
Mar
To all our valued patients: we want to say we miss you and are thinking of you during this very difficult time. We are reaching out to you today NOT with information about COVID-19 but rather to support you in maintaining good oral health. For information regarding office protocol for COVID-19, please visit our office webpage at www.goodmanko.com/what-sets-us-apart
All of us on the hygiene team know how hard you have worked to maintain your oral health at home and how much you depend on your continuing hygiene care appointments to help you achieve that health. We believe we are a team (you and us), each playing a role in achieving your best oral health. These are unprecedented times right now, and we are following the recommendations from various health organizations and government agencies. We are adapting how we can continue to support you. Although hygiene appointments are categorized as non-emergency and currently are put on hold, we believe they are essential for overall health and hope we will be able to team up with you in our office soon. Until then, the hygiene team will periodically post on Facebook helpful strategies you can use at home to maintain your oral health and keep you from needing emergency care. At the bottom each message we will add our favorite dental quotes as well as things we are doing to occupy our time at home. Stay healthy and Keep smiling!
Your Hygiene Team.
Quote of the day:
“Smiles are contagious so go forth and contaminate as many people as you can”
How are we keeping busy?
Our first shout out goes to our team member Chrissy, she is putting her sewing talents to good use. She is making masks for local medical teams in need of protective gear.
Alan Ko, DMD, studied Biology at Washington University in St. Louis (BA Magna Cum Laude), Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania (DMD Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s Scholarship recipient, Louis I. Grossman Award in Endodontics, and Academy of General Dentistry Award Recipient), did his residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)/Harvard Medical School (General Practice Residency and Clinical Instructor Massachusetts General Hospital), was a guest lecturer at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Massachusetts General Hospital (General Practice Residency). Dr. Ko’s clinical focuses are craniofacial development in children, sleep/airway dentistry, TMD and occlusion, regenerative oral surgery, and reconstructive restorative/prosthetic dentistry, including Invisalign and dental implants. He is a member of the American Dental Association and Massachusetts Dental Society and has been named as Boston’s Top Dentists since 2012.
Brittany Bressler, DMD, attended the University of New Hampshire-Durham (magna cum laude, studying psychology and pre-dental studies). Then, she attended Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, MA (Doctorate in Dental Medicine). At Tufts, she was the Vice President of the local chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists. Dr. Bressler has been named one of Boston Magazine’s Top Dentists for the last four years.
Saeed Kashefi, DMD, FAGD, attended Harvard University (Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Literature and Creative Writing, cum laude), the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (doctorate, cum laude: He also won the JR Schmidt Fixed Prosthodontics Award), and the BWH/ Harvard-Wide General Practice Residency Program in Hospital Dentistry (residency and fellowship). He stayed on the BWH staff before taking over as clinician attending at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he served for 16 years. Dr. Kashefi was also the Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine during this time. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Hospital Dentists and Academy of General Dentistry.
Cristina Hantavis MS, CCC-SLP, is a licensed and certified Speech and Language Pathologist with extensive training in orofacial myology. She believes that oral health is deeply connected to our general health and takes a holistic approach that targets the whole body by working with the muscles of the face and mouth. Cristina previously worked in private and elementary school settings with children experiencing moderate to severe cognitive, linguistic, and behavioral challenges. She uses this experience to help children facing such issues in her current role.
David Goodman, DMD (retired), joined our practice in 1984. Our office was founded in 1975 by Dr. Carl DiGregorio, and since partnering with him, Dr. Goodman has been devoted to delivering exceptional dental care to Milford families. Although he retired in 2021, our practice still carries his philosophy of treating patients as whole people beyond just their teeth.