View PDF Traditional dentistry is an offshoot of the medical remedial model that focuses more on treating symptoms, rather than discovering their causes.

View PDF I have found through my course of years being a dentist, that the best of technical (preventive, esthetic, functional) care can only occur within the confines of a sound relationship.

View PDF I believe that the diverse meanings of the word “diagnosis” characterize the reason why the United States rates only 37th in the World Health Organization’s ranking of the health care systems out of 191 countries.

View PDF In traditional, insurance-driven dental practices, the main thrust is on finding the results of dental conditions, such as decay and gum disease, and then providing repair, teeth replacements and cleanings, with relatively little emphasis on the cause of the decay and gum disease

View PDF Our oral assessment, educational, preventive and treatment protocols have been designed to work with individuals who have a high desire to optimize their oral health and are willing to embrace their role in its development.

View PDF While dental technology has advanced, the one area of dentistry that hasn’t seemed to improve is in the area of trust, as it is estimated that as many as 75% of US adults experience some degree of dental fear, from mild to severe. Our team has found that an interesting upshot of this …

View PDF “How healthy do you really want to become?” is the central question from which a mutual game plan can be developed.

View PDF I have written several articles pertaining to why The Dental Wellness Center is a holistic (1) dental practice. Per the dictionary definition, I believe that the word is a great match for the Center as it does include the four elements essential to a patient developing optimum oral health and its relationship to …

View PDF One of the most frequent questions we hear from new patients is “Why do these dental problems keep happening?” The mission of the Dental Wellness Center was in large part developed to answer this question.

View PDF In keeping with this, our first appointment is not so much about looking for problems and making up a list of things to be done, but begins with a two-way interview wherein I can listen to what my new patient is looking for, discuss any concerns that they may have, and a complete …