You might say laughter, but we actually crack that one in here at Dillon Family Dentistry. Sadly, what is all-too-often the case is that apparently other dentists aren’t always offering all of their patients all of the options for their unique situation and all of the possible treatment options. We take great solace and sanctuary [...]
I remembered when I was at Temple Dental School, about 30 years ago, I was telling one of my favorite instructors. Andrea Cohen that I was working on weekends and on breaks in our family’s moving business. She knew my father was a dentist and asked me why I didn’t go into orthodontics. It took [...]
The Business Insider published a list of “18 Quick and Easy Daily Habits That Can Significantly Improve Your Life!” There were some good ideas on there, but these are a few of our favorite life hacks. • Write down the day’s most important task. Doing the most important (or most dreaded) task first thing [...]
We set the tone of our office by the music we select for every patient that comes in, but we don’t do Heavy Metal. OK, at least not in the teeth. As dentistry has evolved, we’ve moved away from metal restorations. Porcelains have gotten stronger and more versatile over the years. We’ve been admiring all [...]
For many people this is the time of year that they throw away thousands of dollars every year. Dental benefits usually are based on a calendar year and don’t carry over into the next year. Once the year is finished, so are the funds. Poof! They’re gone. If you are lucky enough to have dental [...]
Italian researchers have evidence of a 14,000 year old teeth that had been worked on by the first known 'dentist'. Here's the article: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/14000-year-old-tooth-shows-oldest-form-dentistry-and-it-s-pretty-grim Dental Amalgam, "Silver Fillings", have been used for less than 200 years. Not so long in respect to the full history of dentistry. If you look at all of the advances [...]
The new reception room. You might call it the DFD Art Gallery. We’ve finally finished almost all of our renovations. It’s been a year in the making since we changed our computer system to a cloud-based program that will allow us to serve our patients better in all situations. In the beginning of [...]
Who doesn’t want a gleaming snow-white smile! However, it's common for teeth to get discolored over time, due to the enamel becoming thinner and more transparent. It’s just a normal part of the aging process. Teeth also get stained from drinks like red wine, coffee, tea, and cola. While getting your teeth professionally whitened by [...]
You know those things that have supposedly been there all along, without any real attention on them or focus, sometimes without even a name until someone comes up with the tonic for it. That’s what I feel about with Atrial Fibrillation. My heart was first examined over 25 years ago. It was determined that I [...]
4 X’s better Dentistry? Really? Illuminate me! I can actually argue that it is even way more betterer than 4X’s better!! When I started doing dentistry at Temple Dental School the only people wearing any magnification were the instructors that seemingly wore them only to hypercritically assess our work. Or at least that’s what we [...]
