The Velscope Oral Cancer Screening device is savings! Ideal Dentistry is proud to be one of the only offices in Louisville that offers this revolutionary, life-saving technology. If you missed the broadcast you may be able to view the segment on the video page: http://www.doctoroz.com/videos Early Visualization Of Mucosal Diseases VELscope® is a revolutionary hand-held … Read more
General Dentistry
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 were 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 … Read more
The Dental Cycle, and freeing yourself from it, is at the core value of Ideal Dentistry. This whole concept is what sets us apart from all other dental practices. We work hard at teaching you how to not need our services, rather than find services we can provide for you! Those services we do provide … Read more
Although perhaps not the first, Ideal Dentistry is proud to be one of the mercury-free dental practices in Louisville. Silver mercury fillings were invented as a cheaper alternative to gold fillings and have been in use since long before World War I! (They were first used in Paris in 1820). Mercury, which is the material … Read more
Super White Teeth – some love it, some hate it. It is a personal preference. What it really comes down to is what type of teeth do YOU like? A smile is very personal – actually, I think a smile is just about as personal as you can get. It needs to reflect who you … Read more
Why do you see a dentist? Is it because you think you should? Are you worried about loosing your teeth? Do you want a beautiful white smile? Everybody sees a dentist for their own reasons. Today I would like to talk a little about what every dentist should do first and foremost – Protect and … Read more
Cosmetic dentistry often requires a dental technician to fabricate the indirect restorations such as porcelain veneers, crowns, onlays and inlays. The dentist prepares the tooth and takes a mold which is then sent to the dental lab. From this point on it is up to the skill of the dental technician. They need to create … Read more
Before you buy a car you do what? You research everything about cars, right? I sure hope so. What about cosmetic dentistry? The internet is a vast source of both good and bad information. So, how do you know which is which? Cosmetic Dentistry 101 is the beginning of a simple series of blog entries … Read more
Porcelain veneers, the best way to get the smile of your dreams, now available without sacrificing tooth structure! Here is a recent smile I had the privilege of creating. This young lady has everything going for herself and now she has a smile that compliments her outgoing persona. The beauty of such a veneer case … Read more
Porcelain Veneers, what are they anyhow? Dentists often speak a different language. That is how we are trained in dental school. We sometimes forget that this technical jargon really means very little to our patients, so let me break it down for you. A “veneer” is a covering over a tooth. Just like a veneer … Read more