According to Wikipedia, approximately 75% of people experience some degree of anxiety about going to the dentist, with as many as 20% experiencing anxiety intense enough to delay dental care until they are in pain.  Because of this anxiety, small problems go unaddressed until they become big problems requiring invasive, usually uncomfortable, expensive dental work. […]

Removable bridge.  For some people, successful.  They have a lot of tolerance.  They put that in, out.  They’re comfortable.  They feel good. From a biocompatible point-of-view, one of the best answers. From a lifestyle point-of-view, one of the worst answers. It’s very, very difficult to have a good quality of life when you have this […]

Then, of course, you want to go to your dentist to make sure that he’s probing. If your dentist is not probing your teeth when you go to see him, I would probably ask him to do that or go to somebody else that will do that for you because this is a critical part […]

Our Move From Alpha Dental I am very excited to announce our move to a new, state of the art facility, just 3 miles from our previous location (alpha dental), with easy freeway access and plenty of parking. All patient records have been securely moved to the new location, where you will receive the same […]

I was asked by a friend, who was joining a medical mission to Guatemala as a doctor, if I wanted to join. I went and my life was suddenly changed. I performed hundreds of extractions during this trip, and many hundreds more in subsequent missions. I was painfully, a witness and a protagonist of the […]