Wahl Family Dentistry Blog

Corey Roca, Dr Mike’s stepson and Tina’s son, graduated today from Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design. Congratulations Corey for your achievement after all the hard work. We’re all very proud of you!

We saw a very nice family today — the Collins family. I noted that big brother Mark was walking in the hallway holding his siblings’ hands Makalani (on the left) and Mahari. What a good big brother! And note their beautiful smiles. They also brought in their infant brother Maverick. These kids are the cutest kids I’ve ever seen with the exception of my own!

Here’s a picture of the whole family including oldest brother Matthew and Mr as Mrs Collins. We can’t take credit for their good looks, but hopefully we can take a little credit for their beautiful smiles!

An article in the New York Times describes the poor oral health that exists in many nursing homes, partly because nursing home staffs often overlook it and partly because some nursing home residents refuse to allow staff to provide toothbrushing for them.

“I always say you can measure quality in a nursing home by looking in people’s mouths, because it’s one of the last things to be taken care of,” said Dr. Judith A. Jones, chairwoman of the department of general dentistry at Boston University. “Aides change someone’s Depends, change a catheter or turn somebody every few hours, but teeth often don’t get brushed twice a day.”

If you have a loved one in a nursing home, make sure that the staff is diligently monitoring and assisting with oral health.

Kira just loves animals so for her 11th birthday party, she asked her friends to bring pet food and supplies to donate food and supplies to Faithful Friends Animal Society. Kira and Leah brought the goods today to the shelter and got to meet some great animals.

I was in our Fairfax Shopping Center parking lot after work the other night when I saw an old Volkswagen van in beautiful condition. I had to park my car and take a picture of it because it brought back a lot of memories of my childhood in the 1960s and 70s. I spoke to the proud owner of the van who asked me if I collect old cars. I said no — I like old cars, but what really appealed to me about his is that just looking at such a car could suddenly bring back a flood of memories from so long ago, which do not necessarily have anything to do with cars! I remember little league baseball, elementary school, searching for the end of the creek, riding bicycles, playing in our treehouse, and trying to understand girls.

Brianna and Dr. Mike were admiring Vicky’s new hat, a gift from Dr. Mike’s wife Tina. Unfortunately, Vicky stayed in the sun too long so Tina thought it would be nice for Vicky to have this hat.

Dr Pat explains how he can complete root canal treatment so efficiently

There was an awkward moment at my house this morning. My wife, Dr. Jean, and son, Julian, discovered that there were no more Uncrustables as they packed for his fishing camp — they had to get out a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jelly, a loaf of bread, and Lord knows how many utensils! It was just like when I was a kid!

If you are not a parent with young children, Uncrustables are pre-wrapped and frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You pack them for lunch, and they thaw by that time without needing to have been refrigerated. Can you think of anything more American?

It may be hard to understand why anyone would want a pre-made, pre-wrapped peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but with two dogs to walk and three kids to get out of the house every morning, they really have made a difference in our lives!

It occurred to me that I do lots of things that save only a minute or two when I do root canals. Individually, these time-savers don’t amount to much, and might even seem silly to some. But together, they mean that your root canal will take just one visit instead of two. And at our office, we have a philosophy of time, which is that we respect yours. We like to think that we do dentistry on your schedule! Uncrustables may be fodder for late-night comedians, but they save us time for more important things, and Julian finds them very tasty.