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Monday, January 30, 2012

I wanted to take a second and share my weekend with you.

This past weekend (Jan 27, 29 2012)  I headed out to The Scottsdale Center for dentistry in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Scottsdale Center for dentistry is a world renowned dental teaching facility and is one of the top teaching facilities in the United States. The Scottsdale Center is also a Cerec training capital. 
As a mentor of Cerecdoctors.com (a online website and forum dedicated to Cerec education) we have the opprotunity to go to the Scottsdale Center and help with classes. These classes usually consist of a lecture...

Thursday, December 01, 2011

While most don't love going to the dentist, we try our hardest to make ourselves do it twice a year. But for some reason, we skip the dentist more than any of our other health-related appointments. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 71.4 percent of women over age 18 had their teeth cleaned in 2008. That means more than a quarter of all women are skipping the dentist!

Here are exactly what health benefits you are missing out on when you skip a cleaning.(Motivation to set up an appointment?)

Here are some non-tooth-related health conditions that may be spotted or...

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Reasons To Have Your Old Amalgam Fillings Replaced With Natural-Looking Composite Fillings

If your mouth is still full of those old, metallic fillings that were inserted into your teeth years ago, then you may want to consider making the switch to more natural-looking composite fillings. It's been shown in studies the average life of a metal filling is 8-15 years. If your fillings are older than 15 years, you may want to consider having them updated. Here are some great reasons to upgrade your old amalgam fillings:

1. Hidden Decay

A metal filling can...

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Today, I went to the dentist to update my fillings. I need to admit, I had a horrible love with candy during my teen years, which led to having many fillings completed in my adolescent years. (Being in the dental office so much interested me in becoming one - so its not all bad!) What got me was braces, braces and candy don't mix. You can't floss very easily with braces, so I decided brushing would be enough. In college, some of these metal fillings had cracked and needed to be replaced. So in college, I had another round of metal fillings. After college and into dental school, I became...

Monday, July 18, 2011

(For those of you who don't know what a Cerec Machine is....please see our webpage over Cere here)

This past weekend, I attended the Cerec 3rd Annual Symposium, in Scottsdale, AZ at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry, a premier leader in Cerec Education. Many Topics were covered over the weekend and we even met the software designers from Germany. They presented us the new Cerec software coming out next month, version 4.0, which is one of the best software improvements of Cerec over their 25+ year history. We heard from independent dental...

Monday, June 27, 2011

Wisdom teeth, or third molars, are the last teeth to erupt in your mouth and are the teeth least needed for good oral health. Most people have four wisdom teeth that usually erupt through the gums in their late teens or early twenties. Sometimes wisdom teeth remain trapped in the jawbone under the gums because there is insufficient room for them to erupt.

Wisdom teeth can cause gum disease, crowding or other damage to adjacent teeth, decay (due to the inability of your toothbrush to keep the area clean), and bone destroying cysts. Pain and swelling are the most common symptoms of...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Cigarette Health Warnings

Beginning September 2012, FDA will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the United States. These warnings mark the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years and are a significant advancement in communicating the dangers of smoking. Effects of smoking on your teeth is one of the warnings.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

We are now onboard with smartphones and QR Codes! Just take your smartphone, open a QR Code app and take a picture of any QR Code to reveal what it says! Maybe a smartphone app in the future!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

We are now offering netflix - movies on demand in the treatment rooms. No more messing with DVD's. Now we can stream right from the Netflix site with their huge selection of videos.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

About 4 years ago, I went through a very bad business situation while working for another dentist/dental practice. This led me to having a negative attitude and outlook. The last few years of my life, I have been mentored, coached, counseled and have read many books about attitude.

What exactly is attitude and why write a blog about it on your website about dentistry?

Attitude is a noun that is defined as:

1. a manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind: a negative...

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