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Keeping You And Your Family SMILING NO MATTER WHAT

by Steve Gamel | photography by Your Candid Memories (YourCandidMemories.com)

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and many businesses were either forced to close temporarily or asked to limit their services, Dr. John Shillingburg and his amazing team at DFW Oral Surgeons in Flower Mound had everything under control. Granted, they weren’t allowed to perform elective procedures such as wisdom teeth removal, dental implants, bone and tissue grafting, etc., but they were more than ready to expedite care for their patients in emergency situations.

And according to Dr. Shillingburg, there was a surprisingly high number of those over the last few months.

“We treated multiple jaw fractures for kids who were home and either got hurt riding their skateboard or were playing around in some other way and got seriously injured,” Dr. Shillingburg said. “I had a gentleman yesterday who had a horrible abscessed tooth pop up out of the blue on him.”

He added, “It’s hard to understand why these emergencies happened now, but they did. And we were here to help.”

There are a few reasons why Dr. Shillingburg is the go-to guy for even the most complicated of emergency procedures. For starters, he’s a boardcertified oral and maxillofacial surgeon and is trained and credentialed in dentoalveolar surgery, facial cosmetic surgery, implant surgery, orthognathic surgery, facial reconstructive oral surgery, and dental anesthesiology. This allows him to treat everything from a simple tooth extraction to replacing every tooth in a patient’s mouth. He holds membership with the American Dental Association and is a Diplomate of both the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Dr. Shillingburg has also spared no expense in surrounding himself with top-of-the-line technology that makes his job seamless. Along with that was his insistence on investing in the facility as a whole, which is a true outpatient surgery center capable of treating any mouth and jaw condition with ease. When you have an emergency, there’s no reason to go anywhere else because DFW Oral Surgeons is equipped for it all.

Simply put, they do it all, and they do it right.

“There are plenty of things that we do all the time that we haven’t been

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able to do because of the guidelines that and provide the best care possible for our are in place, but we have been open the patients when they need us most.” entire time from an emergency basis. Beyond the accolades and credentials Our goal was to be as safe as possible,” mentioned earlier in this article, perhaps Dr. Shillingburg said. “We recently added what truly prepared Dr. Shillingburg an air purification system that goes well for the coronavirus beyond what we already have. All of “I got used to crisis and how he would maintain a high our procedure rooms managing patients standard of care was are positive pressure rooms and have fan in that environment, his military experience. filter units with HEPA where we were “I was military trained filters- just like a true operating room environment. Our extremely concerned about safety for a lot of in the Army. When I was in my residency, we were at the entire office also has an reasons. Having that height of Iraq and air purification system. It’s 100% purified and type of training in that Afghanistan and saw a lot of wounded extremely safe. We type of environment soldiers and military wear N95 masks per prepared me.” service members who CDC guidelines and would come back with even wear a traditional some really strange Level 3 mask over those for another layer infections. I got used to managing patients of safety. It’s enabled us to remain safe in that environment, where we were extremely concerned about safety for a lot of reasons. Having that type of training in that type of environment prepared me.”

Many of us take our oral and dental health for granted, and when we are suddenly faced with severe problems, the consequences can be overwhelming. Having a doctor like John Shillingburg in your corner is a lifesaver.

Dr. Shillingburg and the amazing team at DFW Oral Surgeons are proud to serve the residents in and around Argyle, Bartonville, Highland Village, Lantana, Double Oak, South Denton, Denton County, and surrounding areas. We are conveniently located on the west side of Long Prairie Road between College Parkway and Cross Timbers Road.

“As an oral surgeon, my job is to manage complications,” Dr. Shillingburg said. “We’ve been pretty busy considering the circumstances with the coronavirus. But we were there for our patients when they needed us most.”