Why Do I Have So Many Dental Problems?
One frustrating phrase that we hear from patients is, “ Why do I have so many cavities?” The other that we hear is, “Why do I need so much gum therapy?” When you hear that you have cavities or gum disease those are indeed reasonable questions. So, let me explain why…. If your diet is […]
How Long Will This Dental Work Last, Doc?
Indeed, how long should a filling or a crown last? How often do you really need to have your teeth cleaned? How long does an implant stay in place? Will these Veneers last the rest of my life? How long can I count on keeping my teeth? Well the answer is amazingly individualized. To answer […]
How Long Will This Crown Last, Doc?
Indeed, how long should a filling last? How often do you really need to have your teeth cleaned? How long does an implant stay in place? Will these Veneers last the rest of my life? How long can I count on keeping my teeth? Well the answer is amazingly individualized. To answer the longevity of […]
Children and 9 Bad Oral Habits
From the time that we begin to walk, have teeth with which to chew and a desire for food and drink we develop good and bad oral habits. Fortunately, we slowly learn, through trail and error, and through parental guidance, what is good or bad, wrong or right. Some potentially destructive bad oral habits do, […]
Why Do I Have So Many Dental Problems?
One frustrating phrase that we hear from patients is, “ Why do I have so many cavities?” The other that we hear is, “Why do I need so much gum therapy?” When you hear that you have cavities or gum disease those are indeed reasonable questions. So, let me explain why…. If your diet is […]
Happy New Year!
Wow. It seems like my 1988 dental school graduation was just yesterday. But, no, it was actually yesteryear and then some! Time has flown by. As the saying goes, “Time flies when you are having fun.” At Artistic Dentistry of Atlanta we are fortunate because we have great patients like you who appreciate our preventive […]
I Lost a Couple of Years Off My Life Today
Blood pressure rising above 160/95, pulse rapid, breathing short and shallow…. If my patient had only listened to me three years earlier…. That was me with the high blood pressure late one afternoon this week. No. I wasn’t in the dental chair myself. I was working with a patient who was in my dental chair. […]
New York Times: Safety of Teeth Whitening Confirmed
In an October 20, 2015 article on the potential for tooth damage from teeth whitening (say that ten times fast) we received further confirmation that teeth whitening with hydrogen peroxide and carbomide peroxide does not harm the outer enamel or the inner dentin layers of teeth. Dr. Vanstrom confirmed this years ago while researching and […]
An End of 2014 Blog from the Heart
Well, wow, I am 53 years old. I have been a dentist in Atlanta for over 25 years. I have worked in dental clinics, I have owned and run a fixed fee discount DMO dental practice and I have run an insurance-driven PPO managed care practice. And, finally, I have been lucky enough to build […]
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