Philosophy……
My office motto is “dentistry with loving care”. Love is and must be our prime directive in life. Love affects everything we do at our office from the quality of the work to the manner in which it is delivered. But it’s not enough to do the best possible work using the best laboratories if patients are not shown how to maintain that work. The best dentists are not just technically skilled but great teachers. Beyond oral hygiene education, teaching means having patients always aware of what’s going on and why.

Your First Visit…..
I’m often surprised when patients marvel at the thoroughness of my exam. Just doing my job, you know. I have an obligation to every one of my patients to know everything about them, dentally speaking that is. Unless the visit is an emergency, we take appropriate radiographs and diagnostic records. We discuss our finding and together formulate a treatment plan. If your first visit is an emergency, I defer the complete work-up until later and concentrate on taking care of the emergency. Later, when you are comfortable, we can make decisions on a complete treatment plan.

Cosmetic Dentistry & the State of the Art…..
It’s so much more fun to be a dentist now using the newest techniques that both function better and look better than the dentistry of only a few years ago. The big breakthrough in cosmetics is the use of adhesion. Adhesives allow us to remove less tooth, to bond esthetic materials, and to obtain restorations that don’t wedge the remaining tooth structure.

Using an intra-oral camera in diagnosis and treatment planning allows me and the patient to see small problems before they become big ones. With the magnification the intra-oral camera gives, we are able to see the tooth fractures sometime caused by old-fashioned silver fillings wedging apart teeth.

Sterilization….
We observe and practice universal precautions. Everything that goes into the mouth is sterilized between patients unless it’s a single use item that is thrown away after one use. We deliver our dentistry in complete safety for both you the patient and for ourselves.