by Dr Trout | Dec 10, 2013 | General, General Health, Patient Education
First of all, I was having a discussion with a lovely patient today who was surprised to learn that I had a blog stream. I had to admit that it had been a while since I had written, but I had no idea that it had been this long! Lots has happened since the last post,...
by Dr Trout | Mar 20, 2013 | General, General Health, Patient Education, Uncategorized
I started writing the next blog entry about mini dental implants, which will now be my next topic, and got a little side tracked on the topic of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw, or ONJ. I want to give a brief disclaimer before this entry. Please understand that I am not a...
by Dr Trout | Feb 19, 2013 | General
As I am preparing for a meeting Thursday I thought I should share a bit about an organization I have been a part of for a few years now. First Muncie BNI is a local chapter of Business Networking International, which is an organization that is about developing...
by Dr Trout | Feb 3, 2013 | General, Patient Education, Pediatric Dentistry
Since February is National Children’s Dental Health Month I have made a concerted effort to do my part here in Muncie by spending some time in a couple of local preschools. I was scheduled to go to Selma United Methodist Church to speak with the preschool...
by Dr Trout | Jan 8, 2013 | General, General Health, Patient Education
I have had quite a few new patients comment that they were surprised to learn that we were available to treat people with dental emergencies. I tell all my regular patients that I will always have somebody available to take care of emergencies. I know that Muncie...
by Dr Trout | Jan 3, 2013 | Facilities, General
I wanted to post a brief word about our official cold weather cancellation policies. The thought behind them is that while I appreciate everyone’s willingness to honor the commitment of a scheduled appointment , I don’t want to encourage anyone to endanger...
by Dr Trout | Dec 13, 2012 | Cerec, General, Patient Education
I am very excited to tell you that I will be attending a continuing education program this Friday dealing with optimization of the CEREC system which I have been using for several years. But before I discuss this class specifically I thought a general mention of...
by Dr Trout | Dec 6, 2012 | cavities, General, General Health, Patient Education, Smiles
In recent years I’ve been diagnosing an increasing number of teens, pre-teens, and young adults with severe cavities and decay. People of this age group are typically at low risk for the level of decay that I and many other dentists are finding. So what is the...
by Dr Trout | Nov 20, 2012 | General, Patient Education
As I reviewed our schedule for the last few weeks looking for blog topics I realized that I haven’t discussed the procedures involved in the collection, submission or analysis of tissue samples. When we encounter unusual looking soft tissue areas that are...
by Dr Trout | Nov 10, 2012 | General, Patient Education, Smiles
I recently attended the ADA convention in San Francisco, which is one of my very favorite big cities. In addition to enjoying the amenities of the city, I did attend several continuing education classes. One of which had to do with the aesthetic zone ratio method of...
