Welcome to our Newsletter!

I hope to be able to update this newsletter often as there are always new things to bring to your attention.

The office staff is in the process of trying to contact patients who have either not responded to our mailings or have forgotten to make appointments. If you are one of them, please contact us soon. We do not wish to allow your oral health to be neglected.

We are always happy to serve your friends. If you know of someone who is in need of dental care and does not have a dentist, please remember us! We thank you for your continued support. Some of you have recently asked if I accept new patients. I am always happy when one of my patients thinks enough of my care to refer one of their friends. This is the highest compliment a dentist can receive.

I was recently installed to the Board of Directors for the Illinois Academy of General Dentistry. At the Illinois State Dental Society Meeting in Oak Brook, I accepted the post of Chairman of ISDS Member Services Committee. This Committee functions to provide services to ISDS members such as products and providers to make our practices better. All the products are ADA approved and are the best we can find anywhere.

In mid September I attended a continuing education class on ceramic restorations. These included veneers, all ceramic crowns and ceramics fused to metal crowns. Also in this seminar were the latest in composite restorations.

Dental News for my Patients
In late summer, the FDA has issued a warning about toothpates made in China. Some of these toothpastes contain Diethylene Glycol which can be poisonous. For those of you who suffer from "Dry Mouth" the AGD has provided a website [http://www.agd.org] giving resources for this problem. Just go to the site and click on the dry mouth graphic.

Also a study in "Gastroenterology in early 2007 shows that people infected with hepatitis C can be cured and the treatment is 99% successful with pegylated interferon and ribavarin. Those treated had no detectable viruses for 7 years in this study. A recent study also shows that about 30,000 people develop oral cancer annually and approximately 8000 died from the disease. That is why we look at more than your teeth when you come for exams!!!!!!!!

All for now ....I will try to update this newsletter often.
H.L. Waldrop, D.D.S