• Great news… This past July, my daughter Mary Nell began a teaching position at Boston University Henry. M Goldman School of Dental Medicine in the Pediatric Dentistry department. 
  • My office continues to run at Dentistry’s leading edge. Recently, I purchased a CAD-CAM ( computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing) machine that utilizes digital technology to make “same visit” crowns and other dental restorations (inlays, onlays, provisional restorations and more). It works like this… Our digital i-Tero intraoral scanner generates a STL file (standard tessilation language) or digital impression that replaces the old impression material we used for years. These STL files are exported to a computer that uses cloud based design software. Utilizing AI (artificial intelligence) and a few mouse clicks, I design a restoration on a monitor. The restoration design is then sent to a milling machine and again with a few simple mouse clicks, the restoration is “milled” or made in roughly 35 minutes using subtractive manufacturing principles. The restorations are “tried in” and cemented with zero or minimal adjustments. We and our patients are truly impressed with the results. We are confident that this technology is here to stay and the old methods of impressioning, waxing restorations, investing wax ups, burn outs using the lost wax investment casting techiques and porcelain build ups and firing ovens will go the way of the horse and buggy.
  • Earned fellowship status in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI)* – April 2018. Currently compiling the paperwork and documentation for Mastership (ICOI)
  • Received Invisalign certification – March 2019
  • Elected Secretary of the Berkshire District Dental Society – January 2019
  • Recent Purchases: VaTech cone beam CT Windows 11 compliant, X-Nav dynamic surgical guidance and iTero element intra-oral scanner.
  • My team and I have reached the summit of digital dental implant planning. By merging our STL (3D) files from our intra oral scanner, with our DICOM (X-Ray) files from our cone beam CT into our X-Nav dynamic surgical guidance software, we are able to achieve absolute state-of-the-art (2019) dental implant surgical placement planning.
  • April 2019 – Served as screening dentist at the Pitsfield Family YMCA for Healthy Kids Day.
  • Professional Photographer Mark Swirsky setup our new Canon DSLR camera with 100mm Macro Lens and ring flash (best industry practices) for intra-oral photography, replacing our previous camera.
  • Using Noble Biocare type implants replacing previously used Zimmer Tapered Screw Vent implant.**
  • Invisalign done with i-Tero scanner has experienced significant growth, and success, with many patients benefiting from introductory pricing.

*The awarding of Fellowship status is an honor which a professional society such as the ICOI bestows on a dental professional involved in dental implant treatment. The ICOI has a Fellowship program in which active members are encouraged to achieve Fellowship status through their efforts in education, research, and actual clinical experience. All Fellows of the ICOI may choose to list the designation “FICOI” after their names. This is a fairly rigorous test, where a minimum of 25 cases are sent to the ICOI faculty for approval. Minimum requirements are pre-op and post-op photos and x-rays of implant cases.

**In an effort to preserve crestal bone and combat implantitis, the trend in implant dentistry is to use slightly narrower implants, with platform switching, conical connections, concave abutments, and screw retained crowns. In the event a crown must be cemented, a custom milled abutment is always used. Additionally, the crown is cemented using the Wadwhani (copy abutment) technique to minimize cement extrusion.