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Dental sealants are a preventive treatment for children.  It is a procedure that involves flowing a composite bonding material into the grooves or fissures of the molar teeth.  It is ideally placed within 6 months or so of the molars erupting in order to prevent...

Let us start with why “wisdom teeth” are around and what they are really called. A “wisdom tooth’s proper name is a “third molar.” In each of our upper…

Michele recently asked us this question so we will explain to you as we explained to her.  During the patient’s first visit to our office, if there is no immediate emergency problem, we will do a complete and comprehensive dental examination as we have described in a...

If a patient is not in pain, we recommend a comprehensive or complete and thorough examination in our office on the initial visit. What does this entail? The first thing we do is sit down and take a complete medical history looking at any disease states and/or...

A root canal is a way in which teeth can be saved instead of extracted if the inside of the tooth, the pulp, is damaged.  It is officially called endodontic therapy in dental terminology.  It involves the removal of the pulp (inside tissue) of the tooth that contains...

A Healthy Habit for a Baby or Toddler There’s no need to worry about a baby or toddler with a thumb-sucking habit or using a pacifier as it is perfectly normal. These are perfectly healthy self-soothing habits that help a child feel safe and happy in a new or...

Favorite athlete ever is Mickey Mantle Current favorite athletes are Aaron Judge and Josh Allen Had lunch planned months in advance at Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant and he just so happened to die that day. That is where and when he got his poster that is in the office...

Was born and raised in Port Reading, less than 2 miles from the office Graduated from Woodbridge Sr. High School, less than a mile from the office Loved playing sports with neighborhood friends growing up Loves the Yankees, Buffalo Bills, NY Rangers, New York Knicks,...

The history of toothbrushes can go back, as far as we can tell, to about 3500 B.C. with the use of frayed twigs as noted in ancient Egyptian tombs

One of the ways we find useful for our patients is to show them a close up image on our monitors in the treatment rooms or in our consultation room via a slide projector of their issues.