Hi and welcome to our blog. I am looking forward to using this tool for communicating with patients, friends and collegues. In 2001, when I opened a new office in San Marino, California, I began writing articles in the weekly local newspaper. So, I have done this before, and I found that patients and community members really enjoyed reading them. Not that I'm a great writer, because I'm not, but patients did enjoy learning something they didn't know before and my philosophy about dentistry. I hope to do the same with our blog. I get many dental periodicals and they provide a good source for new information I can share. Thanks in advance for reading my blog notes. If you have any suggestions for content or just want to get my opinion on something, please feel free to let me know.