Suburban Life - Chester/Delco - Issue #6 (June 2022)

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SL_PACenterDentalImpPerio_Profile_6_22_Reg4_Layout 1 6 / 28 / 22 3 : 43 PM Page 1 “ OUR CULTURE IS ONE OF EMPATHY ? TREATING PEOPLE , NOT TEETH . ” ? DR . PHILIP L . FAVA , PENNSYLVANIA CENTER FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS AND PERIODONTICS any business , but they certainly do to the Penn - sylvania Center for Dental Implants and Peri - odontics , which has offices in Ambler and Northeast Philadelphia . The practice specializes in the surgical placement of dental implants , soft - tissue aesthetic procedures , and the pre - The Right vention , diagnosis , and treatment of periodontal disease . Every member of the team strives to deliver the best possible care to every patient , AS THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTER FOR as the team prides itself on caring for people , not just treating patients ’ teeth . DENTAL IMPLANTS AND PERIODONTICS “ I absolutely have a higher calling to help GROWS AND EVOLVES , THE SPECIALIZED people , and I know everyone on our team WAY shares the same mentality , ” Dr . Fava adds . “ We b y B I L L D O N A H U E PRACTICE REFINES ITS CULTURE OF partner with our patients ; as the patient , you p h o t o s b y EDUCATION , MENTORSHIP , AND have to team with us so everyone can move in L E I G H P H OTO G R A P H Y the right direction . Our culture is one of PATIENT ? CENTERED CARE . empathy — treating people , not teeth — and hilip L . Fava II , D.M.D . , believes in doing has helped build . that’s why we do things the right way . ” things right the first time , never cutting “ Running a business is a heavy challenge The practice’s well - established culture helps P corners , and treating people as if they because you have a lot of people counting on to ensure that patients will continue to be were members of his own family . Regrettably , you , ” says Dr . Fava , who leads the Pennsylvania treated “ the right way ” as the enterprise grows not everyone seems to agree with him . Center for Dental Implants and Periodontics . and evolves , and as new team members come Dr . Fava cites a recent interaction with a “ If you don’t take it seriously , you’re going to into the practice and established ones step home contractor that involved uninspired end up with situations where everyone is dis - away . For example , Robert A . Levine , D.D.S . , workers , shoddy craftsmanship , and a result appointed . You need a culture that prioritizes the practice’s founder , will soon retire after 40 that required revision . While the experience loyalty , rapport , and teamwork . Without those years , while Dmitriy Klass , D.M.D . , MDS , will proved frustrating , it also gave him a deeper things , you’re going to end up with unexplained join the ranks . appreciation for the work he does , the impor - problems and unmet expectations . ” “ Legacy is a big part of this practice , ” says tance of a job well done , and the enterprise he His sentiments could apply to practically Dr . Fava . “ Bob and I have worked together for SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 13 ISSUE 10 84 |

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SL_PACenterDentalImpPerio_Profile_6_22_Reg4_Layout 1 6 / 28 / 22 3 : 43 PM Page 2 almost 10 years , and he and I will continue to several study clubs to share the latest research , Put simply , be it his family life or his treatment protocols , and practice - management professional life , he wants to do things the maintain a study club in connection with the practice . With Dmitriy , we’re bringing in a guidelines with other practitioners locally , right way . and possibly much farther afield . “ I’m always thinking about ways to grow young , bright , kind , and thoughtful doctor from Boston University , originally from Brooklyn . He’s already very capable , and we will introduce him slowly so he gets used to our culture . “ Mentorship is a big part of what we do Drs . Eric Schoenebeck here , so Dmitriy will spend a lot of time learning ( left ) and Philip L . Fava specialize in the surgical what everyone on the team does , ” Dr . Fava placement of dental continues . “ We want him to continue our implants , soft - tissue legacy and continue our culture ; he will learn aesthetic procedures , to serve like I learned to serve . I also want him and the prevention , diagnosis , and treatment to spend time with our referring doctors and of periodontal disease . learn what their treatment philosophy is like . He’ll get fully acclimated into our culture , team , and community prior to providing any care to our patients . ” Dr . Klass , a board - eligible dental implant surgeon and periodontist , is a member of the American Board of Periodontology and Inter - national Team of Implantology . He earned his dental doctorate from the New York University College of Dentistry , and completed his special residency in periodontics at Boston University’s Henry M . Goldman Graduate School of Dental Medicine . Due to join the practice in August , Dr . Klass will work closely with Dr . Fava and fellow prac - titioner Eric F . Schoenebeck , D.M.D . , a 23 - year veteran of the U.S . Armed Forces who retired from the military in March 2021 . “ Continuity of care is of the utmost impor - tance , ” says Dr . Schoenebeck , who works pri - marily out of the Ambler office . “ As Dmitriy joins the practice , we want patients and referring doctors to see a seamless transition : the same quality of care , the same patient experience , the same commitment to doing things right the first time , because with some surgeries , you only have one chance to get it right . ” Dr . Schoenebeck specializes in advanced dental implant procedures , gum and bone - “ We have colleagues around the world the practice and give back , ” he says . “ With so grafting techniques , and regenerative treatments who have asked to join one of our study many older clinicians who are now phasing to combat periodontal disease . He recently clubs — Australia , Italy , China , Chile — so we’re out of practice , I’d like to be able to help some became credentialed in laser dentistry , meaning looking into streaming them virtually , ” says Dr . younger clinicians get their levels up by coming he can provide less - invasive options such as Fava . “ I’m running two SPEAR study clubs in to work with us . My goal is to get to the point LANAP ® ( Laser - Assisted New Attachment Pro - conjunction with Eric , and Dmitry is excited to where I have a team of great periodontists that cedure ) to reduce the risk of systemic and be intimately involved with them once he for - allows me to do surgery three days a week chronic inflammation . The treatment may also mally joins the practice ; leading the study clubs and spend the other two making an impact on help to preserve teeth that otherwise would will suit his personality very well . ” the field and our community . I also want to have required surgical extraction . In addition to running the local study give more time to teaching , but you have to ? “ As periodontists , we’re truly physicians of groups , Dr . Fava likes to teach regionally , nation - earn that . ” the mouth , ” Dr . Schoenebeck adds . “ We can ally , and internationally . Recently he was arrest periodontal disease , but we can’t quite appointed the East Regional Education Chair Pennsylvania Center cure it . It’s a disease of inflammation , so by of the International Team of Implantology , a D treating it effectively you can control a lot of prestigious organization known colloquially as for Dental Implants the symptoms and problems to make sure the ITI . In this position , he will work closely with patient doesn’t lose any more teeth . We’re the ITI’s leadership to reimagine the organiza - and Periodontics always trying to educate patients so they under - tion’s education programs . He has also been www.padentalimplants.com stand that the mouth is part of the whole body tapped to teach the periodontics curriculum system ; everything is connected . ” for Albert Einstein Medical Center’s Advanced Einstein Center One , To his point , Dr . Schoenebeck and his Education in General Dentistry program . Suite 211 - 212 ? fellow clinicians at the Pennsylvania Center Dr . Fava has a young family at home , 9880 Bustleton Ave . ? for Dental Implants and Periodontics see including two babies under the age of one . themselves as educators first and foremost . He’s very mindful of the importance of bal - Philadelphia , PA 19115 ? Their educational efforts extend far beyond ance — devoting ample energy to teaching and ( 215 ) 677 - 8686 direct patient care . Drs . Fava , Levine , and growing the practice , but not at the expense of Schoenebeck have established and maintained time with his wife and children . 140 E . Butler Ave . ? Ambler , PA 19002 ? ( 215 ) 643 - 4393

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