Public announcement: We will be open for dental emergencies tomorrow, Wed. Feb. 17th at 11:45AM. We will stay until the emergencies have been seen. We are hoping to be back at the office fully operational again on Thursday, Feb. 18th at 8:00AM. Help out your neighbors, and see if they need heat, food, or water.
read moreIf you have a broken tooth, this can occur due to fracture from chewing ice, or almonds. You could break your tooth from playing impact sports, e.g. football, soccer, basketball, skateboarding, and many others. One of your teeth could fracture due to undermining caries that cause a large cavitated decay under the surface of the
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Here is a wonderful case that illustrates how effective Invisalign can be. One of the challenges we face when completing orthodontic treatment, (formerly braces,) is the resistant idea from some patients saying to themselves or out loud, ‘A clear plastic tray couldn’t move my case.’ (or) ‘My case is too tough for clear plastic trays.’
read moreUnless noted as closed, our normal hours are: M-F (8-5) S (7-2) Typically, Dr. McFarlane is in the office: M-TH and Dr. Mobley is in the office: T, W, F, S.
read moreEnjoy the before and after! Patient could tell something didn’t feel right, it hurt initially, and a small piece broke off, but, then, the pain temporarily subsided. There was meaningful decay into the dentin in the area where the chipping occured. We removed the old amalgam, the caries (decay), and restored with a composite. Recurrent decay
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We had a patient with a fractured tooth. Instead of covering the whole tooth with a crown, we were able to conservatively cover just the back half (distal half) of the tooth with an onlay. All photos are published with patient consent.
read moreDear Patients, I have exciting news. The McFarlane Dental team is growing. We are adding Dr. Megan Mobley. This will allow us to continue to meet the growing demand for services at our office. It will also allow patients to be seen on Fridays and Saturdays. I want to give Dr. Mobley a chance to
read moreViva Guatemala! With great excitement, I told the staff in December that I am headed back to Guatemala. I asked the critical question: “Who is coming with me?” Last time we went as a team, Prema and Lisa joined the group. This time around Jena is coming on the trip. We have a team of
read moreI would like to announce our new plan to allow patients to make payments online. With my merchant services provider I have engineered a page to accept online payments from all major credit cards. The plan will include your ability to enter your payment online. We plan on continuing to send a physical invoice, which
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