In prevention of making the opioid crisis worse, the State of Florida passed new legislation effective July 1, 2017. The key previsions of the law include:  Prescribers are now limited to writing only a 3 day supply of acute pain medication.  An emergency 7 day "acute pain exception" is [...]

A recent article published in January 2017 in the Wall Street Journal written by Heidi Mitchell explored this subject: is there a cavity gene?  Michael Glick a professor at the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York studied how genetics may play a [...]

What I should have said before Thanksgiving dinner, yesterday, but never gave it the chance... (in no particular order) I am Thankful for:   -The 5 of us all got together for a fabulous turkey dinner. -There is a (new) roof over our head, and no gutters! -The bills [...]

USE A MAYO CART WITH AN AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC DEFIBRULLATOR Posted November 13, 2016 by J. Tim Russin, DDS, PA Automatic Electronic Defibrillators (AED's) are proven lifesavers in cardiac arrest. One issue that exists with these devices is that their "stick on" patient pads that attach to the patient have [...]

VETERANS DAY MEMORIES 2016 ...from a personal Facebook post: Written and published November 12, 2016 by J. Tim Russin, DDS Thank you to all the Veterans who have served to protect us and our freedom. My Father, Peter, was a Battle of the Bulge WWII survivor who quoted "It wasn't [...]