are reserved for specific cases.
Our approach is conservative first. We favor prepless or minimal-prep veneers when appropriate and align aesthetics to your bite to protect tooth structure.
Often myofunction, mouth-breathing, saliva, diet, or sleep are involved. We check these root causes and give you a simple plan.
Generic guards don’t measure your bite or muscles. We use digital bite mapping and custom designs for lasting comfort.
We treat infection + forces + habits, use advanced tech to prove the why, favor laser and conservative options, and bring TMJ, myofunction, and cosmetic expertise in-house.
Often yes. With digital smile design and a facial balance mock up, we plan changes that support facial harmony, health, and stability.
We provide plain-English estimates, verify benefits, and outline payment options before treatment.

Where Beauty, Health & Balance Meet

At Downtown Dental Nashville, we believe your smile is a reflection of your overall wellbeing. Our comprehensive approach combines advanced dental care, comfort, and aesthetics to protect your health, restore beauty, and create lasting balance. From preventive care to cosmetic and restorative treatments, we’re here to help you feel confident and cared for—every time you smile.
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Monday7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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