Lawrence Spindel DDS

Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines will effectively prevent serious illness and death from a coronavirus variant that has kept cases in New York City stubbornly high, two independent studies suggest. https://www.nytimes.com//the-variant-that-is-keeping-new-y

Now that many dental offices have reopenedand are considered safe by expertsit’s crucial that people catch up on their gum health. Gum disease, oral-health experts warn, has been linked to dangerous health problems in other parts of the body, including heart attacks and strokes. https://www.wsj.com/articles/dentist-gum-disease-11618003919

Now that my patients are getting their vaccinations I have noticed an uptick in my booked appointments. In the last 30 days there has been an influx of longstanding patients who were over due and effectively missing in action.... http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday there is no significant risk of catching the coronavirus from a surface or object. https://nypost.com//low-risk-of-catching-covid-from-surfa/

Implants can be placed at angles that can make it difficult to fabricate conventional screw retained implant restorations because the screw hole would come out in a undesirable place ( on the buccal, lingual or proximal surface). Digitally designed angled screw channel connections allow screw retained crowns for single unit implant restorations even when the screw axis is off by as much as 30 degrees: www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

In door air quality is an important factor to limit the spread ov Covid 19. One option to determine air quality at public indoor spaces is a carbon dioxide meter, a handheld device that costs about $200 and can determine how much carbon dioxide is in a room. Anything above 800 parts per million could be a red flag that not enough outdoor air is mixing with indoor air. The average outdoor air reading is 400 parts per million.

I received my second Moderna vaccine over a month ago. I don't plan on dinning inside restaurants anytime soon and I still avoid crowded subway cars and shopping in crowded stores. I believe that continued prudence in order. It is clear that a number of more contagious variants are around and spreading. http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

My favorite crown for second and third molars is full cast gold. It has a simple "feather edge preparation" (that tends to conserve tooth structure), is virtually unbreakable and is kind to the opposing teeth ( when placed opposing a natural tooth gold wears more than the opposing tooth structure... http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

Scientists at Harvard looked at seven cases involving the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in Britain and concluded that its high transmission rate could be due to the amount of time it lingers inside an infected person. According to the research, which was posted to a Harvard website, the variant’s average infection period was 13.3 days, up from the 8.2 days associated with the original strain. https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37366884

Now that new more aggressive Covid strains are becoming more prevalent, wearing properly fitted masks is becoming even more important. I have been using N95 mas...ks since last June and they seem to be keeping me safe, but I have developed a "nervous" tick involving repeatedly squeezing the mask around my nose to help ensure that it is well sealed around my nose... http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

I just came back from CityMD after having a two Covid tests (one rapid AG and one a regular PCR test). The results of the rapid test were emailed to me within 30 minutes.... I was negative, just like I have been when I have been periodically tested since reopening last June... http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

A number of frontline healthcare workers are reticent to getting vaccinated. They are full of excuses.... http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

Yesterday, while reviewing the business checking account, there was an unaccounted deposit. I then noticed that our PPP loan funding had been electronically deposited in our commercial checking account. http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

Mask-wearing, good air flow and frequent rapid tests are more important than surface cleaning, temperature checks and plexiglass. Scientists say America needs to double down on protection protocols as potentially more-contagious coronavirus variants take hold and vaccines are slow to roll out.://www.wsj.com/articles/new-playbook-for-covid-19-protection-emerges-after-year-of-study-missteps-11611680950?cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_5&cx_artPos=0#cxrecs_s

The best way to promote our dental practice is through our recall programs. Reaching out to patients via texts and phone is still the best way of getting them back to our practices. http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

Hidden in the nook where the nasal cavity meets the throat, a possible pair of salivary glands has lurked undiscovered https://www.nytimes.com//hea/saliva-glands-new-organs.html

A study by the company Becton Dickinson recently showed that rapid tests correlated better with live virus than P.C.R. But when they only considered P.C.R. results that corresponded to high viral loads, the researchers found that the BinaxNOW test detected 15 of the 16 people who were most likely to transmit the virus. https://www.nytimes.com//coronavirus-rapid-test-binaxnow.h

Manhattan is dead?...Not likely! http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

Good News for NYC...Amazon now has eight office properties in New York, most of which are clustered in Midtown. Amazon bought the Lord & Taylor building in August and 2, 000 employees will eventually work there! https://www.nytimes.com//ny/big-tech-nyc-office-space.html

Our periodontist and orthodontist share an office and they were spraying between each patient appointment as well. Since they see more patients every day than we do they experienced an increased rate of rust formation before we did. http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

Seeing as the citywide infectivity rate is still low (3.25%) It probably isn't too late to do something proactive. It would help if our police actively enforce the mask mandate for both the NYC Police force and the rest of New Yorkers. http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

Midtown is a ghost town? We have been open since June 8th and slowly it has become progressively busier ... http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

Many of my patients have been attending numerous Zoom session that show continuous closeup videos of their face. Unfortunately, some of my patients are not happy with what they see. More and more, they are asking me about what are their options at improving the appearance of their smiles. http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

After researchers noticed fewer nearsighted patients in a hospital ward in China, they speculated that wearing glasses might offer some protection against Covid-19. https://www.nytimes.com//does-wearing-glasses-protect-you-

Better Late than never... Today, Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told senators that if all Americans wore masks, the coronavirus could be controlled in six to 12 weeks https://www.nytimes.com//10000000/redfield-cdc-masks.html

Often times when patients complain of sensitivity when flossing they actually have proximal erosion. Buccal abfractions can extend into the mesial and distal surfaces of teeth, leaving sensitive areas of the teeth that are not decayed. (read more): http://www.lspindeldds.com/askdr/

There does seem to be an increase in chipped and cracked teeth among my patients but the explanation may not be simply due to grinding. Another factor maybe that people are nervously eating, while thinking intensely about other issues. I find that I am sometimes eating things that I shouldn't(hard candies). https://www.nytimes.com//dentists-tooth-teeth-cracks-fract