What is DDS? Donated Dental Services

by Cathy Caveney MA | May 24, 2016 | Dentist with a Heart, Photos of our Cases, We Love Our Patients | 0 comments

The Donated Dental Services (DDS) is an organization that provides free, comprehensive dental treatment to our country’s most vulnerable people with disabilities or who are elderly or medically fragile. These are people who cannot afford necessary treatment and cannot...

Cleaning Your Teeth In A Cup

by Kim Peterson RDH | Oct 22, 2015 | Dental Health | 2 comments

We recently had a patient state that one of his friends didn’t take care of his teeth. And, it really didn’t seem to bother his friend that he could lose his teeth. He will “just have dentures.” We’ve heard this statement many times,...

Valerie’s new smile makeover.

by Norman Medina DDS | Nov 14, 2014 | Fixing Teeth, Great Smiles, We Love Our Patients | 0 comments

Valerie’s new smile makeover. In this short video, we discuss with Valerie her smile makeover. As you will see in the video, Valerie came to us with some interesting challenges, so although it took six months, she now can show off her smile with confidence. Most...

Partial Dentures

by Norman Medina DDS | Jan 25, 2014 | Family Dentistry, Fixing Teeth | 7 comments

While partial dentures may not be for everyone, sometimes they are the only option. One of the main advantages of a partial denture is the ability to replace many teeth, at an affordable price. Valplast partial dentures are considered removable. There can be many...

Dentures – Frequently Asked Questions FAQ – Conclusion

by Norman Medina DDS | Feb 22, 2013 | FrontPage, Great Smiles, Photos of our Cases, We Love Our Patients | 2 comments

If you or a loved one has questions regarding dentures and would like to meet with us, we can be reached at (207) 236-4740. We would love to help you have the best possible denture possible. Where do we go from here? Where do we go from here? It would be fun to do...

Dentures FAQ – Introduction

by Norman Medina DDS | Feb 21, 2013 | Photos of our Cases, We Love Our Patients | 0 comments

Are dentures a right fit for you? I have a photo of my mom taken in 1985, and it’s a rare photo because my mother and her 4 sisters and 7 brothers got together for a family photo. The sacred 12. 12 siblings with ages ranging from 56 to 88 years of age, living...

Dentures FAQ – The First Visit

by Norman Medina DDS | Jan 27, 2013 | Great Smiles, Photos of our Cases, We Love Our Patients

This is our first visit with Mike, and in the back of my mind I knew that I wanted to do a write up, a step-by-step journal with pictures on what it takes to make a new set of dentures. There are so many concerns and anxieties expressed about dentures, and we’ve been...

Dentures FAQ – The Second Visit

by Norman Medina DDS | Jan 27, 2013 | Great Smiles, Photos of our Cases, We Love Our Patients

We have set the photos up as a slide show, if you press on the photo, you can proceed slide by slide and read the captions to get an idea what we did for the day. Day 2 – This is a busy visit! We administer nitrous oxide to Mike so we can extract two teeth and...

Dentures FAQ – The Third Visit

by Norman Medina DDS | Jan 27, 2013 | Great Smiles, Photos of our Cases, We Love Our Patients

We have set the photos up as a slide show, if you press on the photo, you can proceed slide by slide and read the captions to get an idea what we did for the day. In today’s visit, the first thing we do is check to see how Mike is doing. The extraction sites are...

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