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DR. KVITKO TO HOST DENTALLY SPEAKING
Call in Sundays at 9AM and speak LIVE ON AIR
to Dr. Kvitko & Special Guests at (614) 821-1230.
E-mail questions to DentallySpeakingOnTalk1230@yahoo.com
COLUMBUS , OHIO , FEBRUARY 24, 2008 : Well-known General Dentist, Dr. Brian H. Kvitko has been selected to host Talk 1230 WYTS' new radio call in show about dentistry Sundays from 9AM to 10AM . Dentally Speaking With Dr. Kvitko: “Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Dentistry, But Were Too Numb to Ask” addresses relevant subjects that affect the dental health of Central Ohioians . Dr. Kvitko holds a BA in Biology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland , Ohio and received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry in 1980. In addition to developing his successful General Dentistry practice in Clintonville over the past 27 years, Dr. Kvitko also served as a faculty member of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry for 20 years. His practice offers a wide variety of services including implants, crowns, bridges, root canals, veneers, gum and oral surgery in addition to IV and oral conscious sedation dentistry. Dr. Kvitko has brought many revolutionary ideas to the Central Ohio dental community. In 1993 he piloted After Hours Urgent Dental Care. In the last few years, Dr. Kvitko has been a forerunner in Dental Advertising and Marketing. Some of the topics to be discussed will include, but not be limited to: Cosmetic Procedures - Choices to Restore Your Smile, Dental Phobias, The Warning Signs of Gum Disease, Dental Implants, Why Doesn't My Insurance Cover This?, The Great Filling Debate – Amalgam vs. Composite, The Developing Smile – Primary & Permanent Teeth, and Toothaches – When to Call the Dentist. |
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Tune in daily at 7:30PM on Insight Channel 36
to see Dr. Kvitko & Associates in The Smile Doctor.
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Dr. Kvitko and his staff are proud to be a part of
The New You with Alan Kabel, Kate & Matt on
Mix 97.1 80's, 90's, Now. Click here to find out more.
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Want to go for a walk in the park?
On September 30, 2007, the Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio will hold the sixth annual Buddy Walk at Crew Stadium. The goal of the walk is to promote understanding and acceptance of people with Down Syndrome. Our staff, at Dr. Kvitko & Associates, has formed the team Libby's Tooth Buds to walk in support of our patient and friend, Libby Turner. Libby has been a part of our dental family for several years, and getting to know her has been a joy. Individuals with Down syndrome, families and friends walk a one-mile course beginning at 11:00 a.m. and then enjoy fun at Crew Stadium. This includes music with Arnett Howard, animals from the Columbus Zoo, superheroes, face painters, balloon artists and clowns. This year, we anticipate the Buddy Walk to attract over 3500 participants from across Central Ohio. More importantly, we hope that all participants will help to spread the message that individuals with Down syndrome possess a wide range of abilities and are active participants in the community.
You can register online at
http://www.dsaco.net/bwt.php?id=342&u=9907
We thank you for your support and hope to see you there!
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ADA Answers Concerns Regarding Use of Dental Amalgam
In a recent article in the ADA News, the American Dental Association states that dental amalgam is a safe and effective material for restorative procedures. It has many benefits, reasonable cost, durability and ease of placement being among them, and the ADA studies have shown that exposure to mercury from dental amalgam has no adverse health risks. If you would like to learn more on this issue, please visit the ADA web site at www.ada.org. This article is printed in the recent January 5, 2004 issue of ADA News. |
| Recently, the American Dental Association published articles in its journal, ADA News on the safety of types of restorative material used in dentistry. While we always let our patients choose which types of restorative materials are used in their mouths, we want them to know that even the old-style silver fillings are safe to use. We would never use anything in a patient's mouth that is not of the highest degree of safety and efficacy. Therefore, whether you choose the new tooth-colored fillings or the old stand-by silver ones, you can be sure that your decision is a good one. Click here to view articles. |
| View our segment on Gail Hogan's Later Today on NBC 4! Watch and learn
how Dr. Kvitko's reputation for providing comfortable dental care is growing
in our community! Click here to watch the segment! |
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This gift something to smile about
by Paul Brinkley-Rogers
The Columbus Dispatch
December 25, 2002
The spirit of Christmas descended on a Hilltop household yesterday
in the person of Dr. Brian Kvitko, a Clintonville dentist who came to
make new dentures for 92 -year-old George Snyder--free of charge.
