Dr. Joseph Spina III, D.M.D. | Family & Cosmetic Dentistry

The Children's Heart Foundation is a great organization the goal of which is "to bring health, hope and happiness to children impacted by congenital heart defects, the number one birth defect in the United States. CHF accomplishes this goal by funding the most promising research to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital heart defects." Recently, we have decided to promote awareness about this organization through what we have called the 1000 Friends Campaign. Our goal is to get 1000 friends to join our Facebook group (Joseph Spina III DMD Family and Cosmetic Dentistry). If we meet our goal, we will donate $1000 to CHF. We hope to accomplish this goal be May 16, 2009. This is the date of the annual fund raising dinner dance that is being held in Newtown Square, PA. Information about Children's Heart Foundation as well as information about the dinner can be found on www.childrensheartfoundation.org.
Please join us in making the goal

A note on dental insurance.
There is a lot of confusion about how dental insurance providers deal with white (composite) fillings. As you know, the old style of restorations are silver (amalgam) fillings. Most dentists now use composite restorations exclusively. (For a full discussion of amalgam vs. composite restorations please see previous blog posts on this site or go to www.ada.org.) Dental insurance providers deal with composite restorations in different ways.