The Dental & The Incidental
My blogging journey began in 2009, when few dentists shared their thoughts online. What began as an occasional musing about dentistry has since become a passionate commitment. I’ve published at least one new blog post every month for over 15 years. That’s more than 200 posts and counting!…
As I was treating one of my patients the other day with a crown preparation, I reflected upon just how much I was enjoying this act of micro-sculpting. It reminded me of a passage from a book that I’m currently reading: Second Innocence-Rediscovering Joy and Wonder by John…
Just this morning, while treating a patient who has been coming to me for the last 12 or so years (I mention this because over this span of time, we have come to know each other quite well), she brought me up to date with her life and…
Inspired by the arrival of President’s Day, I feel compelled to reveal the truth behind the myth that George Washington had wooden teeth. Though he was plagued by toothaches all of his adult life and was known to have been treated by some of the most prominent dentists…
So, I was looking through an old photo album when I came across some pictures of my 92-year-old grandmother. Twenty years ago, she traveled up from Florida alone to spend Passover with us. She was quite a feisty woman who spoke her mind in a form of Yinglish…
For many people the notion of a house call by a doctor is of an era gone by. Yet, last Sunday, I made such a visit to one of my long-time patients named Karl. Karl and Nelly, his wife of nearly sixty years, live in the Bronx and…
People Magazine is hands-down the most popular magazine in my office. Care to guess what television channel is most frequently requested by patients? (and yes, we have televisions in each treatment room!) If you said CNN or CNBC, you’d be wrong…it’s the Food Network! Men prefer Giada De…
