Your Smile Matters 3/9/14

No guest - Subject: 1) You need to buy the book, "The End of Alzheimer's", by Dale Bredesen. 2) Use your insurance benefits before the end of the year. 3) Learning about mail order orthodontics & accelerating procedures. 4) Learning about All On 4 Dentures. 5) Learning about sedation protocols.

No guest - Subject: 1) Caller wanted information on the preventive product, Lo Loz. 2) Caller wanted information on ortho-bionomy. 3) Reminder for people to use their insurance benefits before the end of the year, as they will lose their benefits. 4) Discussion of how insurance company decisions are made for dental benefits. 5) Discussion of the comfort systems we have for dental treatment.

No guest - Subject: 1) Caller wanted information on repairing a back molar. 2) Caller wanted info on a single front tooth, and its replacement. 3) Caller wanted info on implants and full dentures. 4) Reviewed information on calcium supplements and oxalates from food, and their relation to kidney stones, and bone loss around teeth. 5) Reviewed information on inflammation in the gums, and jaw bone teeth housing.

No guest - Subject: 1) Review of Direct Smile deficiencies, that is; the dental problems that are overlooked by this process. 2) Discussion of systems that stop and prevent decay. 3) The value of ideal oral health before starting chemotherapy, or radiation therapy for cancer. 4) Discussion of accelerating tooth movements, when being in Invisalign treatments.

No guest - Subject: 1) The reason straightening teeth is so important and valuable to a person. 2) Discussion of orthodontic accelerants that cut treatment time with clear aligners to 3.5 days between aligner changes. 3) Caller wanted info on treatment on post traumatic stress disorder. 4) Caller wanted info on homemade Dr. Mercola toothpaste. 5) Caller wanted info on Invisalign.

No guest - Subject: 1) Talked about disagreement of dentists about oral health not being a cause of systemic health. 2) Talked about a Ketogenic diet. 3) Update on periodontology and gum disease by the American Academy of Periodontology and the European Federation of Periodontology. 4) Discussion of caution about mail order aligners. 5) Caller wanted info on implants and dentures in a day.

No guest - Subject: 1) Diabetes complications from sleep disordered breathing and/or sleep apnea. 2) Caller wanted information on mail order teeth straightening. 3) Caller wanted a thinner design on a partial tooth replacement. 4) Information on Silver Diammine Fluoride, and other prevention services in our office.

No guest - Subject: 1) Caller wanted to know about cleaning instruments that are new to his experience, as he hadn't had his teeth cleaned in 20 years. 2) Caller wanted clarification on 2 different Dr.(Hygienists) diagnosis about periodontal disease. 3) Reviewed systems for great comfort in conscious sedation used in our office, the office of Drs. Staffel and Williamson.

No guest - Subjects: 1) Detailed explanation of sedation dentistry - safety, what to expect, and the different protocols. 2) How the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners has tightened the requirements for dentists. 3) Reminder of value of prebiotics and probiotics for everyday, and especially for the older population, over 60 for instance.

No guest - Subject: New prevention things in dentistry. -1) OrthoPulse® - photobiomodulation. -2) Silver diamine fluoride. -3) Loloz prevention candy to prevent decay. -4) Caller wanted information on cracked teeth.