CHOOSING A DENTAL PRACTICE.

Hello, and Welcome!

This section of our website is prepared for prospective patients who want to know how we approach dentistry and care for our patients. Long before the current interest in smile makeovers, we had established a reputation of excellence due to our comprehensive care based on complete exams, a strong preventively-oriented approach to periodontal health, and quality restorative dentistry. In helping you decide if we are the practice for you, the following information is provided.

FIRST, YOU MUST KNOW YOURSELF.

We would like each of you reading this information to feel this is written especially for you, but since we are all different, this is extremely unlikely. Can you find yourself in one of the following categories?

• A few people are blessed with naturally healthy teeth and gums that only require the effective daily use of the toothbrush, and perhaps an occasional visit to the dentist.
  
• Many are minimally involved with infrequent cavities and only beginning gum disease, but must be very good brushers and perhaps floss a few areas daily, while visiting the dentist for cleanings, x-rays and exams every six months to keep disease under control.
  
• Some will be forever challenged with frequent tooth decay, broken teeth and moderate to advanced gum disease, and are resigned to extensive home care efforts and frequent visits to the dentist, and still are not guaranteed teeth for life.
  
• Then there are those unsuspecting souls who really do not know what kind of shape they are in because:

  —they rarely go to the dentist.
  —they only go when they think they need to.
  —they tell the dentist what they want done.
  —they only want what the insurance company will pay for.
  —or, and this is the real tragedy, they go to a dental office that has, over time, been beaten down by insurance companies, and whose resulting practice mentality and health care delivery has slipped into the habit of diagnosing and treating only what the insurance companies will cover. What kind of health do you think these patients, and those practices, are truly in?

We value and serve all of the above patients, but know that the forever challenged and unsuspecting souls can really gain from coming to an office like ours. We still believe in the sanctity of the doctor/patient relationship, and that together we can make the mouth healthy.