We’re glad you’re looking at our site. We’re “holistic” – a different type of dental office that treats your mouth in a manner that works with the rest of your body.
First Visit for Comprehensive Exam & Evaluation
Allow 90 minutes to 2 hours for this first appointment. Our doctors need this amount of time to properly meet with you, discuss your goals and history, and complete a thorough dental and oral exam. In our office this means:
- Full review of dental and medical history. Please be prepared with all supplements, herbs, homeopathics, and medications you are currently taking.
- CBCT with a radiology report
- Airway Evaluation
- Digital X-Rays
- Recording of the condition of each and every tooth in your mouth.
- Galvanic testing using the Oral Potential Meter created by Dr. Regiani and colleagues. It is the only FDA approved device for early detection of dental caries by measuring potential corrosion in any "metal" restoration.
- Complete periodontal charting
- Oral cancer screening evaluation
- TMJ/TMD evaluation using doppler ultrasound
- Nitric Oxide and Zinc Levels
- Additional tests may be needed depending on your particular circumstance. If recommended, the doctors would discuss this with you prior to testing.
Once your new patient exam is complete the doctor will determine what type of periodontal oral health treatment ("cleaning") is recommended. This will be completed at your second appointment along with a microscopic evaluation, and a thorough consultation to review all of the findings from your new patient exam.
Why We Don't Accept X-rays From Other Offices
Here, our doctors require strict quality control. You are coming here for a diagnosis, much like in a medical setting. X-rays from other offices are often send as a photo of an x-ray, or degraded, or on tiny postage-stamp sized film. Often, the assistant who has taken your films is not even certified by the State of Michigan to take x-rays. These are not of diagnostic quality.
When we take a CBCT (3D Cone Beam), the full volume is sent to a radiologist to be read professionally so we don't miss anything. Flat images cannot be read this way.
Fresh films will be done in our office to our professional standards. Please do not ask or expect our team to do any less.
Oral Cancer Screening Evaluation
We do this at your first exam appointment and annually thereafter. However, we have the means here to do a comprehensive VelScope® Oral Cancer Exam whenever something is questionable. Call us if you have a sore in your mouth that does not heal within a few days — or a lump that does not go away in a few days. Do not wait. Like other cancers, the best results come with early diagnosis and treatment.
TMJ/TMD Evaluation
Are your teeth chipping? Do you have a crown or cap that keeps breaking? How about a groove in the side of a tooth or teeth near the gum line? All the above and frequent headaches, neck and should pain are signs of an imbalanced bite. Snoring can also be related, as can sleep apnea. Dr Regiani has substantial additional training to address these problems once and for all.
Second Appointment
This is not “just another cleaning”! You’ll meet with one of our skilled hygienists and their assistant for the type of services appropriate to your needs along with a microscopic exam. Sometimes the doctor asks to have additional tests performed in the hygiene rooms.
On the same or different day, you’ll meet with one of the doctors and assistants to thoroughly review the findings from your comprehensive exam. We go through everything step-by-step so you understand. This appointment usually takes an hour and includes the following:
- What the doctor observed
- Reviewing and copy of the radiology report
- Any concerns, recommendations, and referrals
- What is being proposed
- What options you have (you can always say ‘No’)
- The consequences of no treatment at all
- The cost to you in time and money
- How we apply any dental insurance benefits
- Financing options, if you’d like
You’ll leave our office with a written, understandable treatment plan and a road map to maintain or return to optimal health through the oral cavity.
Think of it this way — sometimes your car needs an oil change, but sometimes it needs more. You’re more important than your car, and we base our recommendations and services on your current condition.
New Patients – Forms
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Existing patients can access the patient portal below to complete intake forms 5 days prior to their upcoming appointments.