Patient Comfort & Technology

Patient service and care is our number one priority.

Our staff is available to answer any questions or concerns you may have about any upcoming dental treatment. We strive to pamper you, making you feel cared for and relaxed with amenities such as chairside computers, flat screen monitors, cable television, high-speed Internet access, DVDs and, of course, our trademark Otis Spunkmeyer cookies. Not to mention a hot towel after treatment.

Technology

Keeping up with the latest dental technology is not only important to us it is essential! The latest biomaterials, techniques, and equipment allow our office to practice cutting edge dentistry. New dental advances translate into more efficient and effective dentistry. For example, our new CEREC® machine allows our patients single visit dentistry by milling our own lab work onsite. Dr. Feins’ philosophy is that “it is important to maintain the integrity of the tooth structure by providing minimal dentistry using the most conservative treatment possible”.

VELscope: It could save your life

Did you know that oral cancer steals the life of one American every hour? We don’t hear much about oral cancer, but 34,000 patients will be diagnosed in 2007. Only half of patients diagnosed with oral cancer will survive longer than five years. Because it is often detected in the later stages, oral cancer’s mortality rate is higher than that of cervical cancer, Hodgkin’s disease, brain, liver, kidney, or ovarian cancer. Treatment for oral cancer often causes disfiguration and lessens the patient’s quality of life.

Thanks to an amazing new technology, VELscope, dentists and hygienists can quickly and painlessly screen for oral cancer. VELscope is a fluorescence-based identification system that detects tissue abnormalities and is used in combination with traditional visual exams.

All adults should have an annual VELscope exam because a quarter of oral cancer victims are non-smokers, don’t drink, and have no lifestyle factors to heighten their oral cancer risk. Men over 40 and women between the ages of 20 and 40 are the most prone to the disease. Patients with lifestyle risks, including any tobacco use, daily alcohol consumption, viral infections, autoimmune deficiencies like HIV, and diabetes, may need more frequent evaluations.

The screening involves use of a special light to illuminate abnormal cells so that they appear distinctly different from the surrounding normal tissue.

While the statistics on oral cancer are frightening, when found and treated in the early stages the condition has an 80 to 90-percent cure rate. We are proud to introduce this powerful new diagnostic tool as part of an annual oral cancer screening performed during your dental examination.

For more information on the Oral Cancer Foundation click here: www.oralcancerfoundation.org