As the year comes to a close, for those of our patients with insurance - whether through Medical Mutual, Aetna, Met Life, or any other company - you may have some coverage left that you want to use before the end of 2012. Benefits generally do not carry over from one year to the next, with [...]
Speaking of the Cleveland Browns, I had a chance to meet the new Browns owner, Jimmy Haslam III, and his wife Dee, on a couple of occasions. They seem to be wonderful people who will work hard to make both the team and our city better - and they both have great smiles! And preserving the [...]
We want to salute our patient, Ms. Liz Lindecke, for her outstanding work in putting together the 13th annual "Scott Hamilton Cares Initiative" for the Cleveland Clinic's Taussig Cancer Institute. My wife Wendy and I were in attendance, and the evening was simply spectacular, from the skating exhibition at the Quicken Loans arena (with Wynonna Judd providing [...]
We're so proud of our excellent staff here at ClevelandSmiles. Their response to Hurricane Sandy was nothing short of extraordinary. We sent this e-mail out to our patients on Wednesday: Dental Care & “Sandy” It’s time for me to thank our staff and our patients for their dedication to providing and receiving dental treatment, respectively. [...]
A patient recently asked me how they could see a television segment they had missed that we had done on Golden Opportunities on WKYC on the very thin porcelain veneers (.3 - .5 mm thick), similar to Lumineers. I directed them to the YouTube channel where most of the segments are archived. The other option [...]
As you may know, we were recently awarded the top rating by Angie's List, which was extremely gratifying. For those of you who are members of the group and have sent in ratings, we appreciate your kind words. Others of you may want to log onto Foursquare, Yelp, or other rating/identifying internet groups to add [...]
As the fall and football/lacrosse seasons are upon us, it's time to revisit ways to protect your smile with athletic mouthguards, like the kind worn by Brandon Weeden to RGIII to - dare I mention - LeBron James. The boil-and-bite mouthguards work OK, but here at ClevelandSmiles, we're able to make custom mouthguards that fit [...]
Next week we'll be doing our annual office evaluation/review on sterilization procedures, environmental quality, and HIPPA compliance, among other things. We utilize an outside company to come into our office at Brainard Place and have them evaluate our protocols and techniques. I am proud to say that the professionals who come in for the evaluation [...]
"Golden Opportunities" host Armond Budish will be running again for the Ohio State House of Representatives, where he is currently house minority leader (When the Democrats controlled the house, he was majority leader). In any case, Armond works very hard for the citizens of Ohio, with a special concern for the citizens of Northeast Ohio. [...]
We've just received notification that we have been selected by a vote of our peers to be included in the 2012 Cleveland Magazine "Top Dentists" of Cleveland, which will be published in the October 2012 issue. Along with the magazine article, the listing can be found online at www.usatopdentists.com. The award is very gratifying but [...]