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The line between dental and medical treatment is not only blurring, it is disappearing. Dental treatments such as dental implant surgery, obstructive sleep apnea therapy or temporomandibular joint disorder equilibration are usually not covered by dental insurance, even though they may be recommended for the patient's continued health. Now, Dr. Milos Boskovic and Dr. Ivanka Srbinovska of Transformation Dental Partners in Tustin CA, are helping their patients use their major medical insurance to help cover the costs of advanced dental treatment.

Dr. Milos Boskovic, of Transformation Dental Partners in Tustin, recently attended a meeting of The Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontists, of which he is an active member, held at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, CA. There is a significant difference between a general dentist and a prosthodontist. After completing four years of dental school, prosthodontists receive three additional years of specialized training in an American Dental Association accredited, university-based, graduate-education program. Dr. Boskovic is one of only about 1,300 Prosthodontic Specialists in the United States.

“Through that decade I had been treating patients and teaching other dentists on how to become proficient in dealing with those complex issues in their daily practice. After a 13-year hiatus I am back at White Memorial Hospital,” remarks Dr. Boskovic. He was asked to get involved again and join the departments for TMJ, Craniofacial Pain, Sleep Apnea, and OroMyofacial Disorders. He accepted the invitation and started teaching and treating patients two times a month on a part time basis in January 2014.

Milos M. Boskovic, DDS and Ivanka Srbinovska, DDS of Transformation Dental Partners, located in Tustin, CA, are having a Website Open House April 29-May 2 on their website www.transformationdentalpartners.com.

The importance of this new system reveals itself when a patient needs a crown, onlay, bridge or veneer. “Patients who are assessed as high risk are more likely to have tooth decay develop underneath crowns,” explains Dr. Milos Boskovic, Transformation Dental Partners prosthodontist. “Based on the patient's specific bacterial profile, CAMBRA helps us treat the cavity-causing bacterial infection and create a treatment plan that lowers the risk of a crown failing because of underlying decay.”

The importance of this new system reveals itself when a patient needs a crown, onlay, bridge or veneer. “Patients who are assessed as high risk are more likely to have tooth decay develop underneath crowns,” explains Dr. Milos Boskovic, Transformation Dental Partners prosthodontist. “Based on the patient's specific bacterial profile, CAMBRA helps us treat the cavity-causing bacterial infection and create a treatment plan that lowers the risk of a crown failing because of underlying decay.”