It’s the height of the holiday season 2017 at the time of this writing. The days have whizzed by since Thanksgiving and the much-anticipated rituals and festivities of the holidays are upon us. The halls of our office are literally decked with boughs of holly. Hanukah gelt is strewn over the counter. Strands of garland […]
The Dental Emergency That Cracked Me Up
After a busy week in the office, I was enjoying my morning coffee on Fire Island when I received an “emergency” phone call from my patient, Tina. Tina had been the recipient of extensive restorative dentistry (crowns and permanent bridgework) over the course of her adult life. She is now 68 years old with failing dentistry: […]
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 […]