Filling Materials

When a tooth gets a cavity it must be filled or it will continue to decay and get worse – even to the point of death.

What kind of materials are available to fix holes in teeth?

The most common material for about a century has been silver and copper mixed with mercury with a little tin.  This mixture is called amalgam or simply silver filling.  Read the rest...

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Summer Safety

Summer is the time for kids to get outside and have fun.  Unfortunately, it is also the time of year when many accidents occur.  In addition to our page on dental emergencies, here are some things you should know:

1.   Preventing dental accidents is usually better than dealing with the sometimes serious problems that can occur with a fall or blow to the mouth.  Read the rest...

Going Green 2

So much of the way we practice now depends on throwing away everything possible.  That is not the way of the future.  We have to go back to the days of reduce, reuse, recycle.

The Oregon Dental Conference in East Portland hosted the first major presentation on Green Dentistry, according to the speaker, Mr. Kevin Henry.

This course discussed LEED certified building that reduces Volitile Organic Compounds that outgas into the air.  Receiving a LEED Platinum certificate is extremely difficult so the recommend continuous improvement step-by-step.  Read the rest...

Continuing Education

The Oregon Dental Conference is coming up this week at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.

There will be lots of great courses on important dental topics. Governor John Kitzhaber, MD will give the General Session presentation on Rethinking the US Health Care System.

I plan to attend lectures on Laser Dentistry and Going Green in the Dental Office.  Read the rest...

Going Green

Recently our building in Oregon City received a bid to place photovoltaic solar cells on our roof. You might ask what this has to do with being a Pediatric Dentist in Oregon?

Well, I believe that is everyone’s responsibility to help preserve the earth’s energy resources. See EnviroMom for more info. Also, we are converting to a paper-less dental office this year.  Read the rest...