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Our Education Never Stops

Continuing Education - Dr. Markus and his assistant, Rich Ploski, recently attended a Peter Dawson Symposium on Occlusion in Clearwater, Florida. Dr. Markus has already begun implementing the theories into diagnosis and treatment. He will be continuing his education by completing seven more symposiums in the next few years.

Dr. Markus has also presented a course in Orlando on the prevention of mercury contamination in the environment. He will be featured on WPVI-Channel 6 for his dedication to this cause. Dr. Markus is one of only a few dentists in the Northeast that has the equipment to remove mercury from the fluids leaving the office via the plumbing, before it enters the public waste system. Although we no longer place mercury fillings in this office, many are removed here and replaced with composite resin fillings or crowns and onlays.

Dr. Mark Scott has been attending a mini-residency program in Implantology once a month for the past several months.

The team has also has a continuing education course in Arestin, a new chemotherapeutic agent that has proven valuable in the treatment of periodontal disease. Arestin is actually placed into the periodontal pocket, where it kill the bacteria responsible for the infection, allowing for optimal healing and pocket reduction.

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