Dr Tom Farley » North Carolina Dentist

Synergy Dental

Dr T. — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:00:07 +0000

I have been ordering my supplies recently from a new dentist-owned GPO (Group Purchasing Organization). I had been ordering from one of the ‘major’ dental supply companies but found them REALLY overpriced when I did a comparison to Synergy. The Synergy concept is to use a large group of dental professionals to negotiate reduced prices on supplies. Read more about it here.

Bonded teeth

Dr T. — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:02:48 +0000

And here’s the final result:

The patient was thrilled to have this area filled in! We’ll get him back soon for a ‘final’ photo, after the tissue has healed completely and the teeth have re-hydrated (they get a bit dried out during the bonding process).

Repaired fractured tooth

Dr T. — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:13:17 +0000

Although this had been fractured for many years, this nice lady agreed to have the tooth repaired after additional small pieces fractured off. And she was heading overseas for an extended trip, too. So we wanted to be sure she had no problems on her trip.

fractured tooth

Review of Cracked tooth

Dr T. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:03:18 +0000

So to review: A wakeboard accident cracked this tooth:

Cracked tooth

His mom was concerned about fixing the tooth and making it look ‘natural’……but I think we were really successful, don’t you??

Repaired tooth

Cavity-filled

Dr T. — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:27 +0000

And the final product. To look at these teeth you’d never know they originally had such large cavities. And one or both of these will end up having crowns ‘down the road’ due to the extensive damage and amount of tooth that was destroyed from the decay.

Cavity cleaned out of Tooth

Dr T. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:09:38 +0000

Here’s the tooth with most of the cavity cleaned out. It was REALLY big! And again, no symptoms with hot, cold, or bite. The ONLY way to have found this was with a dental x-ray.

Gum Graft at 2 months

Dr T. — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:36:05 +0000

And here’s the area at only 2 months after the gum surgery. The healing is significantly better and, again, look how much of the root surface remains covered from the original photo. To review, I placed a tooth colored filling to replicate or replace the lost ‘landmark’ that differentiates between the enamel and root surface of the tooth, giving the gum specialist a ‘target’ to place his graft afterwards. This happens to be an IDEAL result.

Best Blogs

Dr T. — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:06:26 +0000

Here’s a list of the 100 best blogs, according to PC World. And no….sadly my blog did not make the list. Maybe next year!

Blog

Dental Network Talk about Vista

Dr T. — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:19:58 +0000

Although this doesn’t really apply to a dental office, I thought I’d post about this because it will affect almost all of us. As you know, Microsoft is making a HUGE push to get everyone over to their new Vista software. Here’s a wonderful site that talks about Family Discounts for Vista upgrades. Many people are running more than one computer at home, and likely are using Windows XP. Read about buying multiple copies of Vista….it could save you some money!

Charlotte cosmetic dentist looks at bonding

Dr T. — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:52:23 +0000

Let’s look at another case. Suzanne was referred to me by a gum specialist. She had braces successfully, but the space between her two front teeth continued to open. The gum specialist removed a small amount of fibrous tissue from between these teeth and asked me to look at the size of her teeth before she returned to the orthodontist. Here’s the way she looked at our first visit: