I Have Heard This Before....But Still Love Hearing It

I have told you many times that many patients who have been in our practice for decades have a few characteristics that they share:

1. They virtually have every tooth that they had when they became my patient 25,30 or 35 years ago.
2. They have very few crowns on their teeth which, as you know, doesn't strengthen teeth but weakens them tremendously.
3. Many/Most of my patients no longer have silver/mercury fillings in their mouths because metals, when heated by coffee, tea or hot pizza cause teeth to micro fracture and eventually break.

With this is mind:

A long time patient...about a quarter of a century...was in on Monday for her regular cleaning and check up appointment. She told Trish and I that she decided to change her physician and last week was her first visit with him for her 'annual physical.' During the exam, the doctor looked in her mouth and asked in amazement, "Are those your own teeth?" And my patient told him that they are which he followed with, "And WHO is your dentist?"  "Dr. Gerald Benjamin, of course." Now mind you, this patient is NOT one of my 'cosmetic patients' and doesn't have any veneers. And she doesn't have a single crown in her mouth... Just 10-15 very strong bonded resin fillings with some being 20 years old.

People know when they see our patients that something is different about their teeth.

Thank you for telling other people about our office...They will thank you someday.