S. John Salivonchik D.M.D., P.C.
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Flossing
April 30, 2010
I have been a dental hygienist for 24 yrs now. When I first started out I really thought that all I had to do was tell people to brush and floss and they would. I was going to make all of my patients healthy. Change the dental world I was!! Wow what a rude awakening I had!!!
I then decided that I needed to educate my patients better. So I would explain that dental plaque (one of the main causes of periodontal (gum) disease) is a soft, sticky layer of bacteria that forms every 24 hrs. on your teeth. If you don’t brush and floss it away it would harden and become calculus (tartar), which...(Read More)
Not Necessarily Porcelain Veneers
April 8, 2010
Porcelain Veneers can correct a variety of esthetic issues. They have revolutionized how we practice dentistry, but they are not always the best way to correct certain problems. I recently saw a young man who was convinced that veneers were his only option. Unfortunately, most of his information came from advertisements which he had seen. In this case he wanted the space closed between his two front teeth. This could have been done with veneers but that would have required the removal of healthy tooth structure. It was much less costly and less invasive to bond the teeth without the removal of healthy tooth. We have incredible new materials with allow...
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Customer Service
March 16, 2010
It used to be that comforts in a dental office were few and far between. Thankfully, that
has changed. Gone is the cold, sterile environment with drills buzzing in the background,
muffled only by perhaps some elevator music. We now have televisions with DVD players
in our treatment rooms, and have since 1998. This provides a distraction to patients and
improves their overall comfort and well being. Perhaps more importantly, we provide
almost painless dentistry by providing Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas), IV sedation and
the Wand. The Wand is an instrument that allows for comfortable novacaine administration,
and is usually painless. Patients love it. Another huge step forward, is that we can eliminate
the many...(Read More)