May 2011

Practicing dentistry in 2011 is not like 5-10 years ago. The presence and focus of online reviews and review dedicated websites, leaves the door wide open for people to say anything they want about you or your practice to the whole word instantly.

However, when you own the dental practice, there is a fine line between the practice review and/or it being considered a personal attack on you.

Its my belief, that every time I sit down with a new patient, I know in the back of my mind a few things:

Over the last 10-15 years, major controversy has been associated with metal (mercury) fillings. It has been banned in 5 countries within the last 10 years. The FDA has cleared the fillings as safe with a study completed in 2008. However, in 2011 the FDA plans on reopening an investigation on metals fillings safeness.

A few things come into play:

Most dental insurance companies only pay for metal fillings.

Today I had to go to the Dermatologist to get some bumps on my thighs that had developed over the last few years The Dermatologist thought they were lipomas (a non cancerous tumor that is made up of fat) It was optional to get them removed, they were not hurting, but I didn't want to take any chances. (In my business, just because it doesn't hurt doesn't mean nothing's wrong, so I took the same philosophy in this situation ) It had taken me 8 months to get in and get this done. It was mainly fear that held me from not going in for so long.