Spring Lake Dental Group

Author: Dr. Alison V. Berger, DMD, FAGD During the last couple decades, Spring Lake Dental Group has been in partnership with Fayetteville Technical Community College in support of their Dental Assisting Program. We welcome dental assisting students to our clinic as part of their private practice rotations. Here, they learn what the “real” clinical world […]

Author: Dr. David Dickerhoff, DDS, MAGD, FOCOI In the clinical practice of a dentist, it often occurs that you must re-operate on restorations performed in the past and often can be traced back to secondary caries, marginal defects, discoloration, wear and loss of anatomical structure.  The main dilemma that arises is whether to repair only the […]

Author: Dr. Sarah Mischo, DMD If you have a young child at home, or even if you are beyond that stage of parenting, you know that brushing a child’s teeth can be a battle! I have a 16-month-old at home, and there are nights I feel like I completed a full workout just to get […]

Author: Kimberly N. Powell, DDS, MS, FAGD May is Mental Health Awareness Month.  For the past 20 years, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has recognized Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) every May to increase awareness about the vital role mental health plays in our overall health and well-being.  The U.S. Department […]

Author: Dr. Alison V. Berger, DMD, FAGD Have you ever asked the question to your dentist, “what are all those names you are calling out?”. Well, let me clarify! Whenever we perform a comprehensive exam we start calling out some terms that help to orient ourselves to a specific site within a tooth or the […]

Author: Kimberly N. Powell, DDS, MS, FAGD If you have dental trauma/dental emergency and go to the hospital emergency department and there is a dentist or oral surgeon on call, that is the ideal situation. However, that is not always the case, as those dental providers are not routinely there. Patients who were treated in […]

Author: Dr. David Dickerhoff, DDS, MAGD, FOCOI I recently had a patient interaction in which I was recommending root canal therapy for a tooth that was having symptoms. The patient balked at my recommendation because she said that she had been monitoring the internet and that she had read that root canal therapy could potentially be […]

Author: Dr. Sarah Mischo, DMD According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 54,000 people in the United States will receive a new diagnosis of oral or oropharyngeal cancer this year. The average 5 year survival rate for oral cancer is 68%, but early detection can improve outcomes for patients with oral cancer. Did you […]

Author: Dr. Alison V. Berger, DMD, FAGD Wouldn’t you want a whiter smile?  I will venture to say that most of our patients would like to have whiter teeth. But how do you “bleach” or whiten your teeth? Nowadays, there are so many advertisements and products readily available, that it makes it hard to decide […]

Author: Dr. Sarah Mischo, DMD Spring is a time for new beginnings. If you simply look outside you will see the new growth that has been dormant all winter starting to make a comeback. The birds are chirping and it is finally light outside in the evening when you leave work, which is a nice change […]