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Salem provides quality and caring dental care BY ALISON STANTON
For the past seven years, Dr. Danny Salem has provided full-service dentistry services in the Chandler area. Prior to that, he worked as a dentist in New York City for eight years. “I provide full-service dentistry services for children to adults, and I’ve had further training in implants,” Salem says, adding that he refers very little work to specialists. “We can handle extractions, root canals and cosmetic dentistry, too. We are able to do a lot of procedures in our office.” As a family practice dentist, Salem says he enjoys working with several family members who come to him for their routine cleanings and other dental care. “They often comment that they prefer going to just one office, and they are happy to hear that we can provide all
services under one roof.” For people who are nervous about visiting the dentist, Salem says he and his staff do everything they can to help make the experience as stress-free as possible. “We take all of the time that is necessary to make patients comfortable, and we provide nitrous and some other forms of sedation,” Salem says. “We explain everything very thoroughly, and we make sure the patient is comfortable before we get started. Sometimes people are nervous due to having a fear of the unknown, so we do provide all the time that is needed and do what we can to reduce their anxiety.” Salem says he has also been told by reluctant patients that they are embarrassed about the state of their oral health, and that this prevented them from making an appointment sooner.
EXPERIENCED AND CARING: Dr. Danny Salem provides full-service dentistry to patients of all ages. He says he and his staff take extra time to work with nervous patients, carefully explaining the different procedures. Submitted photo
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“I’m always kind of surprised that they feel that way. They have to understand that I’ve seen it all, and nothing fazes or surprises us, and that there can be systemic health issues if they don’t go regularly.” This same calm and caring approach also works well with young children who are visiting Salem’s office for the first time. “We also take whatever time is necessary with kids, and if they are really having a hard time sometimes we won’t do the procedure, but we’ll hold off or reschedule it. We won’t force it,” Salem says. “This is especially important for kids, because I’m not looking to make them uncomfortable about going to the dentist for the rest of their lives.” Regardless of whether he’s cleaning the teeth of a young child or performing a root canal on an adult, Salem says he is proud of the high-quality dental care that he and his staff provide each patient. “We open at 7 in the morning, but I’m here every day at 6. I love my job, which is why I get there early,” Salem says. “I just have a lot of confidence in the work that we do.” Dr. Danny Salem, DDS, is located at 1655 W. Chandler Blvd., Suite 100, Chandler. For more information, call (480) 899-1288 or visit www.dentistchandler.com Alison Stanton is a freelance writer who lives in the East Valley. She can be reached at Alison@SanTanSun.com
StudioFIT’s ‘X-factor’ is key to success BY ALISON STANTON
Before he opened StudioFIT in Chandler three years ago, M.J. Reavley spent years working for what he calls “global gyms”—big membership-based facilities that feature loads of equipment and members. “One of the main problems I saw in these gyms is that the only people who were getting results were the ones who were working with a personal trainer,” says Reavley, who also owns StudioFIT in Scottsdale. “People join global gyms with the intention of getting in shape, and maybe they go for a week or two. But the numbers told me that most people will end up not using their gym membership, and even if they do, they will not get the results that they want or need because not everyone has $60 to $120 an hour to pay a personal trainer.” For people to work out on a regular basis and, if needed, lose weight, Reavley says clients need three key things: accountability; motivation; and guidance. “This is the X-factor that people need to get in shape, and satisfying this need is where StudioFIT came from,” he says. “Adults are just big kids, and without SEE STUDIOFIT PAGE 20
Stop Snoring and Rest
Nish Shah, D.M.D., M.D.
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treatment. The gold standard in treating sleep apnea has been CPAP [continuous positive airway pressure], where oxygen is forced into their lungs to keep the airway open so the patient does not stop breathing and keeps enough oxygen in the system to keep the brain and heart supplied to function normally. Unfortunately, there are many people who cannot tolerate CPAP and therefore seek alternative treatment options with us. When you come into our state of the art facility, we will perform a complete and thorough head and neck examination including radiographic analysis of your facial structures. We will discuss the different options to treat sleep apnea from oral devices that open the airway to definitive jaw surgery to correct for abnormal facial development.
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the leading US health concerns that we face as we continue to treat an aging and oftentimes overweight population. Patients who have been diagnosed with sleep apnea can have symptoms that include a feeling of being tired, fatigued and sleepy during the daytime. Many people who develop sleep apnea start with snoring, which can then progress towards apnea, where they stop breathing. The benefit of treating sleep apnea is that it will reduce the complications associated with sleep apnea. These complications include: problems with your endocrine system [thyroid problems and diabetes], hypertension, congestive heart failure, cardiovascular disease including heart block and arrhythmias, an increased risk of stroke, mood disorders and of course, increased mortality. After seeing this long list of complications, one can see why it is so important to treat the obstructive sleep apnea [OSA] as soon as it is diagnosed. Once a patient has been diagnosed with OSA, it is important to begin immediate
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