Posts by DrNetzleyDDS
Personal Service and Connecting to People
While standing in the grocery store line, the clerk asked me, “How is your day going?” I responded “wonderful!” But I was still taken aback as she had asked it with real sincerity. In today’s modern world, expediency has over taken personal service. Smart phones have replaced personal connection. Busyness has replaced serenity and fulfillment.…
Read MoreUnder-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…
Read MoreTo 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…
Read MoreBaby Bottle Mouth
When babies are feed even milk via a baby bottle, it can and does rot out the teeth.
Read MoreMissing Teeth
We have all heard the phrase that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In Dentistry, an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure.
Read MoreA Love for Nature
Even before my earliest memory my parents taught me the joy of camping.
Read MoreMy Dental Values
In my 41 years of practice, I have contemplated some things that should be followed in the practice of dentistry. The mark of a good person is their ability to learn and adapt to better them-self. This list is by no means a final draft but it is the sum of what I have learned…
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