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The Ins and Outs of Understanding Your Dental Insurance By Rachael Baer –Front Office You’ve got a great dentist.  Awesome!  A dentist you trust - Even better!  But, let’s face it: Dental work is not cheap.  You’ll need good dental insurance to help pay the hefty fees/costs associated with more expensive dental work: fillings, crowns, bridges, scaling and root planing, etc.  The dental insurance terminology can get very confusing, even sometimes for some of us that work with it every day.  Do you know what your deductible is?  Your annual maximums?  Your coverage levels and frequencies allowed for different services?  Do [...]

My Invisalign progess By: Tammy Kuzara I am now in tray 6, so that means I have been wearing my invisalgn for almost 12 weeks. The time really has gone by quickly. I have noticed the changes a bit, most likely because I had such a huge gap where the tooth was extracted.  Now I can get by with saying I just have a natural diastema (gap between teeth). I went to my first check up and everything seems to moving like they are supposed to, and the trays are fitting well.  It’s so fascinating to see the movement of my [...]

I had some funny appointments this week! Flossing encouragement and instruction is something you have grown to expect from a dental hygienist.  I mean it's our job, right?  But this week I was privileged to get flossing advice from one of my patients.  There was a significant improvement in the condition of his gums since his previous cleaning.  I was applauding his gum health and, asking what he'd done differently?  He said, "I floss when I want to encourage people to get out of my office!"  This was hilarious and very insightful.  We had a good laugh together, and I thanked him for the [...]

By: Cara Schurman, RDH Millimeters of what?  Millimeters of gum tissue! Periodontal screening and recording of these measurements is one of the first evaluations the Hygienist performs at your Dental Hygiene appointment, and the measurements we find in your Periodontal screening, dictate the direction we proceed.  I bring this to your attention, because I'm not sure many of you even know it's happening, or what it is.  These measurements mean everything!  So it's time you know exactly what they determine, and we encourage you to start asking how these millimeters matter to you. This screening is commonly referred to as "Perio [...]

Thinking of straightening your teeth?  Metro Dental Staff Member Tammy Kuzara shares her experience, and lets you know what to expect. If you haven't already read the original post, you can find it here. It's been over a month since I started the Invisalign process.  It's going great! I had a hard time not playing with the composite attachments in my mouth for a week or so even with my trays in, but now I hardly notice them.  My lower lip looks a little more pouted than before, which I actually don't mind.  The staff at Metropolitan Dental Care got really creative to [...]