Here’s a different view of the same new room of equipment.

There was also a new room of dental equipment that was put in during the renovations. Everyone has loved the new furnishings!

A few more photos of the office, after our renovations.  Look at the post below to see the same image during the construction.  Big change!!

Now look how things came out.  We’re all SO happy with the final results!!

You’re gonna love this one.  We recently saw this young lady for a 3rd opinion.  She previously had some bonding on a few front teeth that was getting a little older.  She was heading to college and hoped to improve the overall esthetics of her front teeth. The options she was initially presented included veneers alone, or veneers and crowns. Here’s what things looked like initially:

We’ve covered this before, but it happens SO often that I still need to post about it. Many teeth can APPEAR to be fine, but they actually have cavities hiding inside. Here’s a normal-looking tooth:

Here’s a closer look at these two teeth. You can see the dark areas that have started around the existing tooth-colored fillings. The cavity usually will have undermined the existing filling and the tooth around it, too. So to properly repair and restore this area the entire old filling will need to be removed and replaced.

These teeth have looked like this for at LEAST the past 7 years (since 2001). The patient has been informed that ‘doing nothing’ will probably lead to more expensive and potentially painful treatment. No worries! It doesn’t hurt, so the patient wants to leave it!

A few days ago we got a call and….you guessed it…the patient was in CONSIDERABLE pain. He was sent to the endodontist where he needed an immediate root canal. To make matters worse, he had just needed some costly repairs on his house, so finances will be REALLY tight.

Moral of the story: FIX teeth before there’s an EMERGENCY. It will save you time, money, and pain.

Here’s what we’ll all be using for monitors in the future…..WAY in the future!  The cost is still unbelievably high, but like other technology this new monitor’s price will eventually come down.  Read about it here:  OLED Flat Panel

Obviously I enjoy photography, so I’m always looking at the ‘latest and greatest’ when it comes to camera technology. Here’s a sneak-peek at a new camera that will revolutionize the way we take photos. It takes a ‘burst’ of photos at one time, and then you review and choose the best of the bunch. No longer will you have to wait for the ‘perfect’ moment to take that picture….you’ll take a slew and then choose the best! Read more about it here.