a business and lifestyle magazine for north texas dentists Pride Dental Dentistry With a Passion for Perfection

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1 North Texas Detistry a busiess ad lifestyle magazie for orth texas detists Pride Detal Detistry With a Passio for Perfectio

2 Dr. Alle Sprikle ad Dr. Masoud Attar share a passio for detistry ad the desire to provide patiet-cetered detal services. Photos by Ray Bryat, Bryat Studios Pride Detal Detistry With a Passio for Perfectio by Tia Cauller With its strog roots i traditio, the field of detistry typically views the flood of ew iformatio emaatig from research laboratories through a coservative les. Just a few years ago, the otio that systemic health was liked to oral health was cosidered by most detists to be a over-reachig ad uprove assumptio. However, ew data substatiatig the lik betwee oral health ad systemic health cotiues to emerge at a uprecedeted pace. Today, the coectio is widely accepted, havig bee documeted by reputable researchers ad cliicias across umerous disciplies. I 2000, the Surgeo Geeral s report, Oral Health i America, described the evidece likig oral health with heart disease, stroke, preterm births, diabetes ad respiratory disease. The moutig body of research has bee ackowledged i statemets by the World Health Orgaizatio, Ceters for Disease Cotrol ad the Natioal Istitutes of Health. While may systemic diseases maifest i the mouth, the specific causal relatioship betwee poor oral health ad overall health is still beig explored. After a study coducted joitly by Aeta ad Columbia Uiversity College of Detal Medicie, researchers aouced evidece i 2006 of the relatioship betwee early periodotal treatmet ad the overall cost of care for diabetes, coroary artery disease, ad cerebrovascular disease. At Pride Detal i Arligto, Dr. Alle Sprikle ad Dr. Masoud Attar approach detistry from a holistic perspective that recogizes the coectio betwee the mouth ad the total body health, combiig high-tech equipmet ad the latest advaces i detistry with persoal, idividualized care. The doctors at Pride Detal have a passio for perfectio, providig complete patiet-cetered detal services from prevetive ad holistic detistry to cosmetic, laser ad implat detistry for adults of all ages. Dr. Attar has a persoal passio for detistry ad a geuie ethusiasm for helpig people attai optimal health. Moder detistry is a excitig cofluece of sciece ad artistry, he otes. I love what I do because we have the capacity to chage peoples lives i a really meaigful way. While the practice utilizes the latest techology i a state-ofthe-art facility, Dr. Attar shares his perspective o its role i patiet care. Techology helps us provide care better ad faster, but we must ever lose sight of the fact that our reaso

3 for beig here is our patiets. While he was pursuig his Ph.D. i horticulture ad geetics i the mid-80s, Dr. Attar realized that rather tha beig isolated i a research laboratory, he wated a career that would eable him to iteract with people ad still allow him to be a lifelog learer. As a result of his extesive traiig ad ivestigatio of the latest research, he uderstads that oral health provides detists with a ivaluable widow to the patiet s overall health. He is committed to helpig patiets optimize their welless through educatio ad awareess of this coectio. We eed to educate ourselves ad pay attetio to how our lifestyle choices affect our health, he otes. From the igrediets i our food to the materials we use i detistry, the substaces we put ito our body ca have a critical impact o our overall health. By beig aware ad coscious of our choices, we ca esure the best possible health for each idividual. The team at Pride Detal strives to assist patiets with their eeds so each visit is a positive experiece. After graduatig from Baylor College of Detistry ad establishig a private detal practice i the Metroplex, Dr. Sprikle saw the relatioship betwee oral health ad overall welless firsthad. He foud that as he got to kow his patiets, may reported some type of chroic head, eck or facial pai, which became a subject of iterest. May had bee told that their pai was a result of stress ad a uavoidable part of moder life, ad some had bee livig with pai for years. Amog these idividuals, he ofte foud a commo costellatio of symptoms, icludig poor sleep quality ad daytime fatigue. They suffered from a myriad of other difficulties icludig poor cocetratio, headaches, ad acid reflux. Dr. Sprikle kew that poor sleep quality is detrimetal to welless ad ca iitiate a edless loop of disease, discomfort ad discouragemet. He sought a way to brig refreshig sleep to these patiets as part of a jourey back to optimal welless. For patiets affected by sleep apea Pride Detal, located i Arligto, utilizes the latest techology i a state of the art facility.moarch Detal has recetly ivested $5 millio to deploy the most sophisticated techology i its North Texas locatios, icludig highly advaced imagig systems. or sorig, a specially desiged FDAapproved oral appliace ca help to keep the airway ope so sleep is ot disrupted. Custom appliaces ca also help provide relief from migraies ad TMJ pai. Some experts believe that breathig issues may uderlie a host of commo coditios, from high blood pressure to difficulty cocetratig. There is reaso to believe that the body s eed for greater toe i the throat ca trigger a umber of prob-

