The patient who received this crown lost part of tooth #20, which is in the lower left quadrant of your mouth, and it needed a crown. Our dental lab is able to create some cool artwork on the crowns they manufacture for us (thanks, Natural Reflections!). The patient already had two other tattooed crowns placed […]
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If you see a new face at your next dental office visit, it will probably be Dr. Madeline Stead shadowing Dr. Mulligan. She as been doing this on Tuesdays to get to know the patients, our patient and office environment, where to find all the little pieces and parts that are dentistry, and our practice
Dr. Megan Mulligan and the staff at Grand Avenue Dental are happy to welcome Dr. Madeline Stead, who will be joining our staff in May. Dr. Stead completed her undergraduate studies and earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Iowa in 2019. She then went on to work at a community
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After thirty-eight years, Dr. Amble informed us that he is retiring and will not be returning to the office after his fall on the ice this winter. We are sending his retirement letter, as well as Dr. Mulligan’s letter of response to his retirement, out to patients this week. Specifically, the letters will go to
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As we move into this next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic where the majority of our patients (and the general population) are fully vaccinated, Dr. Mulligan and Dr. Amble have made some changes to the procedures we have in place for Covid-19. The changes were made with much thought, discussion among ourselves, and review of
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On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (St. Patrick’s Day) we closed our doors in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. At the time we hoped we didn’t have to stay closed for more than a couple of weeks. As we all know, weeks turned to months and we finally reopened on May 18, 2020 (the day
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Today we are starting a short series on implant restoration to replace individual teeth. It consists of three parts, with part one including the loss of the patient’s original, natural tooth #4, which is a premolar on the upper right side. The subject patient’s tooth #4 has been previously endodontically treated and fractured prior to
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For those people that have written about the lack of evidence that flossing is beneficial to a person’s dental health I have two things to say: 1. “Slow news day? When you explain the results of this study to me, please speak in another direction so I don’t have to smell your breath.” 2. Life
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What is the difference between a prophy (D1110) and a perio-maintenance (D4910) appointment? A prophy or “regular cleaning” appointment is intended for patients with healthy gum tissues. During this appointment we remove stain, soft plaque and hardened plaque (aka tarter or calculus) from the crown of the tooth or above the gumline. This cleaning is
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Over the course of one’s lifetime, many patients may experience a small fracture or chip on their upper or lower front teeth. Fractures may be caused by trauma to the tooth from an eating utensil, an injury from a contact sport, or biting into something very hard or something frozen. Stress related habits, such as
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