WELCOME TO OUR OFFICE
We appreciate your selection of our office to service your dental health needs. Our goal is to provide the very best possible dental care for our patients so that each of you may achieve optimal dental health throughout your lifetime.
Our entire staff operates as a team and we take great pride in each staff member's training and capabilities.
APPOINTMENTS - Patients are seen by appointment only. Please call in advance so that we may reserve a time for you. The office phone number is 401.781.3393. We make every effort to be on time for our patients, and ask that you extend the same courtesy to us. If you cannot keep an appointment, please notify us immediately. If possible, please give us 48 hours notice. This courtesy on your part makes it possible for us to give your appointment to another patient.
I am excited about a new service that I am providing my patients and decided to mention it to you because I want you to help me spread the word.
I am currently one of the only dentists in Rhode Island that performs Laser Periodontal Therapy . This procedure is very patient friendly and in many cases replaces traditional cut and sew gum surgery.
Laser Periodontal Therapy (LPT), the first-ever patented laser procedure, is not a disease management or laser soft care technique. There are an estimated 100 million people in the USA who have moderate to severe periodontal disease (pd). Of these, fewer than 3% will receive traditional care in a given year. Thousands of people go untreated each year. The dread of traditional scalpel/suture surgery is so strong that they prefer the risk of tooth loss and dentures. LPT offers patients a significantly less traumatic alternative to traditional periodontal surgery. No cutting of flaps and no sutures means a faster and easier recovery with maximum retention of original gum tissue. Although the laser is a very useful dental instrument, it is not appropriate for every procedure. It is frequently used in conjunction with other dental instruments.
Gum Disease is very prevalent among adults in America. Fifty percent (50%) have moderate to severe gum disease and many don't even know it. Recent studies have shown that the bacteria associated with gum disease get into the bloodstream by way of bleeding gums and increase the person's risk of heart attack, stroke, low birth weight babies and premature deliveries and even infection in joint replacements.
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