Recently new laws were passed in Pennsylvania and other states further regulating the prescriptions our patients receive from our practice. I wanted to use this opportunity to help clear some misconceptions and explain our new office policies as they relate to these changes. We have been and always will be concerned with the growing epidemic […]
Continue ReadingWe often hear from patients that they were told they are not able to get dental implants. That is typically not the case. There are few patients who cannot receive dental implants. Those patients are typically very ill with poorly controlled disease, active bone diseases or cancer and severely immunocompromised patients. The reason patients are […]
Continue ReadingWhether it is an accident or surgery, cuts or lacerations to the facial regions can be a difficult thing to manage for doctors and patient’s alike. As oral and maxillofacial surgeons, all of the doctors in our practice are trained in the cosmetic repair of lacerations and treatment of all varieties of facial trauma. We […]
Continue ReadingBone grafting is a generic term meant to refer to a group of procedures that are utilized to add additional bone to an area where bone is either absent or deficient to correct a defect in the existing bone structure. There are many types of bone graft materials and many different methods of bone grafting. […]
Continue ReadingOne of the significant problems that the healthcare industry faces is access to care. Access to care has many aspects but primarily involves the ability of a patient to get an appointment for treatment with a doctor. Everyone has had the experience of calling a doctor’s office and being told that the earliest appointment available […]
Continue ReadingVirtually every dentist out there will go to any length possible to try and repair or “save” a bad tooth. Certain situations however may arise where a tooth cannot be repaired and must be extracted. In other cases the degree of difficulty of the procedures necessary to repair a broken tooth may not lead to […]
Continue ReadingRecently there have been some concerns amongst our patients with regard to the management of pain through medications post-operatively. These concerns fall on both sides of the argument where some people feel they haven’t been given enough pain medication and others don’t want pain medications at all. This is a very tricky subject, not just […]
Continue ReadingWith the advancements in dental technology and treatment methods, patients faced with losing all of their teeth are no longer limited to traditional dentures. One of the main concerns for these patients is that they will have to go without teeth for an extended period of time. Several methods now exist to allow patients to […]
Continue ReadingPart of the consultation process for any surgical procedure is obtaining informed consent. Informed consent is the process by which the surgeon explains the procedure being done and the risks, benefits and potential complications which can occur from undergoing a procedure. Additionally the consent process implies that with full knowledge of what can occur as […]
Continue ReadingWhen making appointments at our practice whether it is for extraction of wisdom teeth, dental implants, TMJ or tooth extractions and other dentoalveolar procedures the front office staff is almost always told/asked “I don’t need a consultation I just need the procedure done.” In the back of my mind I always wonder if the same […]
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