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Monday, July 8, 2013

What is a Prosthodontist? Novy Scheinfeld, DDS, Atlanta, GA

According to Forbes magazine, it’s the rarest dental specialty in the United States.   Imagine that, being so unique that only about 560 dentists in the country are practicing prosthodontists.  But what type of dentistry does a prosthodontist practice?  The difficult kind.  Among our referring colleagues, we are the specialist who’s trained to fix really difficult oral problems.  So how does that relate to you?  Well, given our expertise, we have become the true experts in cosmetic dental restorations.  If we can handle complex dental cases, image what we can do for low to moderate cosmetic issues.

We are usually considered the quarterbacks of your dental restoration.  We work in collaboration with other specialties when necessary to achieve what we call ‘the right smile’.  Each patient presents a unique set of circumstances and our rigorous training allows us to create not only a functioning smile, but a smile that’s esthetically pleasing to the discerning public. One that makes you smile.

A prosthodontist is a ADA sanctioned, university trained post graduate dental specialist.  If there were such a discipline as ‘cosmetic dentist’, the prosthodontist would fill that description.  But our training and qualifications go much further beyond esthetics.  While esthetics is a part of the end goal, good functioning oral health is the foundation of what our treatment planning centers around.  And striking the right balance between esthetics and functionality requires a tremendous amount of training and experience.

I have been in the rarest dental profession for nearly 25 years with a patient base that spans 4 generations.  I have assembled a team of dentists and staff that support my expertise and supply them with state of the art technology to achieve the right smile.  But don’t take my word for it.  Read some of the over 465 reviews posted on the internet at:
If there is anything you have questions about or desire a second opinion, feel free to contact us.

Novy Scheinfeld, DDS, PC
Scheinfeld, Tourial, Lubell and Zinney
290 Carpenter Drive, 200A
Atlanta (Sandy Springs), GA 30328
404-256-3620
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Dental Expenditures are a bargain… for now.

The overall average for personal healthcare has risen much faster than the average for all consumer items, nearly quadrupling in the past 25 years.  Whereas per capita spending dental costs have remained flat.[1]

Coupled with the effects of inflation and population growth the general shift from institutional care spending toward professional services has created little to no increase in ones dental costs. Medical care is increasingly delivered in outpatient care settings, often in physician offices or surgical care centers, which can be seen in the above diagram crossing of the real spending trends for institutional care and professional services that occurred in about 2000. Unlike other professional services, dentistry has not gained from the shift toward outpatient/professional services, having remained flat in real per capita spending for the past 25 years. Thus, while prices for dental services have grown generally as fast as the average for all personal healthcare services, dentistry has neither lost nor gained real ground in per capita use.[2]

Most dental coverage in the United States is obtained through employer-offered plans, and basic Medicare does not include such benefits. Seniors’ spending on dental care is, therefore, more sensitive to income than spending by younger age groups.  Whether dentistry will continue to maintain its relative position in per capita utilization depends, at least in part, on how the baby boom demographics will impact dental care demand in the next two decades.[3]

Novy Scheinfeld, DDS, PC
290 Carpenter Drive, 200A
Atlanta (Sandy Springs), GA 30328
404-256-3620
info@rightsmilecenter.com


[1] See more at: http://www.dentalaegis.com/cced/2010/08/dental-economics-and-the-aging-population#sthash.K6IHKTAs.dpuf
[2] Ibid
[3] Ibid