Our initial consultation provides us with the ability to evaluate your specific needs and to share our philosophies and belief system with you.  After you have consumed and digested the information from your exam and consultation, you will decide on the treatment plan that suits you.

We believe and find that when people have an active role in their own care, they are more likely to get the results they want.  You can call it self-fulfilling prophecy, law of attraction, or the power of positive thinking.  We provide technical excellence, progressive thinking, care, skill and judgment.  I strongly believe and am totally comfortable with the idea that there is a Power beyond us and within us that is at work in His world.

Absolutely! Over the past thirty years, we have treated patients from all over the U.S. and from places as far away as Turkey, Zaire, Mexico, The Dominican Republic, Canada and The United Kingdom.

Yes, it can be!  It is well documented that patients and staff have been known to suffer adverse health effects from the off-gassing of mercury amalgam fillings. It is for this reason that we employ the latest technologies and protocols to ensure the safety of our patients and our staff.  For your safety and ours, our office is equipped with several air filtration systems. In addition, the air in our operatories is lightly ozonated.  The operatories are further equipped with specially designed ion filters to remove and collect airborne metals. During the mercury/silver filling removal process, our patients are protected with a nose piece that delivers oxygen for them to breathe rather than the potentially mercury-contaminated air.

Yes we do and it is a great diagnostic tool. Technically speaking, the Cavitat provides an ultrasound-based, three-dimensional image of the alveolar process of the maxilla and mandible. 

Practically speaking, the Cavitat technology allows us to evaluate, the density of bone in the upper and lower jaw, in a manner superior to x-ray evaluation. Information gleaned from the Cavitat is used in conjunction with radiographics (x-rays), patient history and symptoms to evaluate boney lesions in the jaws.

This FDA approved instrument is the invention of Mr. Bob Jones, one of the best friends of Biological Dentistry in the entire country.  To learn more about the Cavitat visit Bob's web site at www.cavitat.com

Yes, for those who prefer to have a comfortable, floaty feeling during their restorative and/or surgical appointments, we offer Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen conscious sedation.  While still fully awake, our clients can enjoy a sense of separation from the procedures at hand.  The effect is fully reversible in minutes.

"I would describe Biological Dentistry as a healing art that appreciates the relationship of teeth and oral health to the entire person'. Let me explain more fully by comparing Biological Dentistry and traditional dentistry. Traditional dentistry has a strong focus on fixing what is broken and on tactics to keep the problem from occurring again. Traditional dentistry is disease focused; it is focused on fixing disease and preventing disease. Biological Dentistry is more health focused; it is focused on the level of health people want and the choices they make that will move them toward that level of health. Traditional dentistry is moving away from something away from disease. Biological Dentistry is moving toward somethin toward desired health." Biological Dentistry is traditional dentistry with many extra considerations. For example, both traditional and Biological Dentistry place fillings and crowns. Biological Dentistry would have several extra considerations that traditional dentistry would not have.

Clients with interests in Biological Dentistry want technical excellence and are attuned to the relationship of their dental health to their total health and well being. Attention to particular support protocols is helpful to anyone and is of particular interest to this group.

We have done everything we can to make our office latex free, which includes gloves, “rubber” dam, polishing cups used by our hygienist, and plungers used in the local anesthetic carpules.  We do not feel comfortable using the term “latex free” because we cannot be absolutely sure about every plunger, O-ring, and stopper used to dispense manufacturers products.  That with which we directly touch our patients/clients is free of latex, and has been for years.

The Diagnodent is a diagnostic device that uses a cold laser (no cutting ability) to detect dental caries.  As the laser light is pointed within the tooth, the two-way head of the unit senses the reflected laser light of the site and gives an auditory as well as a digital response.  The accuracy of the unit has been phenomenal and has allowed Dr. Glaros to be extremely conservative in his treatment of decay in teeth. This unit is especially effective when used with the microscopic, air abrasion.

The local anesthetics that our patients have had determined as most compatible will be the ones we select from for their use.  Local anesthesia is achieved without the use of products containing epinephrine or other additives that act as vasoconstrictors - that diminish blood flow to the area of anesthesia to prolong its effect.  Traditionally, this has been thought of as an overall helpful tool.  Recent research suggests that the diminished blood flow to the teeth and surrounding bone may be detrimental, perhaps to the point of promoting tooth and/or bone death.  In the interest of “erring on the side of caution”, we use vasoconstrictors as the extreme exception.

No compromise is made regarding the very popular concept of our patients being totally numb for their operative or surgical procedures.  Bravery and toughness are not qualities that we require or request of our clients.  A patient's “left hand raised” stops all activity in the treatment room until we determine what we need to do to address your need.

People want to be heard and to feel understood. That is why most new clients to our practice are best served by providing a complete medical and dental history and receiving a thorough oral exam. The better we understand what people want, the better we can serve them.

Yes. Emergency care is provided for people with emergency concerns, problems, or questions. Clients seeking needs based care want only to fix what is broken. Services could include technically excellent crowns, fillings, periodontal therapy, or more.

Yes. Clients seeking "wants based care" are interested in the co-discovery of what is possible for them. Services could include idealizing function, cosmetic improvements, preventive periodontal and restoration services, or more.

Micro-air-abrasion refers to a technology that involves blowing minute sand particles on the surface of a tooth with a controlled stream of air.  Almost invisible particles are blown on the tooth through a tube with a pin-sized hole to dust away decayed and stained surfaces.  While it is silently doing some of the work of the drill, it is decreasing dentinal sensitivity, increasing bond strengths, and producing none of the enamel crazing that can occur with high-speed drilling.

The unit can often be used without pain and without the need for a local anesthetic.  Micro-air-abrasion allows for the most conservative restorations in dentistry.  In use in our office since 1995, we believe that there is no substitute for the qualities that this technology offers.

There are as many protocols for nutritional support as there are health care providers, even more, because of patient's individual symptoms and characteristics.  Delightfully, there appear to be many protocols that are effective for those interested in decreasing their body-burden to toxins.  Therefore, I am quite comfortable with any number of protocols for nutritional support.  Please feel very comfortable asking our opinion; we won't be too bashful to share.

The Topaz testing system is a chair-side test for the detection of bacterial toxins, bacterial proteins, and human inflammatory proteins in gingival crevicular fluid.  More simply put, the Topaz system allows for a determination of toxicity potential of a tooth by measuring the fluid in the periodontal pocket of a tooth.

This test has a high degree of accuracy in making its determination about the toxicity potential of a questionable tooth.  For our patients who are totally clear about their desired treatment for a tooth, whether that means keeping it or losing it, we typically do not perform the Topaz tests.  For those individuals wanting more information to assist in their decision process, we find it can be valuable.

This test was developed and is supported by Dr. Boyd Haley, Ph.D. Biochemist, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry, U. of Kentucky and by Dr. Curt Pendergrass, Ph.D. Toxicologist and President of ALT, Inc.  An absolutely terrific web site can be found at www.altcorp.com

All water coming into our dental suite is filtered.  Additionally, every water line in every dental unit in every treatment room is equipped with a micron filter to prevent potential contamination of the water by biofilm, bacteria, and virus.

During any metal removal procedure, copious volumes of water are directed to the site from the handpiece and from a water syringe.

During surgical procedures, once any penetration of the gum tissue is made, only sterile saline is used.