Dr. John Sorrentino D.M.D

I recently had the privilege of being the co-director of a NEScent meeting exploring the relationship between human evolution and dental disease.  This meeting brought together clinical dentists, anthropologists, primate researchers, as well as dental researchers.  Most people have never heard of NEScent.  It is one of those arms of the federal bureaucracy that grants seed money to scientists with […]

If you live in or near Dutchess County you know that for the last several years they have been constructing a multi-use rail trail.  It is being built in sections.  The first section was built a few years ago.  It now connects from near Daddy’Os restaurant in Hopewell Junction to Route 55 in Lagrange. Once the pedestrian bridge is built over Route […]

Occasionally a new patient comes in to see me with a toothache and they are presented with a choice that they do not want to make.  Either have the tooth extracted or a root canal.  For those who read Weston Price we know that he was not a fan of root canals.  Advocating the extraction of teeth that […]

One of the greatest complements a dentist can get is when he hands the patient the mirror and hears, "Doc, which one?  I can't see it!  Take this case for example. Note the small old style silver filling with decay right behind it in the groove.  After placing proper retraction this is what is able […]