FALL 2022
FROM THE CENTER FOR ORAL SURGERY & DENTAL IMPLANTS 1
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A Success Story in Treating Dentinogenesis Imperfecta
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Office-Based Anesthesia: 5 Key Points
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Our surgeons, from left: Roseanna P. Noordhoek, DDS, FACS; Emily J. Van Heukelom, DDS; Richard W. Panek, DDS; and Mark N. Grinzinger, DDS, MD.
COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE Welcome to the fourth issue of our clinical update newsletter! We hope you find it helpful and invite you to suggest any topics you’d like to see covered (just give us a call to request). We welcome referrals from colleagues and invite you to speak to any of our surgeons to discuss the needs of your patients. Informal inquiries are welcome. We look forward to hearing from you! Warm regards, Richard W. Panek, DDS Emily J. Van Heukelom, DDS Roseanna P. Noordhoek, DDS, FACS Mark N. Grinzinger, DDS, MD Contact one of our surgeons at 616-361-7327. OUR OFFICES
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A SUCCESS STORY IN TREATING DENTINOGENESIS IMPERFECTA IT CAN BE HARD when you’re different, especially for a teenager. And Mia McNinch of Rockford knew she was different in one key way: Her teeth were smaller than most people’s and
translucent instead of white. “When I got my braces off in middle school,” she recalls, “people still thought I had them on because they could see straight through my CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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