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Why Is Bone Grafting For Dental Implants Necessary

Why Is Bone Grafting For Dental Implants Necessary?

So you are missing a tooth, several teeth, or perhaps even all your teeth. And you are looking into having dental implants as part of your permanent tooth replacement solution. From times that go back millennia (no exaggeration) the practice of dentistry has addressed the problem of missing teeth. The…

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A Nod to the New Year

A Nod to the New Year

Much like a beautiful sunset proclaims the fading moments of the day just gone by, so the pending arrival and celebration of New Year’s Eve marks the completion of the current calendar and heralds the arrival of a new year. One chapter closes, and with the turn of…

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Getting Married

My Daughter’s Getting Married!

….and in the blink of an eye, or so it seems, my baby girl has grown up. Three weeks ago my daughter Ashley became engaged to her wonderful boyfriend Steven. Of course, this engagement came as no surprise to anyone. They share a certain chemistry that has been…

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Not Flossing? No Guilt? Not So Fast!

Not Flossing? No Guilt? Not So Fast!

The other day as I was performing my part of the morning ritual to ready my office for yet another day of patient care, I was blown away by this headline in The New York Times: Feeling Guilty About Not Flossing? Maybe There’s No Need Wait a minute!…

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CAROL

CAROL

It was in the nascence of my dental career, barely two years after graduating from dental school, when I met Carol. She had been a longtime patient of the dental practice, which I had just joined in Forest Hills, the place I was to call home for the…

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A helluva ride

A helluva ride – the dental implant program at nyu

Never mind Memorial Day Weekend. For me, the commencement of summer fun is heralded in by a Fourth of July celebration replete with family barbecues, beach getaways, and of course, the cacophonous fanfare of fireworks.But a few short weeks ago another type of commencement took place. This one was…

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