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Monday, September 25, 2006
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentisty's Advanced Accreditation Workshop
I recently joined about 30 cosmetic dentists from around the country at UCLA, to present treated cases for peer review with the potential to submit the cases for accreditation to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. First of all, I will tell you that there are some very talented dentists and laboratory technicians in this country. They exhibited some phenomenal dentistry with beautiful outomes for their patients. Let me tell you, when a slide is blown up on a 6'x8' screen, everything shows.
The principals of smile design were discussed at length, case after case, but I will tell you, that the most important topic discussed on every case was the health of the soft tissue, or gums. You see, matching the color of an adjacent tooth, or even the shape of the tooth don't matter so much when the gums are irritated, swollen or bleeding. Periodontal health is the foundation on which we can do our restorative and cosmetic dental magic. It is with this attention to detail and commitment to long term health that we, as cosmetic dentists separate ourselves from doing purely functional dentistry, and ensure that our patients get the life long results and satisfaction from the cosmetic dentistry that we provide. Please visit our http://www.drdell.com/restorative_gum.html periodontal therapy section of the site for more information on how we accomplish long term periodontal health for our patients.
The principals of smile design were discussed at length, case after case, but I will tell you, that the most important topic discussed on every case was the health of the soft tissue, or gums. You see, matching the color of an adjacent tooth, or even the shape of the tooth don't matter so much when the gums are irritated, swollen or bleeding. Periodontal health is the foundation on which we can do our restorative and cosmetic dental magic. It is with this attention to detail and commitment to long term health that we, as cosmetic dentists separate ourselves from doing purely functional dentistry, and ensure that our patients get the life long results and satisfaction from the cosmetic dentistry that we provide. Please visit our http://www.drdell.com/restorative_gum.html periodontal therapy section of the site for more information on how we accomplish long term periodontal health for our patients.
posted by Dr. Dell Goodrick at 11:07 AM
1 Comments:
Dr. Dell, I have been a dental technician for over 30 years and was around when cosmetice dentistry started taking off in the 80's. I'm am excited about the advances throught the years. I have been involve in the development of sintered metals in crowns the don't have the problems normal porcelain fused to metal have. All ceramic crowns have also revolutionized this area of dentistry and I apreciate you comments on the quality of dentists and technicians that are out there. Now with the recent information on Oral health and how it is related to our overall health it completes the dental portrait of having a good healthly foundation to then add beautiful cosmetic restorations which help those beautiful smiles last a lifetime. Thanks for striving for excellent dentistry
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