Typhoon Restaurant Teams with the Opportunity Foundation

If you love Thai food, you can help raise money for the Opportunity Foundation. On the first Tuesday of every month, Typhoon donates a portion of their lunch and dinner proceeds directly to the Foundation. The Opportunity Foundation supports those with disabilities, so this is a very nice gesture on the part of Typhoon. Go eat some great food on Tuesday, September 7 and make a difference in someone's life at the same time!

Movie of the Average Dental Patient

Click the title above to watch this hilarious movie. A dentist somewhere put this together after dealing with a patient. I can relate to this SO well it's scary. Let me know if it strikes you as funny (or offensive), but I had to post this to let you see what we as dentists deal with on a weekly basis.

Dr. Bill Robbins in Central Oregon

What a great two days of lecture at the Riverhouse Convention Center! Dr. Bill Robbins and his family flew out here to lecture to 40 lucky dentists and their staff for two days. Some of our area specialists, including Periodontists, Oral Surgeons & Orthodontists were there as well. What this means to our patients is a more streamlined approach to smile design and cosmetic outcomes. As a dentist, no one else can put the teeth in the smile. No amount of plastic surgery, Botox or Restylane can improve the smile without your cosmetic dentist! So if you have cosmetic needs or know anyone who does, have them come see me for a complimentary aesthetic evaluation of their smile.

No new cavites - For LIFE!

How much would you pay to stop getting cavities? There's an amazing new company based in Salem, OR called CariFree(Oral BioTech). Click the Title of the post above and it will take you straight to their website. I've been directing a lot of my patients to check out their Treatment Rinse, Treatment Kits and for kids they have great products like Xylitol Lollipops, gums, mouth sprays, etc. Use these to shift the balance of 'bad' bacteria back to 'good' bacteria. Your mouth will become acid-neutral, so no way you can get cavities. Couple this with the hardening properties and anti-cavity potential that Fluoride gives to enamel, and you would only have to worry about gum disease. See, there would still be a reason for you to come see your dentist, even if you never had a cavity again.

How many of you would like the convenience of purchasing these products directly from my office? I have hesitated to do this, as I don't want people thinking I'm selling stuff just to make a profit. But, if I can offer prices that are less than the CariFree website and their shipping charges, I'm glad to do it.

Volunteer Dentistry at COCC

Last Friday, I finally made it over to the COCC Dental Assisting Clinic, where Dental Assisting students get live patient experiences. Volunteers in Medicine screens patients in need, and they are seen for emergency dental care (aka extractions). We treated approximately 10 patients from 8am until 2pm, and the students were AWESOME! This wasn't their first rodeo, as the term is coming to an end. I have heard from reliable sources that it is very chaotic in there when they first start seeing patients as the year begins for them. It is a small clinic with four treatment chairs. We are very excited to see the new facility when the Allied Science building is completed in the next couple of years.

A big thank you to Lynn Murray, Kristi Hammerquist and Deb Davies for all of their hard work with these students. They will be working on Central Oregonians in the near future and our dental practices are better because of their program. Kudos!