Cosmetic Dental Blog

Welcome and thanks for checking out this new column about dental health. I am looking forward to providing useful answers to common questions that I have heard from my patients. I will be writing every other week and plan to cover a wide variety of topics that will be helpful. I will discuss: Dental care: […]

Last month we held our first in-office seminar for our patients and the public on the subject of dental implants. No longer considered experimental, the success rate for dental implants is so high that they are now the treatment choice for replacing teeth. To insure the very highest rate of success for our patients, Valley […]

Just a little reminder of our 2010 Relay for Life experience.

I sing with the Oregon Adventist Men’s Chorus and had the opportunity to travel to Romania to sing with them last spring. We joined with a men’s chorus from that country and toured together singing sacred choral music in churches, cathedrals, and concert halls. It was truly an amazing experience. You can see some video […]

A couple of weekends ago I completed a triathlon at Blue Lake Park. This was an accomplishment for me and consisted of an 800 meter swim, a 20K bike ride and a 5K run. Don’t confuse it with the Ironman in Kona. That is about 8 times these distances. For me it is all about […]

8 days until Relay! Some may think we are nuts to walk through the night. But the following explains why we do it: “Relay for Life is overnight because cancer never sleeps. The light and darkness of the day and night parallel the physical effects, emotion, and mental states of a cancer patient while undergoing […]

Valley Dental Works is thrilled to be sponsoring and participating in Oregon City’s 2010 Relay for Life June 26-27 at Clackamas Community College. This fabulous event raises awareness for ALL types of cancers while raising money to support those fighting the disease now and celebrating with those who are survivors. The event is held for […]

Dr. Stafford is putting on his speaker-extraordinaire-hat and hosting a seminar on dental implants. Here are some of the questions he will answer: What are they? What can they do? What is the installation process? Does it hurt? How long does it last?How much do they cost? Am I a candidate?An oral surgeon, an implant […]

As Valley Dental Works enters the blogging world, we hope to provide information that is useful for your health, your family or just to have if ever needed. We love what we do and could wax on about many topics. And we will. BUT . . .We also want to know what questions you may […]

I recently returned from Grapevine, Texas and the annual session of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry which was held there. This is my favorite meeting each year because of the quality of the presentations, the opportunity to rub shoulders with the luminaries of the profession, the hands on workshops, and the networking with other […]