Cleveland icon (and patient) Fred Griffith, who has been on both WEWS ABC/channel 5 ("The Morning Exchange") and WKYC NBC/channel 3 for more that 50 years, just celebrated his 82nd birthday! He was feted on "Good Company" last month with an extra-large cake. Congratulations Fred!!!
We've recently had a number of patients featured in both articles and photos in "The Cleveland Plain Dealer," "Cleveland Magazine," and the "Currents" edition of "The Sun Press," "The Sun Messenger," and the internet. When we see them, we try and print/cut them out and put them on our bulletin board. If you or your [...]
At a conference we attended recently in San Diego, put on by the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, we attended a presentation/course focused on gum disease in the Middle East that has application here in the United States. Due to poor home care, often because of lack of toothpaste and toothbrushes (from both financial and availability [...]
A number of people asked/commented on congressman Dennis Kucinich and his broken tooth (he apparently bit on an olive pit in a "wrap" and broke a tooth that was an "anchor" for a bridge). They wanted to know if things like that happened often and what could be done to avoid it. Our response has been that whether you [...]
We are very excited about our new portable laser, the Navigator from Odyssey. We've been using it for gum contouring and crown lengthening. It can also be used for apthous ulcers/canker sores. It takes seconds to use, with virtually no pain or sensitivity, and the healing is great. The laser has been demonstrated at a [...]
Great news....we've gone viral - and it's a good thing!!! On the USA Today website, there's an article and a video of the segment WKYC-NBC/Channel 3 did on the replacement of silver fillings that was shown on WKYC on last Wednesday, January 5th. Health reporter Monica Robins put together a very even-handed report which was [...]
Do you know that you can contact us on our website www.ClevelandSmiles.com at any time and that we'll respond almost immediately? Whether it's to make an appointment or offer up a comment, the "contact us" button will "contact us" immediately, and we will quickly respond to you. In fact, due to our appearances on NBC/WKYC channel 3's [...]
When a patient needs to change an appointment after-hours (usually due to a cold or sickness), they are directed by our answering service "Answering Cleveland" to call me on my cell phone, which often surprises the patient. The reason that we do this is so that I can try and offer their appointment to another of [...]
All of us at the office, including Wendy, Afsaneh, Karin, Amy, Barbara, Jill, and Marilyn wish all of our patients and friends the happiest of holidays and and a healthy New Year! We also want to thank so many of you for your kinds wishes to us; your friendship and support is extremely gratifying! Very [...]
We had a very nice response from our patients and friends on TV segments that were shot right in our office and shown on WKYC/Channel 3's daily morning show, "Good Company." The station's Joe Cronauer visited us in late November and watched us at work. One segment even featured Joe's sister, Sharon Porella (of Rivchun's [...]