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"Thank you Dr. Reifman for my new smile!
I love it!" Katie Alana / Model / Studio City
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Dr. Reifman, a holistic dentist for over 20 years, serves the
following metropolitan areas: Los Angeles, Beverly Hills,
Encino, Hollywood, and the entire San Fernando Valley. |
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Mercury-Free Holistic Family Dentist |
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Would you like to have Tooth-Colored Fillings? Do you want to finally get rid of
those dark, unnatural-looking mercury fillings in your mouth? Dr. Reifman
will comfortably give you the youthful look your smile used to have, or
should have!
Dr. Reifman,
a holistic and alternative family dentist, uses a very
protective Dental Dam for the safe removal of old, dark fillings
to make your mouth mercury-free! These unsightly fillings are then
gently replaced with the latest generation of tooth-colored bonded fillings.
"I discovered Dr. Reifman from the
website --- and everything is true! Not only is the staff
pleasant + professional, but you can sense his own passion
for dentistry. When he placed my crowns in today I felt
like I was in the hands of a skilled artist. Dr. Reifman
takes great pride in his work and rightfully so- he does excellent
work. Thank you so much!" Debbie Y.
Encino, CA
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MERCURY-FREE, TOOTH
COLORED BONDED
FILLINGS
For over 20 years, Dr. Edward
Reifman has been highly involved in the very safe
removal of Mercury-Silver Amalgam fillings.
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Protection
Plus! Our office is privileged to
have one of the highest possible commercial-grade dental vacuum suction
systems available to safely capture mercury fragments when removing old
fillings. And yes, we use a Dental
Dam (also called a Rubber Dam), coupled
with a high intensity focused water spray to further protect you from
swallowing mercury-amalgam fragments, and vaporization.
Usually, Dr. Reifman can remove
all the mercury in less than a minute - gently and safely!
A new and comfortable replacement with durable, non-metal, white-colored
bonded fillings will make your teeth AND your smile look years
younger!
Also, in many cases, Dr. Reifman
can now use new laser-thin, diamond-coated
micro-drills,
where novocaine shots are not even
necessary. There is NO discomfort at all!
21st century, needle-free dental care has truly arrived!
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Old and unsightly
mercury-amalgam fillings can now be quickly and safely removed in Dr. Reifman's office.
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Mercury-Free, white bonded fillings. Dr. Reifman now uses
White bonds containing the NEW Nanofillers, for greater strength, and more natural-looking
esthetics.
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"How refreshing to meet a caring dentist
who is a perfectionist and artist - as well as a true professional.
His type of service is what assures one success on all levels of life.
The staff equal his standards and are fun and nice!"
Julie L. - Grenada Hills, CA
Your smile can NOW be re-shaped in a few
minutes, usually with NO
numbing needed... |
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teeth,
this smile was improved upon... in moments! |
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A Few Words About Mercury-Silver (Amalgam) Fillings...
Did you know that one of the few legal places to dump mercury in
the country... is in your mouth?
Courtesy of
those unsightly mercury-silver (amalgam) fillings so many of
us have. Those unsightly restorations contain from 48%
to 55% mercury, plus 33 to 35% silver, and various amounts
of copper, tin, and zinc. Since mercury is the major
component of the filling, any representation of the material
should include the word 'mercury'. We therefore refer
to them as mercury or mercury-silver fillings.
My mercury fillings are wearing out? Should I do anything
about it? Is there tooth decay or any cavities under them?
Everything wears
out eventually, and one's old, dark-colored, mercury-silver
fillings are no exception. These old restorations must
endure an incredible amount of biting force, and as they
age, they wear down, disintegrate and sometimes break. More
subtly, fillings "leak," which means narrow gaps and spaces
develop where the filling meets the tooth. This allows
bacteria to get underneath your old fillings. Sometimes,
even the tooth around a filling can break under a heavy bite
or night-grinding! When old fillings "leak",
bacteria can easily get under old fillings and produce
TOOTH DECAY!
However,
you will
not be able to get your toothbrush underneath the
filling to keep it clean. Eventually, this bacteria
and tooth decay can infect and kill off the nerve in the
root, producing an abscess. An abscess can often cause
pain, and tooth loss.
To prevent more involved, and expensive problems, its far better
to replace the leaky, old mercury-silver filling with a new,
white bonded filling, before tooth decay or bacteria has had a
chance to cause a cracked or painful tooth.
Note:
As of 2007, five countries have banned
amalgams for dental use. Two other countries don't allow
their placement in pregnant women or children under six.
Amalgams are similar to using putty to patch a hole. They do
not bond to the tooth and this allows leakage.
Some studies have shown that 90% of
all silver fillings that look OK in a dentist's clinical
exam and on the X-ray may have some decay
under them.
Some Frequently
Asked Questions about Crowns
Q: I heard that some
metals fabricated under porcelain crowns can produce toxicity, or
allergic reactions. Is this true?
Yes. You may not
know it, but some porcelain to metal crowns use nickel and
beryllium, because they are cheaper to fabricate. Although not
visible, these two elements can produce allergic, and potentially
toxic reactions. Dr. Reifman ensures that when preparing a
crown, that ALL mercury is SAFELY removed during the treatment, and
that there are NEVER non-precious metals such as nickel and
beryllium utilized in his crown work. In fact, Dr. Reifman's
crowns contain ONLY the following precious metals: gold and
palladium (palladium added to the gold gives your crown strength).
And if desired, upon cementation of the crown, Dr. Reifman will give
you a copy of the lab invoice. It will show the exact
break-down of precious metal percentages that may be used under
these crowns.
Note:
In
cases where patients have an extremely rare allergy to the precious
metal palladium, Dr. Reifman can utilize new dental crown
technology to make individual back-tooth crowns
palladium-free.
Q:
Are these crowns as natural-looking as the metal-free porcelain
crowns?
Very much so.
In fact, when these crowns are bonded into place, Dr. Reifman's metal-free porcelain margins will ensure that, when bonded in
place, you will not have an unsightly, dark black margin at the
gumline! When they need
to be done, porcelain over gold crowns are
natural-looking, and safe.
Q: Is
there ever a case where metal-free crowns should NOT be done?
In some cases, when one's back molars are very
highly decayed or substantially broken-down, a
metal-free,
full-coverage porcelain crown might actually crack or fracture
during chewing. Porcelain fused to gold (PFG's) crowns may be
required to protect these teeth. The gold placed underneath
the porcelain, although unseen, is nevertheless necessary
to give strength and to protect the tooth during chewing.
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Dr. Edward Reifman's Mercury-Free
Dental Office can be reached at: 818.990.6659. |
Treating Gum Disease, Loose Teeth, and Gingivitis Non-surgically
Searching for a holistic approach to
treating gum disease and loose
teeth? Dr. Reifman's non-invasive method treats these
problems without painful surgery. Learn more about this
dental miracle by clicking here:
Non-surgical approach to treating gum disease and gingivitis.
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