Under-served Dental Patients

Within the American population there are three groups of patients that are not receiving adequate dental care. Personally, I have treated underprivileged children for seven years under the auspices of the Head Start program. Additionally, I have treated elderly patients in 26 different nursing homes for a five year period. Those are two of the…

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To Pull or Not to Pull

That is the question — or 4 on the floor and 24 For nearly a century- orthodontists have suggested the removal of four bicuspids when straightening teeth. Thus the phrase 4 extracted teeth on the floor and 24 months of banding. Today the trend is away from extractions. The results are usually more esthetic without…

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