So you’ve got dental insurance…great! Do you understand your dental benefit? If you’re like most of our patients, your knowledge of your benefits has a few gaps. Maybe you feel like you should know more because we make it look so easy. We’ve got some tips for understanding your dental benefit. Understanding Dental Insurance Let’s…

Summer is upon us! Imagine sunny days, picnics, and lots of outdoor activities. Pull out the bicycles, skateboards, baseball bats, balls, and nets. You pack your kids (or yourself) in helmets, knee and elbow pads, buy the fancy shoes and uniforms, and they are ready to go! Right? With the increase in summer sports, come…

Just a quick note this week. The Silverton High School varsity football team played an awesome game Thursday night. We beat #3 Corvallis without our starting QB and had two goal line stands that were incredible. Matthew, our oldest son, finally is back playing after being out with a knee injury for a couple of…

Just returned from a family vacation/reunion. We had a great time on the lake. The kids enjoyed spending time with cousins and grandparents. We had an opportunity to go out and waterski for a day, so I couldn’t resist throwing on a ski and showing the kids what dad could do!!! Well unfortunately my body…

Just a note to extend our thoughts and condolences to the family and friends of Randy and Brenda Burningham. What a terrible tragedy for a respected dentist and family in our community. We have their family in our thoughts and prayers and wish the best for them at this time of mourning the passing of…

For you tech junkies we just added some new COOL technology at the office. I’ve wanted to get a laser for several years now but was unsure of which technology to go with so I decided to attend a recent course on lasers. As a result we purchased a Discus NV microlaser. We are excited…

The SUN has finally shown it’s face. We here at Willis Dental are excited for the official start of summer. Several staff members have children playing sports this summer, as well as all the normal summer activities. We are excited for some new technologies to the practice as well. We have just completed the final…