Mike Wiegenstein: Is that a common occurrence? Do people wake up and not have that pain and swelling that they don’t like to expect to have after ones.
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: It’s very common for several reasons. One, we use cutting edge techniques. Our techniques are less invasive and they allow the patient to heal.
Mike Wiegenstein: Is that what we talked about laser for her gums. She must have four different gum surgeries and
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: We use the lasers plus some of the techniques we use in placing implants or less invasive also allow you to heal faster more rapidly. Then there is another trick we used to. We put medication in the IV also that makes you heal even faster too.
Mike Wiegenstein: When they come to the sedation dentistry, I mean how many dentists -- I mean I will see in Las Vegas where you practice. How many dentists in Las Vegas to the best of your knowledge and I want -- but how many of them practice sedation dentistry, IV sedation. I am learning there is a big difference.
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: IV sedation, there is only a handful of this they practice IV sedation. I can’t give you an exact number but I would say its probably less than 10 that I know.
Male Speaker 1: I live on the island of Permuda and I had a problem with my teeth, a crowded mouth. I went into the website and I found Dr. Thomas R. Gonzales like I go to Vegas and this is the guy I need to see. I had all his head up there over dentists and with me have an pair of dentists neglect of tooth pain and I started lose confidence in my smile etcetera.
So, when I came over and visited him, Dr. Gonzales is like God’s gift to dentistry. He knew a sprit level of dentist and I am -- brilliant smile from the minute I met Dr. Gonzales. I knew this individual, I wanted him to work on my mouth like he was relaxed and make me relaxed. Tell me I have lost weight. I think they dismay my appearance and illusion like the little tummy that I have, they do that see that, this is the brilliant smile so you look slimmer. This guy is hi-tech, he knows his business. His staff -- come like on a visit, you know the great people like there was some you know you are not just a patient, you are proper family and as well I like.
Mike Wiegenstein: Knowing what does gives people, knowing the -- what else can bring to the patient why don’t more dentist do it.
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: Well, number one it take an off a lot more of training her education and this is a lot more expensive in doing it too. And then you got to get certified through this -- and then you have your insurance amount practice careers yeah because they will do some all of those factors entered in.
Mike Wiegenstein: What if all those factors are in? If all of that are same and obviously its no different for you, then it would be any other dentistry why did you go through it to be able to offer?
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: Well, I saw a long time ago that I wanted to practice a different level of dentistry and I wanted to be able to give to my patients something more than the other dentists couldn’t do and I found by doing this it put me in a different category of our when I don’t just sort of like have patients come in every half hour. I spend the time with these patients, now I am able to give them something that they cant get anywhere else.
Male Speaker 2: I had some neck pain and I had it naturally I am bit ignorant of my teeth for years and Dr. Gonzales told me that perhaps if I reshape the my mouth in a way that only he would know how to do that had probably would relieve some of my back pain some of my neck pain and I will be down if it didn’t. I thought what can the mouth and the jaw have to do with your neck and your back. So, I was little skeptical.
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: What we started with him was building up his bite first to find out where this jaw and this jaw lined up. As he was having these neck pains and I knew I have to do it -- cause cervical issues or the neck issues. So, what we did was we aligned the jaw that relaxed these muscles and enable him to put his head in the more comfortable position and also it opens this air way and made it easy so he can breath easier and therefore allowing him to sit more erect. He doesn’t know over that’s what helped him out.
Male Speaker 2: He told me the benefits of implants and I said I don’t want to go through anything that painful. I would rather chose take my teeth out every night and put them in a jar but though I was wrong, came in and took a little blue pill before I got here, said hi to the doc and to his people at work here including his wife, the experience was relaxing, I was practically asleep before the surgery.
When it was over I remember seeing my wife, I remember driving home, I remember having two milk shakes in the car on the way home, I got home, I guess I took a nap, I woke up a couple of hours later and I said he dint do it. I yelled to my wife I said Mary what happened he didn’t do any thing. He said I was crazy. I ran to the mirror and I looked and I had three teeth where I had a bridge that was driving me crazy for years. Never had a bit of pain, didn’t have any swelling, waited for the pulse set of pain, nothing happened, had a great night sleep that night, woke up in the morning still expecting pain, nothing.
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: I was after Harvey to come and get these implants done but he didn’t have enough space sort of to put and so I said Harvey we got to open your bite and then he kept putting me often putting me often, so I asked him Harvey what is the problem so he tells me he is going to see an orthopedic surgeon because this workout is neck. I said, come in Harvey, let me at least try this on you. I said I know it will help you and like he said he thought I was crazy. But we worked him up with a numerous kind of workout and made him a fixed whole body put it in; Harvey comes back a month later. Harvey, how is your neck, not an issue. That’s what he tells me. Then we put the implants in and like he said he had no pain that day, and even now we did it.
Mike Wiegenstein: Dr. Gonzales I have to tell you one. When I first showed up today you know I had heard a lot about you as, obviously, everybody says that they can do everything and they can do all kinds of stuff but after interviewing your patients they all told the same story. They were drug here, one gentleman cry, and then they all say they have no recollection of the surgery, they have the best teeth, they have the incredible smiles today, is that something you learn overtime how to deal with those people I mean somebody’s -- some even more sent to you by other dentist. Is that something that you overtime learned to deal with, aren’t they comfort?
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: Yes Mike, we give our practice and direction when we deal with patients and because of that you know we have learned that there are certain handling techniques that’s best utilized with them. You know you just have to take like hands off the -- first time and when they are confident.
Mike Wiegenstein: You said the first time they all told me that first time they came here no pressure, dint poke, dint stick anything in their mouth but you just sit and talked to them, you just allow them to become comfortable with you. Is that something you do with everybody.
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: Especially our high fear patients, yes we talk to them first and we don’t just jump in and start working on them, we come in and we want to find them why they are here what their needs are get high fear patients, sometimes we are not able to take x-rays at first visit. We just feel everybody else since --
Mike Wiegenstein: Have you found and I am going to ask you -- teeth that were while by most estimations beyond -- came here from Bermuda, 3000 miles away to have your work on their teeth. Do you find that those types of people really they are out there but they are just so afraid that their fears are more likely to come?
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: Not only them, but there is a lot of other people just like them out there that their fear keeps them from coming to the dentist.
Mike Wiegenstein: And these of you will not just like the truly dentistry part which were lately to help headaches, that a gentleman that was forced to have his neck work done, you call it or I would call it extra benefits or whatever. Do you see those benefits on lot of people. Do you have a lot of people that get rid of their headaches, get rid off their back pain, feel better or healthier one lady has gone with doctor, every two weeks she was sick from the infection, do you think the people just don’t realize how bad your dental health can affect your body?
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: Oh, definitely I see this all the time. A lot of times they don’t associate these problems with something in their mouth. I think its something else.
Mike Wiegenstein: Well, I am right here. I look in a lot of people’s mouths and I visited a lot of dentists and what I saw here today was absolutely incredible. Hopefully, you will let me come back in a year or so and see how you are doing. You have been watching Medical News Network. I am Mike Wiegenstein. For further information on this subject or to find out how to become guests in our show please visit our website at MedicalNewsNetwork.info. Until next time I wish you good health.
Dr. Thomas Gonzales: Thanks Mike.
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