The meeting was held at Dr. Bob Bressman's office near the Westfield, Old Orchard shopping mall in Skokie.
Straumann is a company that has been producing excellent dental implants and materials for them for years. Their SLActive surface, morse taper and Roxolid [titanium and zirconium formulated] implants seem to be significant steps forward in dental technology which will benefit us doctors helping patients with implants and our patients.
There are many good implants on the market and most of them are very good. The FDA protects all of us by certifying these products for dental use.
We restore a good number of implants in our office and are looking forward to taking advantage of this new technology to serve our patients even better.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Thanksgiving is a special time of the year. [Wednesday evening]
We are all fortunate to have wonderful friends and family. This is a special time of the year to take our blessings into consideration. I am thankful for all of you.
This Wednesday evening in our area there will be a multi-religiious gathering at a local Jewish 'Synagogue'. It is sponsored and organized by the Niles Township Clergy Association. My Roman Catholic parish of Saint Joan of Arc and pastor Father Kehoe are active in this group. This year it will be held at the Ezra Habonim Jewish Congregation at 4500 Dempster Street at 7:30pm in Skokie. This gathering will include: Catholics, Baptists, Bahai, Sikhs, Buddhists, Methodists, Jews, Muslims, Lutherans, .... It is a general prayer gathering with music and short thoughtful sermons/speeches which is inspirational and thought provoking.
It usually lasts about an hour. There are snacks served afterward and a mingling of those in attendance. I just found the details for this particular event via Google. There is a sign in front of the Jewish Congregation site on Dempster announcing this event.
There are similar gatherings in many areas. If you or yours are not going to be in the Skokie area at this time you can probably find a similar event close to your home. I highly recommend this type of service and usually attend this particular gathering annually. This type of event is traditionally done on the evening before Thanksgiving and it will be the 40th annual gathering of this type by the Niles Township Clergy Association.
I am thankful for all of you and our dental care team at Smiles of Skokie. It is a pleasure and honor to be able to care for all of you and help you with your health!
It would be nice to see you at this event if you can attend. It is a busy family/friend time and many of you will be too involved in holiday preparations to attend but all of you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
I wish all of you and all of yours the best always!
This Wednesday evening in our area there will be a multi-religiious gathering at a local Jewish 'Synagogue'. It is sponsored and organized by the Niles Township Clergy Association. My Roman Catholic parish of Saint Joan of Arc and pastor Father Kehoe are active in this group. This year it will be held at the Ezra Habonim Jewish Congregation at 4500 Dempster Street at 7:30pm in Skokie. This gathering will include: Catholics, Baptists, Bahai, Sikhs, Buddhists, Methodists, Jews, Muslims, Lutherans, .... It is a general prayer gathering with music and short thoughtful sermons/speeches which is inspirational and thought provoking.
It usually lasts about an hour. There are snacks served afterward and a mingling of those in attendance. I just found the details for this particular event via Google. There is a sign in front of the Jewish Congregation site on Dempster announcing this event.
There are similar gatherings in many areas. If you or yours are not going to be in the Skokie area at this time you can probably find a similar event close to your home. I highly recommend this type of service and usually attend this particular gathering annually. This type of event is traditionally done on the evening before Thanksgiving and it will be the 40th annual gathering of this type by the Niles Township Clergy Association.
I am thankful for all of you and our dental care team at Smiles of Skokie. It is a pleasure and honor to be able to care for all of you and help you with your health!
It would be nice to see you at this event if you can attend. It is a busy family/friend time and many of you will be too involved in holiday preparations to attend but all of you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
I wish all of you and all of yours the best always!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Last week was busy. Seeing patients, dental meetings, biking and flying.
It was good and busy. A busy week of work with patients a couple of dental meetings, flew and biked too! And, ... it started with Halloween.
We had a good week in the office. It is great to be helping patients with their dental problems. Our team at the office is excellent. We helped a number of patients with a variety of problems. We dealt with a number of implant restorations, denture patients, patients with gum problems and helped a number of children. It was satisfying to be able to help and make a difference for all of these members of our dental family. We could be a bit busier. We are still trying to help Michelle work on Thursdays too.
