F A L L W I N T E R - Dental Care of Stamford

D ENTAL C ARE
OF S TAMFORD
DENTAL CARE KIDS
Our child care room has been making dental care easier for parents by providing supervised child care during dental visits. Now a
last minute cancellation by a babysitter won’t make you miss your dental appointment.
The children are always supervised by an adult. There are video games, puzzles, coloring books and much more to keep the kids
busy while you relax at your visit. It is best to call ahead so we can prepare for you and your child’s visit. We look forward to seeing
you and your children back at Dental Care of Stamford.
LOOK GOOD & FEEL GOOD…
TRY A WEEK AT EQUINOX HEALTH CLUB AS OUR GUEST
Dental Care of Stamford, the area’s premier dental practice and Equinox Fitness Clubs, the area’s premier health club have joined
forces to promote looking good and feeling good. So if you want to exercise in a state-of-the-art, beautiful facility, get a 1 week Guest
Pass from one of our team members and take it to Equinox at 72 Heights Road, Darien, CT 06820 across from the train station
(203) 655-2300 and enjoy a week on us.
DENTAL INSURANCE, USE IT OR LOSE IT
While dental insurance benefits should not dictate your dental health decisions, taking advantage of your tax-free employment
benefits should not be overlooked.
Call today and speak with one of our treatment coordinators to schedule an appointment for any necessary dental work before the
end of the year. Otherwise your benefits will be lost forever.
Dental Care of Stamford
1500 Summer Street • Stamford, CT 06905
Tel 203-324-6171 • Fax 203-348-5392
Email - dentalcare@optonline.net
DentalCareStamford.com
In this Issue...
• Smiles for Life, Success in ‘05
• Dental hygiene corner
• Orthodontist, Dr. Steve Scher
• Soft drinks are not soft on your teeth
• Results of new headache study
• No wisdom in keeping your wisdom teeth
• Veneers are the ultimate whitening
• Dental Care Kids
• A week at Equinox Health Club as our guest
• Dental insurance, use it or lose it
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From all of us at Dental Care of Stamford, Thank you.
Fall/Winter
2005/2006
We hope this change of seasons finds you and your family in the best of health. We want to
take a moment to thank all of our patients for their continued trust and support of our
practice. The patients you refer echo that trust many
times over. Our commitment to outstanding dentistry
and exceptional service remains our highest priority.
“From all of us we wish you a happy and healthy holiday
season and look forward to seeing you in the office.”
-The Team at Dental Care
SMILES FOR LIFE
SUCCESS IN 2005
Smiles for Life, our annual children’s charity, came to
another successful conclusion this past June. In just
four months, we raised almost $50,000. Thanks to
the efforts at Dental Care of Stamford, Kids in Crisis
will receive half that amount. The other half goes to
Smiles for Life for national distributions to healthrelated charities.
Kids in Crisis is a family services organization that
offers free 24-hour help for Fairfield County children
and families, including counseling, intervention and
emergency shelter for those in need. For more
information please go to their website
www.kidsincrisis.org.
charities across North America and over 75,000 smiles
have been whitened. WOW!
From all of us at Dental Care of Stamford and children
everywhere, thank-you to everyone who participated
by whitening their teeth, hanging a poster or telling a
friend about Smiles for Life. Drs. Simon, Schwab and
Dragneva presented a check to Andrea from Kids in
Crisis, in the amount of $23,321.
Since the campaign began 7 years ago, over 20 million
dollars has been raised for Smiles for Life.
Contributions have been made to over 350 children’s
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DENTAL HYGIENE
CORNER
We all know the importance of regular
dental visits with the hygienist at Dental
Care. In addition to proper brushing and
flossing at home, using the best dental
products makes a big difference in gum
health and preventing cavities. Use what
the professionals use! Our doctors and
staff have been using Oxyfresh tooth paste
and prescription strength fluoride for
years and the results have been fantastic.
Oxyfresh toothpaste delivers fresh breath,
a beautiful white smile and a healthy
mouth safely and effectively through its
patented Oxygene formula. Oxyfresh is
very low in abrasion and is concentrated
to effectively clean and polish teeth. It
gives that professionally cleaned feeling
every time you use it while eliminating
mouth odors. Oxygene, (stabilized
chlorine dioxide) will last 3-5 times
longer than regular toothpaste.
Prescription strength fluoride to help
prevent decay is another home care must.
Drinking fluoridated water helps children
with developing teeth, but does not help
adults. Acids in plaque cause decay,
which is why we use topical, or brush-on
fluoride for adults, to make teeth
stronger and resist decay. Prescription
strength fluoride available at the dentist is
many times stronger than over the
counter fluoridated tooth paste, and only
for adults who can use it properly.
For more information on the best home
care products for you, ask our dental
hygiene team at your next visit or visit
www.DentalCareStamford.com.
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cavities, bone loss and crowding around
the other healthy teeth. Of course if they
come in straight and you can brush and
floss them to keep them healthy they do
not need to be removed, but that is more
the exception than the rule.
