All-On-Four, Teeth In A Day, Permanent Tooth Replacement, and Immediate Tooth Replacement – they all mean the same thing: dental implants. Essentially, a dental implant is a device (usually made of titanium) that is placed into your jawbone to permanently replace the root of a missing tooth. Once accomplished, the implant integrates or “fuses” […]
Wow Dentistry
A WOW moment is an experience that infuses you with a feeling of exuberant exultation. Be it a first-hand accomplishment (passing the Bar, making a game-winning half-court shot, becoming a parent) or witnessing a truly remarkable achievement (Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon, Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” oratory, Michael Jordan performing […]
My Cracked Tooth: A Dentist’s Dental & Incidental Treatise About A Common Phenomenon
Perhaps the emergency phone call I received last Saturday from a patient with a cracked tooth was a portent of the week to come… My long-time patient Alan was driving along in his car last Saturday, happily munching from a freshly opened bag of tortilla chips. Suddenly he bit down and felt a crack accompanied […]