We had a number of new patients recently too. One lady is a native South American from Guyana. We have had a large family of patients whose heritage is from India but their parents and grandparents were raised in the South American country of Guyana in the capital of Georgetown. Apparently there is a fairly large contingent of the Guyana population originally from India. It is very interesting how our country is a magnet for such a large variety of people all adding to our diversity and enriching our culture.
The meeting on Tuesday evening was given by Dr.s Marty Rogers and Matt Davis. It addressed the most recent thoughts on cracked teeth and root canal treatment. They did an excellent job.
Wednesday was a meeting of the Northern Illinois Dental Specialists at which I was a guest. Dr. Burgess formerly of New Orleans [before hurricane Katrina] and now of the University of Alabama dental school is a well know restorative dentistry expert. His presentation was outstanding. It is good to keep up on the latest technology in order to be able to serve my 'dental family' as well as possible.
I biked a few mornings last week and was able to fly last evening. The flight with 5 of my powered paragliding friends near Kankakee was a great way to end the week.
This is how a good friend of mine trains powered paraglider pilots near Christmas, Florida:
http://vimeo.com/16502027
The above is an excellent video showing the training process in summary. Bob is an excellent student and Eric Dufour is an excellent instructor [perhaps the best in the country]. It doesn't always go as smoothly as depicted here. There are some good instructors in the midwest too.
My photos from last evening's flying:
http://picasaweb.google.com/davidmcw3/PPG101106Koerner#
It was a bit late when we launched and the light wasn't as good as I would have liked for photography. My camera regularly let me know that the battery was dying in spite of it being fully charged just before leaving home. Apparently the camera didn't like the cold. It was about 40 degrees or a little less as we flew. Colder weather is definitely making its way into our too near future.
My best to all of you and all of yours always!
We had a good week in the office. It is great to be helping patients with their dental problems. Our team at the office is excellent. We helped a number of patients with a variety of problems. We dealt with a number of implant restorations, denture patients, patients with gum problems and helped a number of children. It was satisfying to be able to help and make a difference for all of these members of our dental family. We could be a bit busier. We are still trying to help Michelle work on Thursdays too.
We had a number of new patients recently too. One lady is a native South American from Guyana. We have had a large family of patients whose heritage is from India but their parents and grandparents were raised in the South American country of Guyana in the capital of Georgetown. Apparently there is a fairly large contingent of the Guyana population originally from India. It is very interesting how our country is a magnet for such a large variety of people all adding to our diversity and enriching our culture.
The meeting on Tuesday evening was given by Dr.s Marty Rogers and Matt Davis. It addressed the most recent thoughts on cracked teeth and root canal treatment. They did an excellent job.
Wednesday was a meeting of the Northern Illinois Dental Specialists at which I was a guest. Dr. Burgess formerly of New Orleans [before hurricane Katrina] and now of the University of Alabama dental school is a well know restorative dentistry expert. His presentation was outstanding. It is good to keep up on the latest technology in order to be able to serve my 'dental family' as well as possible.
I biked a few mornings last week and was able to fly last evening. The flight with 5 of my powered paragliding friends near Kankakee was a great way to end the week.
This is how a good friend of mine trains powered paraglider pilots near Christmas, Florida:
http://vimeo.com/16502027
The above is an excellent video showing the training process in summary. Bob is an excellent student and Eric Dufour is an excellent instructor [perhaps the best in the country]. It doesn't always go as smoothly as depicted here. There are some good instructors in the midwest too.
My photos from last evening's flying:
http://picasaweb.google.com/davidmcw3/PPG101106Koerner#
It was a bit late when we launched and the light wasn't as good as I would have liked for photography. My camera regularly let me know that the battery was dying in spite of it being fully charged just before leaving home. Apparently the camera didn't like the cold. It was about 40 degrees or a little less as we flew. Colder weather is definitely making its way into our too near future.
My best to all of you and all of yours always!
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