Discovering Dental Care Trends in Cleveland Earlier this month, our entire team took the day to attend the Cleveland Dental Society's Annual Meeting and Education Day. This wonderful event in Independence was sponsored by the North Coast Cleveland Dental Society, whose organizers include our own EFDA Deb Anderson. Our team spent the day in a [...]
Why Our Dental Practice Prefers Digital The other day a patient of long-standing remarked that we seem to have all the latest "gadgets" in dentistry, like Trios and Itero digital imaging (for impressions without "goop") and Dexis digital x-rays and even 3-D printing for laboratory models. One of my team members, hearing the discussion, noted [...]
Because of a couple of recently published news articles, I've had a number of questions about my new position as International President-Elect of the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, a group of about 4,000 dentists from all over the world, with nearly 100 alumni and student chapters. The comments, including congratulatory wishes, were often focused on how [...]
Baseball season is on the way, and it could be another great year for our Cleveland Indians (a sure sign of Spring)! To highlight it, Karin and Alysia ordered some very cute squeeze balls with our logo on them. Our patients can use them when they're having a procedure done, and they'd like something to [...]
We're often asked about what toothpaste we recommend, here at Cleveland Smiles. Our hygienists, Amy and Debbie, are proponents of using baking soda toothpaste and give out Armand Hammer's baking soda and peroxide samples. Baking soda, a salt, is very effective at killing bacteria. In fact, most of the research on the use of this [...]
Serving the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity The Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity hosted its annual meeting in San Francisco this December. I have been fortunate enough to be asked to serve as President-Elect of this worldwide organization for the year 2017, followed by a term as International President during the 2018 year, starting with [...]
Cleveland Smiles' Patients Hosted Two Events In November, there were two well-attended benefits in greater Cleveland hosted by two of our patients. The first, "Flashes of Hope," focused on children who have been affected by cancer; Allison and Kip Clarke founded the organization which has spread to many cities in the United States. In Northeast [...]
Learn All About Dental Implants with Dr. Marsh With all of the media attention given to dental implants, we thought we'd spend some time discussing them on January 1st, 2017, Cleveland dental segment on NBC/WKYC/Channel 3's "Golden Opportunities." Please look for the Sunday morning 11:30 a.m. show following "Meet the Press." If you miss or [...]
The Pros of Composite & Porcelain Fillings One of the main reasons many of our patients visit Dr. Marsh’s Cleveland office is to address the problem of a troubling cavity. Every patient wants their pain to stop and the cavity to be halted before it does further damage to a valuable tooth! But beyond the [...]
We often are asked how we handle emergencies. We will always get you in the same day if you need us, and if you have a problem in the evenings or weekends, we have an answering service that can reach us at any time so that we can call you right back. (We've even [...]