Our 30 Year Anniversary!
Hard to believe, but this month marks 30 years since we opened the doors to our dental office right here at the same location. Where did the time go? This month also begins the holiday season with Thanksgiving, which this year falls on the 24th. The next day is my son Mason’s 13th birthday. It also was 16 years ago this month that I began our dental assisting school, Chairside Dental Academy. So it is a month of landmarks for me this year. It’s been a good 30 years. Lots has... Read More
U.S. State Department decision on mercury fillings:
[caption id="attachment_654" align="aligncenter" width="160" caption="Mercury vapor outgassing from amalgam fillings"][/caption] As usual when the government is involved, you can expect a paradoxical response. In this case, the government agreed that there are issues with mercury in dental amalgam fillings, and recommended a “Phase down” in their usage. What that means is anyone’s guess. Our position at New Health Dental is that mercury has no place in the human body, an... Read More
Mercury fillings in the news:
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES POSITION ON MERCURY FILLINGS WASHINGTON, DC, [Oct. 23, 2011]—For the first time in history, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is evaluating international regulations that would ban mercury-containing products including silver/amalgam dental fillings, which contain 50% mercury and are already in the mouths of more than 122 million Americans. The DOS will present their official position on the use of mercury in amalgam fillings and other medical devices a... Read More
Benefits of Full & Partial Dentures
Over the years I’ve often told people that if you got a roomful of 100 dentists and asked them what procedure they hated doing the most, probably at least 98 of them would say dentures. In the past, I would have been one of those 98. The reasons you would hear would be, “Patients complain about dentures more than anything else we do,” “There are so many factors we have no control over,” and “You never know who’s going to be able to adapt to dentures and ... Read More
Benefits of Trial Dentures
As I mentioned in our April 2011 newsletter, I had the distinct pleasure of spending a week in Florida last month with Dr. Jack Turbyfill. Dr. Turbyfill is generally considered to be the best dentist ANYWHERE at making dentures. After spending a week with Dr. Jack, I can attest that his reputation is richly deserved. Dr. Turbyfill stated that dentures have been taught the same way for the last 100 years, using a technique that was wrong then and still wrong today. His unique approach uses... Read More