4 of a egative reactio. Pride Detal uses the state-of-the-art DEKA laser that elimiates the cuttig ad suturig required for traditioal surgical treatmet. The DEKA laser uses the CO2 wavelegth that is the optimal wavelegth for soft tissue procedures due to its high absorptio i water, which makes up over 80-90% of the cotet of soft tissue. It gives the ability to icise or ablate soft tissue with great precisio ad efficiecy without uecessary lateral thermal damage. As Dr. Attar poits out, Laser detistry is a reality ow. Laser periodotal therapy with PerioLase, i cojuctio with scalig ad/or PerioProtect, is extremely Dr. Attar believes good commuicatio is crucial to providig quality detal care ad makes sure all questios are aswered prior to treatmet. lematic behaviors that are actually adaptatios to a uderlyig problem, otes Dr. Sprikle. Nail bitig may provide relaxig relief by placig the throat i a positio that is more coducive to efficiet breathig. We thik patiets who report trouble cocetratig, icludig childre ad adults diagosed with ADD, are ofte affected by breathig issues. They commoly exhibit repetitive habitual behaviors such as eyebrow pluckig that may serve as a respiratory stimulat. Photos by Ray Bryat, Bryat Studios Because some patiets may have sesitivities to materials commoly used i detal treatmets, the doctors at Pride Detal strive to select the most biocompatible materials ad work with patiets to make sure there is o reactio to the materials used. They oly place white filligs ad ceramics ad use fluoridefree prevetative hygiee treatmet to miimize the possibility The itraoral camera is used to ehace patiet uderstadig of eeded treatmet. effective ad ca ofte elimiate the eed for surgery. The doctors at Pride Detal are licesed providers for DEKA laser ad PerioProtect. Pride Detal uses the state-of-the- art DEKA laser that elimiates the cuttig ad suturig required for traditioal surgical treatmet. At Pride Detal, patiets ejoy the efficiecy, cofidece ad comfort of the latest detal techology. The advaced Cerec machie uses CAD/CAM techology to create atural-lookig, metal-free ceramic crows i just a few miutes. Patiets love the idea of gettig their work doe i oe appoitmet. The Diagodet is a advaced method of detectig cavities usig laser light techology. Tek Sca is a ew computerized bite sca ad is a extremely valuable tool that aids i the diagostic process by aalyzig a patiet s bite. A ustable bite ca cause broke restoratios, pai, headaches, periodotal disease ad TMJ disorders. PerioProtect is a revolutioary breakthrough for

5 Custom oral appliaces help provide relief from migraies ad TMJ pai. the osurgical treatmet of periodotal disease. It is effective ad pailess. Pride Detal offers a full rage of detal services icludig regular examiatios ad evaluatios, paoramic ad bite-wig x-rays, laser whiteig, Ivisalig, testig for materials compatibility, laser periodotal gum treatmet, osurgical periodotal treatmet, extractios ad surgical procedures, implats, TMJ ad chroic facial pai treatmet, ad sleep apea devices. At Pride Detal, patiets ejoy the efficiecy, cofidece ad comfort of the latest detal techology. The advaced Cerec machie uses CAD/CAM techology to create atural-lookig, metal-free ceramic crows i just a few miutes. Dr. Sprikle discusses the relatioship betwee oral health ad overall welless with his patiets.

6 Pride Detal is located at 1106 W. Radol Mill Road, Suite 100 i Arligto, Texas. For more iformatio, visit To cotact the office, call or sed to: ifo@pridedetaloffice.com. Alle Sprikle, DDS Dr. Sprikle is a graduate of Baylor College of Detistry ad has years of cotiuig educatio pertaiig to Biological Detistry, Chroic Head ad Neck Pai ad Sleep Disordered Breathig. Dr. Sprikle is i demad as a speaker at various evets ad is a cosultat to various members of detal ad medical commuities. He has successfully practiced i the Dallas/Fort Worth area for the past 40 years ad is devoted to helpig his patiets improve their lives through achievig a healthy mouth ad body. Masoud Attar, DDS Dr. Attar is a graduate of the Uiversity of Miesota School of Detistry where he was also o the academic staff of Oral Medicie ad Diagosis for may years. As oe of the first certified cosmetic detists through the Uiversity of Miesota ad the prestigious Las Vegas Istitute for Advaced Detal Studies i the mid- 1990s, Dr. Attar has provided outstadig service for his patiets. His academic traiig icludes extesive studies i biology, botay, toxicology, geetics ad two years of comprehesive orthodotic istructio through the America Society of Orthodotics. Dr. Attar has successfully practiced i Miesota ad souther Califoria for the past 20 years. With Texas hospitality, Dr. Masoud Attar ad Dr. Alle Sprikle at Pride Detal offer a full rage of detal services. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS America Detal Associatio Texas Detal Associatio Dallas Couty Detal Society America Academy of Cosmetic Detistry America Academy of Craiofacial Pai Academy of Biologic Detistry ad Medicie Academy of Cliical Sleep Disorder Detistry Academy of Neural Therapy Academy of Detal Sleep Medicie Holistic Detal Society Iteratioal Academy of Oral Medicie ad Toxicology Iteratioal Associatio of Fuctioal Orthodotics America Society of Orthodotics reprited from NORTH TEXAS DENTISTRY