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Dr. Balaji’s Office Keeps the Smiles Bright Professional Dentistry
Aesthetic Dental Creations is a dental office known for creating relationships with their patients. In other words, there is nothing average about the practice. As an alumnus of the world-renowned Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Training, he can provide services that most traditional offices cannot. His specialized training in adhesive dentistry, smile design, and TMJ/Migraine Therapy gives him the opportunity to provide incredible and unique dental care.
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What’s With The CBD Craze?
CW: What is a typical first visit like? This visit is the most critical and will be very thorough. We take digital radiographs, which have one-tenth the radiation exposure as traditional x-rays. We also take high resolution dental photographs. You will be able to assess the condition of your dental health in true high definition. Our patients will also receive a head/neck exam, oral cancer screening, and periodontal evaluation. After these results come back we are able to prepare a comprehensive treatment plan.
The Endocannabinoid System (ECS)
In order to understand what cannabidiol (CBD) is, we first need to learn more about the endocannabinoid system or ECS. This system was discovered in the early ’90s and has been researched ever since. The ECS is a network of receptors (CB1 and CB2) that are present throughout our body. They reside in places like the heart, lungs, brain, gut, skin, etc. Our bodies produce CW: How has Covid changed the overall structure of your practice? molecules (endocannabinoids) such as anandamide (AEA) and To be honest, it didn’t change the structure. My practice is not a big multi2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), which bind to these receptors, provider practice that sees 30-40 patients a day. I have always valued quality over allowing our internal functions to run smoothly. This is known as quantity. My patients rarely wait to be seen and we run on time. This business homeostasis. philosophy has allowed me to continue to see the same number of patients per day CB1 receptors are mainly found in the central nervous system, as before the pandemic. and CB2 receptors are found in the peripheral nervous system, CW: What options do you offer for adults looking to avoid traditional especially immune cells. When our bodies don’t produce enough Dr. Balaji pictured with his beautiful family. braces? molecules to bind to these receptors, we go toward a state of We offer Six Month Smiles, which is essentially short-term orthodontics and is imbalance. This can lead to inflammation, free radical production, specifically for those adults. It is for patients mostly concerned with the appearance CW: What do you think is important when visiting a dental office? immunodeficiency, For us, it’s about etc. truly respecting our patient’s time and providing quality dental of their front teeth. We are actually one of the first dentists in Ocean County to CBD is a naturally occurring component derived from the hemp offer this procedure. Besides it being a safe and effective cosmetic solution, it is also care. I do not expect them to wait for me. My motto has always been quality plant. theWe cannabis plant with theon hemp plant. over People quantity,often every confuse single time. are an office that thrives quality of care highly affordable and fits most lifestyles. The brackets are tooth colored so it isn’t Theandcannabis plant contains tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) while respect for our patient’s time. That means you will never encounter athe waiting as distracting as traditional metal braces. We also offer Invisalign for those who hemp plant contains littlegoing to no THC. You will not get the “psychoroom full of people when in for your visit, whether it’s a cleaning or annual don’t want wires or brackets. We have taken the best aspects of braces and modified active” effect or “high” with hemp-derived CBD. CBD’s molecular checkup. treatment and the materials to give adults a common-sense solution. structure is similar to that of our busy own or endocannabinoids it has the CW: Has your office remained are patients moresocautious about CW: Tell us about the precautions you have implemented since the onset ability to bind to the CB1 and CB2 receptors. When CBD binds to coming in? of the pandemic? these receptors, it allows for balance or homeostasis. Our bodies are Dental offices have always been safe places to visit. We have been early adopters Our office has remained busy and in some cases even busier than before. People bombarded withbecause free radical as a result of was stress, had put offdaily treatment of the production pandemic so naturally there an influx of of PPE since the early 80’s. We did add additional protective barriers to keep poor diet, obesity, inflammation, smoking, etc. By offering our ECS patients once everything opened up again. Because patients were more stressed they everyone safe during these unknown times, but this was in addition to the steps we high-quality CBD products, it gives our bodies a fighting chance to just broke more teeth due to clenching and grinding habits. All in all, I have been have always taken. We brought in different equipment to allow us to practice even combat potential imbalances we may have. as busyany (if not busier) than pre-Covid. safer dentistry. We follow CDC guidelines when it comes to sterilization and safety CW: How has your to this new normal? to look forstaff in transitioned CBD protocols and screen all patients prior to their appointments. We make decisions What It My team is incredible. 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The County Woman Magazine www.TheCountyWoman.com
May/June 2021
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