Gum Disease Treated with Lasers

In answer to the inquiries some of you have had, I will try to better explain why you would want laser treatment for your gum disease rather than scalpel surgery. The laser is very precise and allows us to treat gum disease in a pinpoint manner rather than the more broad area needed for conventional [...]

Air Abrasion Instead of Drills

We have all had decay that was fixed by using the dental drill.  This requires shots and the 2-4 hours afterward for the “wearing off” process.  Air abrasion was brought into dentistry in the late  1980’s by the same people who invented the dental laser.  The concept is that the powder that is used “dusts [...]

Metallic Taste in Your Mouth

If you have a taste of metal in your mouth, it is probably caused by oxidation of a metal in your mouth as it is submerged in your saliva. Mercury fillings  ( silver fillings, amalgams    )    and non-precious metal crowns are the most common  culprits.It usually means the mercury filling is starting to [...]

Intra-Oral Camera

The intra-oral camera is very helpful in letting the patient see what we see without trying to look into a small mirror. The intra-oral camera picture is shone on a  17 in .screen and can be magnified several times to get even a closer look. You will be able to see cracks ,chips ,etc in the [...]

Start Orthodontics at 6 years old

In our office we have been evaluating and treating 7 year olds for 25 years. The reason is several fold. First we have found that while the child is in their growing stages, we can actually grown bone to make room for their teeth. This has prevented us from extracting permanent teeth almost totally. If [...]

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW: The tuna you are eating may be toxic. The university of Nevada scientists tested more than 300 samples of canned tuna- all from three popular brands- and they found55% of the cans contained high levels of mecury above the EPA’s “safe ” cutoff level. The solution is simple. Make your salads and [...]

What are my choices for Dental Coverage?

As I have written earlier, there are basically 4 types of offerings: Traditional, HMO,PPO and Capitation. You find that the only choices you have are not the best, what do you do? You want to stay with your dentist of many years but he is not “on your plan”. What do you do? There is [...]

Choosing your insurance plan

Your employer will offer your several choices for your dental plan. They can be named Traditional, PPO or HMO. You want to choose the plan that allows you to pick your dentist. Not necssarily from a “list” they provide. you will need to check to see if you have the freedom of choice by reading [...]

Options for replacing a tooth

There are three  viable options to replace one or more teeth. The oldest method is a removable partial denture ( also called a removable bridge). It consists of a metal framework with metal clasps that retain it in the mouth. The teeth are made of plastic or porcelain that are imbedded in a plastic material that [...]

Advantages of the Cerec Crown/ Onlay

Many of you already know that we do one appointment crowns and onlays with the Cerec unit. But you may not know why. It is not to reduce my costs, because the equipment is very expensive. We did it because it was in the best interest of patient care. The machine never gets sick, has no [...]

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