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Filling Materials

Mark Mutschler — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:40:48 +0000

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 [...]

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Filling Materials

Summer Safety

Mark Mutschler — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:00:00 +0000

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 [...]

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Summer Safety

Going Green 2

Mark Mutschler — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:48:19 +0000

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 [...]

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Going Green 2

Continuing Education

Mark Mutschler — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:07:53 +0000

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 [...]

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Continuing Education

Going Green

Mark Mutschler — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:04:27 +0000

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 [...]

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Going Green