How our office is caring for patients with Emergency Dental Procedures during the COVID-19 Mandated Office Closure
An open letter to my patients: My team has asked me to delineate, exactly, what is meant by Emergency vs. Non-Emergency Care for our patients. So I will do my best to summarize the current ADA definitions here: EMERGENCY DENTAL CARE–You…
Read More Commandment #5–The “Apartment Building Theory”
Everyone knows you can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your neighbors. In dentistry, I apply that adage to the selection of ways that I can replace a missing tooth. Any of my patients that have had to do…
Read More Commandment #4–Do it Once; Do it the Right Way–the First Time.
In carpentry, the first rule every beginner is taught is: MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE! Similarly, dentistry requires the same attention to detail. If one follows my preceding three dental “Commandments“, the prognosis for their teeth can be pretty solid long-term. For most dental…
Read More Commandment #3–The 50% Rule
Snow covered bridge in Jackson NHMost of us learned in school that things expand and contract when exposed to changes in temperature. Bridge builders knew long ago that if they didn’t allow for it, a bridge would fall into the…
Read More Commandment #2–Nothing lasts forever
The band, KANSAS, crooned: “Nothing lasts forever but the Earth and Sky.” As much as my patients wish otherwise, everything in dentistry (except extractions, of course!) has a finite lifespan, too. One can assume that the useful life of a typical…
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