The Dental & The Incidental
Last Sunday, as Hurricane Sandy was steaming up the Northeast seaboard, setting its sights on the Tri-State shores with seismic-sized waves and anticipated storm surges, I went to a Jets game with Sam. Sam, aka Samuel Pekarne DDS, is a dear friend and former dental partner who in…
Since moving to Manhattan, I have become a great fan of the NYC subway system (except during the summer when the freshness of a morning shower is negated by standing in the sweltering subterranean sauna that envelopes the subway platform.) Nevertheless, a 15-minute commute is hard to beat.…
Caucasian parents and toddler son reading book together. Recently, a patient visited my office that I hadn’t seen for a couple of years. The last time I treated her, I beautified her smile by placing porcelain veneers on her upper front teeth. I was…
Normally any discussion about cosmetic dentistry is focused on restorative dentistry; namely, what procedures could be performed to the teeth themselves to create a more pleasing smile? Invariably such conversation focuses on bonding, porcelain veneers, and ceramic crowns. Having created thousands if not tens of thousands of such…
A recent investigation by ABCNews has culminated in an article and stories on “Nightline” and “World News with Diane Sawyer”. “Death, Greed at the Dentist: American Children At Risk” recounts how more than a dozen children have died after being sedated by dentists, some as young as 18…
A recent article in The Daily Kos entitled “The Great American Toothache” suggests that the solution to the shortage of dentists in some areas of the United States is to enable dental technicians to perform fillings and dental extractions. While this solution sounds logical on the surface, I…
