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Dear Patients, Wow! It’s December and the holidays are upon us. I would like to wish each and every one of you a wonderful holiday season and a very happy New Year! We are very excited about an upcoming change in our office. In January we will install computers throughout the office as part of […]
As we near the end of 2011 and get busy in the planning and celebration of the holidays, we encourage you to do one simple thing that will be a true ‘gift’ to yourself and/or your family members—take advantage of your remaining dental benefits before year end. If you have treatment that has been diagnosed […]
Here’s a great article on Halloween candy and keeping kids teeth healthy year round. Thanks to my wonderful husband for finding it! http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45080807/ns/health-childrens_health/ Yours in good (dental) health, Dr. Stefanie Shore, DDS
Lasers are one of the new exciting technologies in dentistry. There are different types of lasers with different purposes. There are lasers that can cut gum tissue, ones that can drill and prepare teeth, and others that can cut away bone. The most common is the soft tissue laser, called a diode. This is used […]
Just had a great day in the office, mostly due to the nice people I got to treat and chat with throughout the day. I’m lucky to have fantastic staff members who are good at their jobs and care deeply about the work they do. But I’m also lucky to have a fantastic pool of […]
This is an exasperating subject, and one that I could speak about at length. More and more insurance companies are offering what they call “discount plans”. Smile Savers is an example. The company sells it fairly cheap and claims you can use it for all of your dental needs. This is probably the most economical […]
Canker sores are an autoimmune response to some sort of stress. In English, when you body comes in contact with a trigger, the canker sore develops as a response. What are the triggers? Well, in some people its stress. In others, it’s food. Citrus fruits, spicy foods, walnuts and strawberries have all been proven to […]
If you read my last blog entry about dental insurance, you should be well versed in how dental insurance and medical insurance differ. Beyond what’s been previously discussed, there are also differences in the issue of “in” versus “out” of network. We all know when it comes to medical insurance, it’s better to see an […]
Let me start by stating the most important thing about Dental Insurance: It is not like Medical Insurance. I’ll repeat that again for emphasis, it is not like Medical Insurance. So you should just dispel any ideas that may be in your head about the possibility of paying nothing for dental treatment because it almost […]
I’ve always been frustrated by the lack of transparency with fees in the medical field. Not just in my own practice of dentistry, but with all physicians, eye doctors, etc. It’s amazing to get EOBs and bills in the mail from physicians where the amount billed is double or triple what the negotiated fee is […]
