Dr Antolak from The Gentle Dentist- Dental Loupes

January 28, 2012 by · Leave a Comment


This is Dr. Antolak from thegentledentist.com in Shelby Township, Michigan. Every time I do a video I always have these on. And I’m certain that those of you who do not know what these are, you may be questioning that. These are called dental loupes, and what they do is they allow us to magnify wh0at we see for me at least for these size 4 times magnification so something that might appear as if it’s this big literally in the mouth, let’s say a tooth is maybe this big in the mouth for me it appears as if it’s this big through my loops and so that gives me the ability to see things in more detail, to fight better dental excellence and in my examinations to provide dental better dental excellence in the treatment that I’m providing.

You know, it also was really good for my back because it helps to keep me up straight because it doesn’t allow me to get too close to the patient. It also helps us to be more accurate in our assessment of what our patient’s, what they see. Also in addition to that we have a light, this is a halogen, not a halogen light this is a LED light that can see right there and what that does, by using that it allows us to see a very specific spot where I focus my lighting right on the patient and in the mouth and so I can illuminate a lot more things and once again pay more attention to detail to provide better dental care and better dental excellence.

So if you would like to experience something like this providing that the details that we do have, our phone number is 586-247-3500 and our website is  thegentledentist.com thank you have a blessed day.

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The Gentle Dentist in Shelby Township Talks About the Comprehensive Exam

January 27, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Hi, I’m going to talk to you about our comprehensive exam today. Our comprehensive exam is a little more extensive than most exams that you’ve probably had in the past. It starts out by you coming to our office and we’ll do a full exam of the head, neck, and oral cavity. The process will start with us receiving your medical and dental history through some forms that you’ll fill out online.

You can either do this from home or at our office, when we take you back we will go over those forms with you, talk about any concerns that you may have, then we will begin with a full series of x-rays and photographs to help us diagnose any decay or anything that might be going on. We also use the photographs as an educational tool, so that we can show you what we see, which can be really helpful when explaining things to you, then he will do an extensive exam.  He’ll use the x-rays, the photographs, the medical history along with what he sees and come up with a treatment plan for you. We will then schedule you for a consultation. And at that time, we’ll sit down with you and go over all of the work that you’ll need done. And we’ll also talk to you about insurance and any payment plans, answer any questions that you may have.

So go on our website and check us out. It’s www.thegentledentist.com. And I hope to see you soon.

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Dr. Antolak from The Gentle Dentist Discusses Painless Dentistry

January 26, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Dr. Antolak from thegentledentist.com in Shelby Township, Michigan. Our phone number, in case you want to reach us, is (586) 247-3500. You’re probably wondering what I’m doing holding up this. Well, this is a dental instrument, as we all know what it is and a dental syringe.  We basically can put anesthetic, which is a liquid material, inside of here. And of course, there’s a small little needle that goes into the soft tissue. I know this makes people like really freak out, looking in I understand, but the reality is this is what we need to do to to numb you up.

Since we always strive in our office for the best and most excellent type of treatment and care, I’d just like to describe a few changes that we’re doing at our office.  1 it is not only do we use a topical anesthetic and leave it on the gum tissue for a couple of minutes, which totally numbs the gums up so you don’t feel any pain at all with.

The small needle that we showed you. But, also we have this device. What this is, it is called a Vibraject and what it does is it’s a little device that we have it clipped, actually clips right on the anesthetic needle itself. And what it does is, is it vibrates.  That’s kind of odd isn’t it?  It vibrates. What does the vibration do? The vibration will be distracting because it’s vibrating so quickly that it’s called the Gateway Theory to Pain.

Then it’s vibrating so much that when it’s doing that you don’t feel the anesthetic that’s going in because your body is feeling the vibration. And so this is just, do it in the same way we inject slowly so that there will be no blood but I plan to try this on a patient they loved it because they don’t feel a thing when we do it and so this is just a battery operated device that we can use to make your experiences here more comfortable and really your, your anesthetic that you know.

Anyway, if you want to try this or anything new in our office to basically as a dentist and part of what we’re doing here, is just a sample of the type of care that we do and pay attention to the details for our patients and our, if you’d like to do that our phone number is 586-247-3500, visit our website at thegentledentist.com.

Thank You.

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