I stand corrected.  I have said before that dentists would never be replaced by machines but after seeing the article online (Newsweek August 6, 2024, AI Robot Performs Human Dental Crown in Minutes), I was astounded.  A scan is completed at the diagnostic appointment, the crown is Computer Assisted Designed (CAD) and Computer Assisted Manufactured (CAM) prior to the dental appointment.  On the next visit the machine prepares the tooth…

My last blog spoke to the younger patients we see in our practice, so it follows that I address the more mature patients in the practice.  Yes, there are many of us, me included, who compose the “Long of Tooth” group.  Speaking of the long of tooth, I think sometimes that refers to receding gums that occur in the aging population, but it could also refer to the over erupting…

When should I take my child to the dentist?   We get this question from new mothers and fathers regularly and there is a very simple answer.  Bring them with you whenever you come to get your teeth cleaned.  This way, your child is introduced to dentistry in a very non-threatening way.  When your child accompanies you to your check-up, it gives our staff an opportunity to interact with them. …

Progress.  Innovation.  Cutting Edge.  Dr. Fort and I have always subscribed to the fact that in order to give you the best patient experience you deserve, we have to stay ahead of the curve on current concepts in dentistry.  For example, Invisalign, CEREC (“crown in a day”) scanners and milling technologies, and the newest techniques in fillings and crowns are all things we are currently utilizing and will continue to…

I was on vacation. Monday morning after an uneventful couple of hours of surf fishing, I sat down to enjoy some yogurt and blueberries. Well those cold blueberries made one of my molars say “Ouch, stop that!”  I thought, I had new retainers, I didn’t sleep well Friday or Saturday night, I must have clenched a lot last night and I have a sore, sensitive tooth.  I decided to forgo…

            Wisdom teeth!  Most people have them, a few lucky ones never get them, another very lucky few have room for them in their mouth, but most of us need to get them removed.  Why?             First, if a wisdom tooth is impacted, it needs to be removed because the developmental cyst in which the tooth forms can occasionally enlarge, sometime changing form into other more problematic types of cysts…

Many thanks to Dr. Fort for kicking this blog off, but I’m going to step in here and take over for a little bit.  Clearly, we’re both pretty new at this and you’re going to have to bear with us while we get this all figure out.  What we don’t know in terms of blogging, we’ll make up for in dentistry.  Given that some may know me well, some just…

Good Day!  This is Dr. Mark Fort with Fort and Johnson Family and Cosmetic Dentistry’s premiere Dental Blog. Welcome!  So, what is a dental blog?  I am operating under the premise that a dental blog is a periodic rambling about some random dental topic.  I will be writing mine in more of a one-sided conversational form, as if you had asked me a question about a particular topic and I…