Ask Dr. Spindel

 When dental students are studying to become dentists, often their schools focus on teaching a 'core curiculum'. The logic is that d...

 I am asked this question almost every week by someone. The answer is obvious.... I am doing what I enjoy. I am seeing patients in my office...

                                                                                Often it is desirable to increase the length of a patients a...

  As dentistry inevitably evolves, the types of crowns our practice recommends has changed as well. It used to be that our default posterior...

 I started the Ask Dr Spindel dental blog with 3 posts in 2005... so I have been blogging for twenty years. I started it as a demonstration ...

  First an update on our practice's new schedule for 2026 . David is seeing patients at our office on Thursdays and some Wednesdays. My ...

 This is a situation that I encounter when I work as an attending at Mount Sinai hospital. Patients show up for emergency treatment at our d...

  Although the usual alternative options are a removable denture (partial or full) or a fixed bridge attached to natural dentition, these ar...

  This Pogo could describe the current  state of our healthcare system, including dentistry. Market forces are pushing to provide ever more ...

Last week in our study club, we watched an excellent presentation by Frank Spear on restoring short teeth. Since there are many different re...

 Patient education and follow ups really are often needed to make sure recommended changes are followed through by our patients are not real...

 Often young dentists are afraid of treatment planning 'ideal' dentistry because they are afraid their patients will reject more exp...

  Most people understand the difference between going to a fast food restaurant vs going to a Michellin rated food establishment.   They bot...

 I have been practicing for over 45 years and have worn many hats over the years. I have been a general dentist, a cosmetic dentist, a preve...

 Close to two years ago, my son David joined Aetna PPO. Almost immediately Aetna started incorrectly processing claims for my own patients a...