DOCTOR’S BLOG
Read about new techniques, processes and maintaining beautiful healthy teeth and smiles from our favorites periodontists and dental professionals.
Our office protocol – when visiting the hygienist
Olivia Bodunde, dental hygienist, reviews our office protocol during your periodontal visit. Professional maintenance of teeth and dental implants is key to oral health!
Tools for your teeth & gums
Our staff Dental Hygienist, Olivia Bodunde, reviews tools that will help improve your periodontal and dental implant health.
What to expect at your Hygiene appointment
Our Staff Dental Hygienist, Olivia Bodunde, reviews the most common medicaments and anesthetics used to make your periodontal cleaning and dental visit as comfortable as possible.
It’s a small world
It truly is a small world out there. And speaking of small, most dentists that work in your mouth should probably be using optical magnification to enhance visibility. Dental "loupes" are the standard. I've been using loupes for over a decade and they have been...
Fee schedules matter
Fee schedules are a laundry list of medical or dental procedures with their respective costs. Most of the time, fee schedules are hidden from immediate view of patients for various reasons. The video below represents a very interesting - and apparently successful -...
This JADA study is a wonderful bit of practical science
As a periodontist, I'm often inundated with dubious scientific claims from large corporate conglomerates about one or another product or service. And like most people, I like cutting to the chase and want to see the science - the raw data - and base my treatment on...
The hidden dental lab bill
When your general dentist takes an impression of your teeth for a crown, bridge, or flipper (be it a digital impression or using impression paste), this impression is sent to a dental laboratory. The dental lab fulfills the dentist's prescription, and viola - you...
Teeth & Real Estate in Brooklyn
It's no secret that Brooklyn is one of the hottest 100 square miles on the planet right now. But don't take my word for it - ask the guy who spent $6 million on a 2,000 sq. ft. pad in Cobble Hill. Under the radar, though, is another trend I've noticed picking up since...
The silly NY Electronic Prescribing mandates
I have been using electronic prescriptions for almost a year. For good reason: There's a deadline looming: Come March 27, 2016, Dentists and doctors in New York state are mandated to submit all prescriptions electronically to the pharmacy of the patients choice (this...
When a dental implant goes bad
Dentists are engineers. Of the mouth. But what happens when a dental implant isn't placed properly? All sorts of problems occur. Take the following case as an example. After getting an implant and crown to replace a lost tooth by another doctor, the patient complained...
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