Snyder, a former mechanic, has been unable to eat his normal diet
for more than two months because his lower partial plate disappeared while
he was being treated at Ohio State University Medical Center for a broken
hip.
The hospital was not sure how Snyder's teeth vanished, a spokesman
said last week, but would try to replace them. The hospital asked Jerry
Snyder, George Snyder's 73-year-old son, to send paperwork to a customer-service
representative.
But then Kvitko called.
He arrived at the Snyder home yesterday carrying a box of supplies
he would need to make a cast of Snyder's gums. He worked in the kitchen
for more than an hour, finally holding up the cast in triumph for a pleased
Snyder to see. Snyder's upper plate was loose, Kvitko said, so he decided
to replace that, too.
"It's been a long time since I had a good meal." said Snyder,
seated in a wheelchair. "It has been that way since October. I want
to thank this dentist very much."
Kvitko, 47, said his staff and technicians volunteer sometimes to
help in needy cases. He said he learned about George's plight from a story
in Saturday's Dispatch. Also helping are Dr. John Sexton, Kvitko's associate
and dental technicians Rich Ohde and William G. Wilson, who will make
the teeth and the metal framework.
Kvitko is a member of Options, a statewide program that does volunteer
community work and is sponsored by the Ohio Dental Association.
"I sometimes make house calls," said Kvitko, who was raised
in Twinsburg in northeastern Ohio.
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 "When I was little there was a time when a doctor would make
house calls. . . . I went to school to do dentistry and make a living,
but at the same time I believe in care."
Kvitko said he and a technician will return to Snyder's house on New
Year's Day with a preliminary work-up of the new dentures to make sure
he is comfortable with them. A final version is to be ready a couple of
days after that.
Meanwhile, Dr. Daniel E. Jolly, director of general practice residency
at the OSU College of Dentistry, said the staff did not lose a panoramic
X-ray of George's gums. It went astray after the hospital wheeled George
back to his room after taking him to the college for examination, Jolly
said.
Such problems would not happen if the hospital would replace its malfunctioning
panorama machine, he said.
"Their panorex is broken. This kind of thing happens because
the hospital has failed to purchase a new one. We have been urging them
to do it," he said.
Told about Jolly's assertions, hospital spokesman David Crowford said
the hospital plans to replace the panorex by the end of January at a cost
of $80,000. Dentures are probably even more important for a patient's
image than they are for eating, Jolly said.
"I have had people come back from the death bed" when they
get new teeth, he said.
What a Difference!
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As published by The Columbus Dispatch, Wednesday, July 24,
2002:
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No-pain drilling
'Sedating dentists' draw the fearful into
their chairs
Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Dennis Fiely THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
ERIC ALBRECHT | DISPATCH
Copyright © 2002, The Columbus Dispatch
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In a dentist's chair, nothing is better than
feeling nothing.
Novocain doesn't cut it for many patients, who want something more
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To visit a ''sedating dentist,'' Walter Ferger drives 70 miles
from Mansfield to the North Side.
Dr. Brian Kvitko has completed 80 hours of training, and classes
in basic and advanced life support, to earn an anesthesia permit
from the Ohio Dental Board.
The permit ''tells my patients I care,'' he said.
Since finding Kvitko, Ferger has breezed through a filling, a
cleaning and a root canal.
''His was the first chair I was able to get into without gagging,''
said Ferger, 49. ''Valium was the answer. Ten milligrams did wonders.''
''Sedation dentistry'' is becoming a coveted option for patients
such as Ferger, among an estimated 25 million to 40 million Americans
with a dental phobia.
General dentists sometimes hire dental anesthesiologists or
refer patients to oral surgeons, whose medical degrees grant them
the right to anesthetize.
Nevertheless, an increasing number of dentists are marketing expanded
services to attract patients who neglect dental care.
''Fear -- not time or money -- is the main reason people don't
go,'' said Michael Fair, a sedating dentist in Upper Arlington.
Ferger hadn't seen a dentist in seven years.
''I lived with rotten teeth,'' he said.
Rick Stull, who hadn't visited a dentist in 15 years, described
his first procedure last year with Kvitko as a ''life-changing
experience.''
