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This is a great patient who had a great result using Invisalign. Her four upper front teeth were overlapped. She wanted to straighten them and improve her smile. We were able to give her a new smile with Invisalign in about 12 months. Both the patient and myself are proud of the result and we are both happy to share it online.

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I just want to thank everyone who helped vote me one of the "Top Dentist of the Main Line" for 2009. The fact that our patients took the time to think of me and vote for me is truly flattering. Thank you so much for your confidence and support.

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.

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We are a mercury free office. None of our restorations contain mercury or lead based chemicals. As many of you know, the use of dental amalgam (silver fillings) has recently been banned or is about to be banned in several European countries. As I understand the regulations, no new amalgam fillings can be placed. This step was taken because of concerns about mercury in the filling material. The American Dental Association's official position on the subject is that dental amalgam is safe to use in new restorations, and that existing amalgam fillings have never been linked to any systemic health issues.

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Dr. Spina is proud to offer Cerinate Lumineers to his patients and is excited to be one of the few cosmetic dentists on the main line to be certified in the placement of Cerinate Lumineers. Lumineers are a specific type of porcelain veneer that can be used to change the color, shape, and alignment of your front teeth to achieve the smile you have always wanted. The advantage of Cerinate Lumineers is that they require little or no tooth reduction and no painful injection is used.

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As many of you know, we've been talking about the "air abrasion" technology that we now use in the office. I just wanted to take this time to give our new patients and visitors the scoop. Air Abrasion is a technique that solves a lot of people's dentist fears. By using this technique there is no longer a need to use the scary needle and noisy drill for simple dental procedures.

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It's been a few weeks in the making, but we're proud to announce the new DrSpina.com! The site was re-designed with you in mind. We wanted to make the most information available to you in an easy to read, accessible format. We've added lots of information about the services that we provide in the office, and we'll be adding more information as it becomes available.

The biggest change to the site is the addition of the "Tooth Talk" blog. Tooth Talk will be used to keep you updated on with information about the office, new services, and healthy teeth tips. We hope you enjoy the site as much as we do, please let us know if you have any questions or comments about the new site.