Schubert Dental Care Blog

Most everyone is aware that fluoride treatments are effective for children and teenagers for prevention of decay. The current research has determined that daily fluoride treatments for adults reduces decay around filings, crowns and bridges by 30%!

Daily fluoride treatments are accomplished by using a custom made, thin, flexible, soft tray with the concentrated fluoride in it. The tray is worn for 60 seconds prior to going to bed.

Fluoride treatments for adults is an excellent way to extend the life of the existing dentistry you have and to haelp cut down on future dental expenses.

One of the most frustrating and disappointing occurances for patients as well as the dentist is fillings or crowns that fail after 5 years due to recurrent decay around the edges of fillings or crowns. Daily fluoride applications are a great pereventive measure.

Our first trip back to Haiti since the earthquake…so much destruction, loss of life (around 200,000 people), confusion and fear. Fear is mostly related to being in buildings. People are living in tents everywhere the earthquake affected. The buildings are not trusted and they have had so many aftershocks, even as recently as last week.
We slept in tents in the village of Baudin and worked in our dental clinic during the day. A new addition on this trip was Dr. Ken Rudman from Rhode Island.
Our group of seven (3 dentists) saw 291 patients, extracted just over 1000 teeth and did 28 fillings as well as some miscelaneous oral surgury.
Our next trip is May 29 – June6. Our group will consist of myself, Dr. Pat Blaney, Terri Fattig (dental hygienist from Galveston Texas), my wife Laura, my daughter Amy and her husband Brian, my daughter Vicky, And Amy’s friend Tina. It should be a great trip!!!!

We have a new system and technique for whitening teeth that we are very excited about. The system utilizes a precision fitting mouth tray. The tray seals at the gumline thus preventing leakage of the bleach into the mouth. The bleach stays on the teeth longer and is not diluted by saliva and therefore results in more whitening.

The actual bleaching gel that we use with this system is the best chemistry available and refrigerated from the time it is manufactured until we receive it and we immediately refrigerate it. Research has shown that bleaching gels break down in warm temperatures rendering the gel to be less active and less effective, resulting in less whitening.

We utilize superior desensitizers and other changes in technique and chemistry that makes this the best whitening we have ever seen.

Call the office to schedule an appointment or to obtain more information.

Many have asked what is the status of our trip to Haiti and what isgoing on there. To date thee have been no commercial flights to Haiti. We had a group of 6 volunteers scheduled to go on a dental mission to Baudin, Haiti on Jan. 22. The flight was cancelled and we were rebooked on Jan 26. That flight was cancelled and we were rebooked on Jan 29. That flight was cancelled and we were rebooked Feb 4. That flight was also cancelled.

The latest info that we have is that commercial flight may resume Feb 19. The military is controlling the air traffic and airport and all flights are dependent on their approval and evaluation of priorities.

In our community in Baudin there has been severe damage to the church, rectory, secondary school, and 5 of the seven outlying chapels.

Working with St. Thomas Aquinas in Indiana there are engineers going to Baudin to assess the damage and make recommendations.They plan on going through the Dominican Republic and then by truck into Haiti and to Baudin. It is a 13 hour difficult truck ride.

Presently the priest, house staff and many others are living outside in makeshift tents.

We have bee able to wire money to assist in the relief.

Dr. Schubert

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