We love our new Navigator laser. Wendy and I just spent time at the Ivolclar company in Buffalo getting advanced training on it and are even more thrilled with the opportunities with it; from gum contouring to help with painless canker sore removal. For more on how the Navigator laser, watch our appearance on WKYC's [...]
I recently attended the "Greater Southwest Dental Meeting" in Phoenix, Arizona, where I had the opportunity to personally meet with Jim and Naomi Rhode, nationally-known speakers and the develpers of SmartPractice, a dental consulting and product firm. These two fine people have inspired thousands of dentists and their staffs to provide fabulous care for their patients. Visiting [...]
If you have any suggestions on how we could improve our "Cleveland Smiles" website, or anything you would like to see us include that you have interest in, please scroll to our contact page and let us know. You're also welcome to call Karin at 1-440-461-1003, and they'll get the information to us and our [...]
Movie review - My wife Wendy and I had the opportunity to see "Kill the Irishman," the Danny Greene story, this past weekend. As you may remember (and not to ruin it for you), the Cleveland mobster finally gets blown up after evading numerous attempts on his life. So why should a Cleveland dentist put [...]
Cleveland icon (and patient) Fred Griffith, who has been on both WEWS ABC/channel 5 ("The Morning Exchange") and WKYC NBC/channel 3 for more that 50 years, just celebrated his 82nd birthday! He was feted on "Good Company" last month with an extra-large cake. Congratulations Fred!!!
We've recently had a number of patients featured in both articles and photos in "The Cleveland Plain Dealer," "Cleveland Magazine," and the "Currents" edition of "The Sun Press," "The Sun Messenger," and the internet. When we see them, we try and print/cut them out and put them on our bulletin board. If you or your [...]
At a conference we attended recently in San Diego, put on by the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, we attended a presentation/course focused on gum disease in the Middle East that has application here in the United States. Due to poor home care, often because of lack of toothpaste and toothbrushes (from both financial and availability [...]
A number of people asked/commented on congressman Dennis Kucinich and his broken tooth (he apparently bit on an olive pit in a "wrap" and broke a tooth that was an "anchor" for a bridge). They wanted to know if things like that happened often and what could be done to avoid it. Our response has been that whether you [...]
We are very excited about our new portable laser, the Navigator from Odyssey. We've been using it for gum contouring and crown lengthening. It can also be used for apthous ulcers/canker sores. It takes seconds to use, with virtually no pain or sensitivity, and the healing is great. The laser has been demonstrated at a [...]
Great news....we've gone viral - and it's a good thing!!! On the USA Today website, there's an article and a video of the segment WKYC-NBC/Channel 3 did on the replacement of silver fillings that was shown on WKYC on last Wednesday, January 5th. Health reporter Monica Robins put together a very even-handed report which was [...]