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Dental implants requires a specialist

Increasingly, dentists across Long Island are entrusting their patients to the expert hands of a periodontist. But what is a periodontist, and why are they being referred to so often?

According to American Academy of Periodontology, a periodontist is a dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of periodontal disease and in the placement of dental implants. Periodontists...

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