One Stop Dental Shop

Over the years my patients and colleagues have asked me why I am so committed to offering such a vast array of top notch dental services all under one roof at Artistic Dentistry of Atlanta. The short answer is convenience for our patients. I don’t want our wonderful dental patients to have to shuffle from […]

Advanced Dental Care Outside the Realm of Dental Insurance

Don’t Let Your Insurance Dictate Your Care Congratulations to the few of you who finally saw your annual maximum allowable amount for dental insurance benefits go up a little. After no increases in yearly maximums for years and years, despite constant increases in cost-of-living, a couple of dental insurance companies raised the allowance slightly. I […]

How Important is Health Care Quality?

On March 30, 2014, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution ran an interestingly revealing article entitled “Millions on the line for hospital CEO pay”. The article covered two topics that caught my eye. One was how much the hospital CEO’s in Atlanta are paid. And, the second issue was the apparent low priority for quality and […]

Why go out of network for your dental care at Artistic Dentistry of Atlanta?

Whenever my wife and I leave town to travel, we take our Golden Retriever, Cayman, to the “Daisy Hill Puppy Farm” (a throwback reference to Snoopy and Charlie Brown in the “Peanuts” comic strips from days gone by). Actually he goes to Lakeview Kennels in Roswell GA. When we drop him off we are given […]

Why do I care so much about your Dental Health?

I am 35,000 feet up in the air wedged in between two strangers flying back home after delivering a motivational and educational lecture to a large group of dentists and their staff in Philadelphia. The main theme of my 7 hour seminar was how to keep our patients healthy. I find myself convinced that any […]

Why do we place Adult Dental Sealants?

So, why do we place Adult Dental Sealants? Many adults have a very high propensity for cavities. They don’t fight the bacteria that causes cavities as well as others. They may have a higher sugar intake in snacks and drinks. They may have a higher acidic level brought on by more acidic drinks and more […]

Why do we place Children’s Dental Sealants?

So, why do we place Children’s dental sealants? In children’s dentistry, adult molars and premolars (back chewing teeth) erupt; they develop “peaks and valleys”. Taller chewing and biting cusp tips form and central and lateral grooves develop in between the cusp tips. Kids, being kids, eat sugary and acidic treats and drink sugary and acidic drinks […]

Treating the Dental Phobic and Anxious Dental Patient

Treating the dental phobic and anxious dental patient can be tricky. Let’s be honest—going to the Dentist for a cosmetic crown, a root canal, deep teeth cleaning, a dental implant, porcelain laminate dental veneers or even tooth colored fillings is not fun. I’ll let you in on a little secret:  I don’t like having dental work done on me any more than you do. Maybe that is […]