SOFT DRINKS
ARE NOT SOFT
ON YOUR TEETH
ORTHODONTIST
DR. STEVE SCHER
Dr. Steve Scher has been creating straight
and healthy teeth at Dental Care for the
last 18 years. He is a board certified
Orthodontist who received his doctoral
and post doctoral degree in Orthodontics
at N.Y.U.
Teeth that are aligned are not only
important from a cosmetic point of view,
but when crowded or crooked, they trap
plaque more easily and are more difficult
to clean. Another point that is sometimes
overlooked is fixing the bite. An uneven
bite caused by crooked teeth can damage
the jaw joints and muscles over time,
leading to head, neck or facial pain.
Dr. Scher not only straightens teeth, but
does it in a way so that the alignment of
the teeth is in harmony with the jaw
joints. This helps the teeth stay straight
over time. Dr. Scher treats adults as well
as children and feels it is never too late to
straighten your teeth if you want to. He
is certified in Invisalign® (invisible
braces). This is a great way for adults to
straighten their teeth without metal
braces and wires.
For many of us, when we get thirsty the
beverage of choice is a soft drink. People
will drink soda and sports drinks without
realizing they have as much as 10
teaspoons of sugar per bottle. In addition,
carbonated beverages contain acids that
damage tooth enamel, causing even more
decay. For that reason, even diet sodas
that do not contain sugar can cause decay
and are not good for your teeth.
Minimizing the frequency of these
drinks is the key. This is because each
drink is an exposure that generates an
acid production response by bacteria.
Each sugar exposure results in twenty
minutes of acid production. From a
decay standpoint, the amount of sugar
we eat or drink is not as important as the
number of times per day we eat or drink
sugar foods and beverages.
Choosing water or 100 percent fruit juice
drinks over sports drinks or carbonated
soda is much better for your long-term
dental health.
STOPPING YOUR
HEADACHES NOW
Headaches have been an unwelcome part
of millions of people’s lives for centuries.
There have been many solutions to this
problem, ranging from drug to distraction
therapies such as meditation and yoga.
Neither of these approaches provide a
long-term cure and drug treatments can
have serious, negative side effects.
The fact is that we cannot have a cure
until we have a diagnosis. Our Dr. Jerry
Simon has at least part of the answer in
his patented "Best-Bite" device. At the
national meeting of the American
Headache Society, Dr. Allan Bernstein,
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director of neurology at Kaiser
Permanente in Santa Rosa, California,
presented a paper where 65 patients with
chronic headaches were studied. After
their medicine failed to control the pain
at home, they called into the hospital
and upon arrival had a "Best-Bite" device
made for them.
20 percent had complete relief and
another 50 percent had 50 percent relief
of their headaches in less than five
minutes. This proves that an astounding
70 percent of all of these people had
headaches from their bite.
If you get any head, neck and facial pain,
ask our staff for an evaluation because
many studies like this show that more
than half of all headaches are due to the
bite. We can help!
NO WISDOM IN
KEEPING YOUR
WISDOM TEETH
Why are there wisdom teeth? They are
called wisdom teeth because they come
into the mouth around age 18, when we
are more mature. Unfortunately there is
often not enough room for these late
arriving teeth so they get stuck or
impacted and cannot grow into a normal
position in your mouth.
Wisdom teeth often need to be removed
because germs get trapped under the gum
line and can cause nasty infections that
cannot be completely cured, even with
antibiotics. In addition, they can cause
If your wisdom teeth do need to be
removed, our specialist oral surgeon Dr.
Robert Aslanian is here to help. His
gentle technique and approach makes
these procedures as easy as possible.
Since the common age is in the 16-20
year range, many of our patients choose
to get this done around holidays or over
the weekends when they are off from
school, so please contact our office to
schedule appointments to get the time
you want.
VENEERS ARE
THE ULTIMATE
WHITENING
DaVinci veneers are the ultimate way to
whiten your teeth. Because they are high
density glazed porcelain, like a fine dinner
plate they resist staining and maintain
their bright natural luster over the years
with regular home care and professional
cleaning. In addition, if necessary we have
the ability to apply our dental artistry to
reshape your teeth and make crooked,
chipped or worn down teeth straight and
healthy looking as if by magic.
In as little as two visits over two weeks we
can create a complete transformation.
And while your friends will notice how
great you look, because they are so
natural, only your hygienist will know
what was done.
Before
Two visits, Two weeks, Too amazing!
If your teeth are basically straight and
healthy, a great way to whiten them is
with tooth bleaching. The whitening
materials we use today were developed
originally as a treatment for gum disease,
so they have no harmful effects, they just
make the teeth whiter, and that is a good
thing. There are two systems that we use
here at Dental Care, the Britesmile™
system, where we do the work in the
office, and professional whitening trays
and materials where you do the treatment
at home. They are both effective.
To maintain the bright and lustrous
smile that you achieve with tooth
whitening, we have a variety of
additional professional products that you
can use at home. These include touch up
kits so you can do a home whitening
once a month as needed. In addition we
have products from Britesmile™ such as
whitening tooth paste and mouth rinse
and even a professional paint-on
whitener that can be used at home that
resembles a lip gloss container and brush.
If you are considering tooth whitening or
any cosmetic procedures, ask our staff
and we will be glad to show you what
cosmetic dentistry can do for you.
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