A combination of Novocain, nitrous oxide and Valium ushered Stull
through five pain-free root canals.
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Share concerns with your
dentist
In overcoming dental anxiety,
talk is free and perhaps as effective as sedation.
Dr. William Kuttler, spokesman for the Academy of General
Dentistry, encourages patients to express fears to their
dentists and to describe unpleasant experiences.
''Talking about it is more than half the battle,'' said
Kuttler, an Iowa dentist.
His other anxiety-easing suggestions:
* Look for a dentist whose personality and office decor
send a message of comfort.
* Let go of bad memories. Consider the
dental visit a ''spa treatment for the mouth.''
* Avoid caffeine and sugar before an
appointment.
* Ask for a pillow and blanket, or take
your own.
* Establish hand signals to communicate
feelings of pain and discomfort.
* Request mouth props to prevent a tired
jaw.
* To block the intimidating sounds of
dental instruments at work, listen to music -- especially
through headphones.
* Take slow, regular breaths throughout
the procedure.
* Take breaks during a long procedure.
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''I fell asleep during three of them and have no memory of
any of them,'' said the 40-year-old Columbus resident, who drives
from the Far East Side to see Kvitko. ''He told me there should
be no pain in modern dentistry.''
Ferger and Stull attribute their dental fears to unpleasant
childhood experiences with ''old-school'' dentists.
''When I was in junior high, my dentist would smack me in the
head if I gagged -- and my parents supported him,'' Ferger recalled.
His dentist, Stull said, refused to use even Novocain.
Most sedating dentists practice conscious sedation,
defined by the state dental board as a "minimally depressed
level of consciousness" that preserves the ability to respond
to touch and speech.
The board allows Ohio dentists to administer nitrous oxide,
a gas, and oral sedatives.
Yet, to guard against overdoses, it recently limited pills
to one a day.
"A movement has been afoot in this country among dentists
to use repeated doses of oral sedatives to achieve a profound
state of conscious sedation." said Dr. Steven Ganzberg, an
Ohio State University College of Dentistry professor and anesthesiology
specialist. "In some cases, it is possible that this could
lead to unintended unconsciousness."
Kvitko is among a few hundred Ohio dentists who have received
permits for intravenous sedation. (A permit is also required to
give oral sedation in patients younger than 13.)
Intravenous delivery enables dentists to adjust the volume
by the drip.
"You can give more if you need more or give less if you
need less." Ganzberg said.
Nikki Robinson, a 26-year old Columbus nurse, received IV
sedation in the fall to have four wisdom teeth extracted.
"Nitrous would not have been enough." she said.
Despite the options available, most dentists don't offer anything
except Novocain and nitrous oxide.
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Many are unwilling to invest the time and money to earn an
intravenous sedation permit.
For oral or intravenous sedation, they are reluctant to raise
fees, assume slightly increases risks--or ask patients to bring
drivers.
Some simply don't want to attract phobic patients, who might
be difficult and time-consuming.
"General dentists just don't feel like they need to offer
oral or intravenous sedation." said E. Karl Schneider, an
oral surgeon and a member of the Ohio Dental Association executive
committee. "Their practices are fine without it."
Others, however, "are doing niche marketing" said
Iowa dentist Williams Kuttler, spokesman for the American Academy
of general Dentistry "and one of those niches are extremely
apprehensive patients who think they need more than nitrous oxide."
The OSU College of Dentistry regularly receives calls from
patients seeking sedation for dental work, Ganzberg said.
More than 1,300 dentists have joined the Dental Organization
for Conscious sedation, formed 26 years ago to promote sedation
dentistry.
Sedating dentists "are sweeping the country like wildfire,"
said Connie Fadigan, executive director. "They want to make
sure quality care is provided to those people who are not seeking
care."
Oral sedation enable Fair to keep patients in a chair for
up to six hours.
"We can accomplish extensive amounts of dentistry during
one appointment," he said.
Kvitko is loath to market sedation.
Still, "I can't imagine practicing without it. It has
been really great for a lot of people."
Among them is Ferger.
"I'm nearly 50 years old," he said. "For the
first time in my life I found a dentist who could help me."
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As published in The Columbus Dental Society Bulletin, Summer
2002:
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