The Digital Makeover

The Digital Makeover Term may have been coined by someone else, but I like to think it is my invention...

I majored in Studio Art in my college years. Sculpting in bronze, clay and wax and painting in oil and watercolour I have gained a skill set I believe is perfect for dentistry. In the digital world we live in I am happy to have trained in Photoshop. Merging digital ability to change photographs and knowing the limitations of dentistry I can effectively show my patients realistic before and afters. When we are going to commit much time, energy and finances to a large proceedure I produce a digital mockup of what we should expect. I find this helps patients physically see what I can do for them and not just "trust me"....For the most part it gets us to share the vision and come into agreement on proposed treatments. Above you will see an actual case that we have completed and continues to looking and feeling great two years later. In fact...people think their teeth look better than the Digital Makeover does!

The Antidote, Anesthesia Reversal

Recently I have adopted a new product. Oraverse. Essentially this is the antidote to numbness. Many patients hate to get numb simply because the after-effects are bothersome. Only a handful of people opt not to have anesthesia because the alternative is possible pain. I "unlike the popular belief" do not like pain, nor do I wish to inflict it. So obviously for the most part we will get patients numb BEFORE working. On occassion it is useful to cause the anesthsia wear off faster.

For example I had a patient going to a parent teacher meeting after his appointment. Not wanting to drool and give a bad impression to his son's teacher he opted for the Oraverse.

As we were finishing up his eyes got wide and he touched his face...he gasped "WOW".

I questioned his comment and he said that the anesthesia wore off like a wave. His feeling had come back in a few minutes rather than a few hours.

Although reversing anesthesia is not necessary...we can leave the body alone and it does wear off on its own. If necessary technology has allowed us (as I call it) the antidote to anesthesia.

Snow Day

The Northeast has been slammed with snow. Manhattan is not too bad but it is really snowing fast. I cannot be sure what the rest of the tristate area looks like. For sure the surrounding areas get hit harder than the city. Even at that I have shoveled the steps twice in one hour. It was not much work but I feel if it covers up that quick... "Its a snowin' kids". Today our faithful patients are showing up! Amazing to me. Thank you all and travel safely. (If it keeps up this way we may close early to get our team home safely). Well as I work and get to see snowfall (I love that we have windows in the operatories) enjoy a photograph I took out on Long Island a few years ago.