We prepared a brief video letting you know what we are doing to get our office back to one of the safest, cleanest environments you can visit. Your best interest and that of our staff and our next guest in the office are our obsession! We have been and still will see our patients in [...]
First and foremost let me put it out there that the practice of dentistry is a painless venture 99% of the time in our office these days. It’s so much easier being a painless dentist nowadays, I feel like a spoiled brat dentist compared to what my father had at his disposal when he started [...]
Understand the dental practices Sure we like patients that have their teeth and want to keep them forever. That’s the dentist’s bread and butter. We focus on prevention using fluoride and sealants in children. We spend the time, often showing older adults the right way to brush for the first time in their lives. It’s [...]
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 [...]
Ok, this doesn’t really happen, but it should. Still sound crazy? I guess it does, but you should be less freaked out by it. It could be construed as good news if you think about it. Schick Digital X-Rays came up with a new product for doing X-Rays and we are getting better resolution than [...]
Tis the season for vacations and get-aways. We work hard all year long saving up the time off and funds and waiting for everyone’s schedule to align and hit the road for the reward of a little R & R. Here are a few tips to make sure that that time is not interrupted by [...]
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 [...]
OK, that's a little tricky. Certainly my wonderful staff are my favorites and I could not imagine working without them. But, of all of the equipment, gadgets and toys that we have here in the office the one that I would hate to work without would easily be my Digital Radiography system. They are faster [...]
The hardest part of Dentistry usually has to do communication. This is no different from other professions and relationships in which we are all involved. Like other businesses communicating with coworkers, vendors and spouses (yeah, we can’t forget them now, can we?) is critical to a successful and smooth-running business. Let’s get on to the [...]
