FALL 2021
FROM THE CENTER FOR ORAL SURGERY & DENTAL IMPLANTS 4
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• New Patient Chairs • Welcome Dr. Grinzinger!
Better Outcomes for TMJ Disorder Surgery
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4 Reasons to Prepare Now for ICD Coding
• Fall CE Event • Dr. Julie Billups Retires
Our surgeons, from left: Justin M. Pisano, DDS, Roseanna P. Noordhoek, DDS, Emily J. Van Heukelom, DDS, Richard W. Panek, DDS, and Mark N. Grinzinger, DDS, MD.
COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE Welcome to the second issue of our clinical update newsletter! We hope you find it helpful and invite you to suggest any topics you’d like to see covered (just give us a call to request). We welcome referrals from colleagues and invite you to speak to any of our surgeons to discuss the needs of your patients. Informal inquiries are welcome. We look forward to hearing from you! Warm regards, Richard W. Panek, DDS Emily J. Van Heukelom, DDS Roseanna P. Noordhoek, DDS Justin M. Pisano, DDS Mark N. Grinzinger, DDS, MD Contact one of our surgeons at 616-361-7327. OUR OFFICES
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INSIDE TRAUMA CENTER CARE
STORIES FROM ORAL SURGEONS YOU COULDN’T CALL JOHN MACLEOD lucky, exactly, that day in November 2016. Lucky would have been not being shot in the face at all. But with that large exception, fortune was smiling on Macleod. How else, after a 410-gauge shotgun shell was fired at close range from a .45-caliber pistol at his face, could he be looking fine and speaking and chewing normally today? Says the 40-year-old electrical lineman from Lowell: “You can’t even tell I got shot.”
What helped was prompt treatment by several clinicians, including Richard W. Panek, DDS, from the Center for Oral Surgery and Dental Implants (COSDI). This case wasn’t typical—“a once-in-a-career injury for an OMFS,” says Dr. Panek. But it shows what the pros at COSDI must be ready for during weeks on call at a Level I trauma center. Though Macleod is fine today, trauma can create complications for future dental treatment. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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