Inman Park Dentistry

10/05/2025

Enjoy! We donated one of Dr. ARod’s Art sculptures, Twirling Blooms, to the neighborhood, and he just finished installing it this weekend. You’ll find it by the pond behind our office. Be sure to check it out on a windy day!

09/18/2025

We recently sent off 52 POUNDS of your dental waste for recycling!

Bring us your used toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, floss containers, and any other personal dental hygiene waste and drop it in our lobby collection bin. When full, we ship it off to TerraCycle® for recycling, funded by Colgate®.

It's a small step, but that's 52 pounds of plastic that will find a new life.

08/12/2025

Our expansion is complete!

We recently expanded Inman Park Dentistry, with more than double the square footage! Dr. Rodriguez' daughter, Adeline, takes you on a tour...Music by: Bensou...

03/19/2025

GROWING! We've got less than a month of construction left. What a process! Here's a little peek at the past few months of work...

03/19/2025

Painting some custom signage for our upcoming office expansion! I recreated our logo in 3D and iterated a few versions before settling on this and getting to print them for me. Thanks!

01/10/2025

We will be closed tomorrow, Friday, January 10th because of the potential for icy weather. Stay safe and stay off the roads if you can. We will be in touch with those of you whose appointments are directly impacted. Thank you for your understanding.

01/08/2025

Brrrrrrrrrrr!

We’re watching the weather. As of now (1/8/25), we are open as usual the rest of this week. But if the weather event is predicted to bring a lot of ice and dangerous conditions, we may close this Friday.

12/21/2024

The first completed puzzle of 8 different 1014-piece puzzles DrARod made as holiday presents for our staff. Cash prizes for all finishers! This one took his family 6 days. But they had a head start and don’t count, so who is going to be the first real finisher?

11/24/2024

Finally, construction of an expanded Inman Park Dentistry has begun! Today our contractor started demolition of the old Snap Fitness space.

10/13/2024

Should you worry about the mercury in your mouth?

Next year the European Union is banning the use of silver fillings because of their mercury content. Known as amalgam, "silver" fillings are an alloy of mercury, silver, copper, tin & zinc, and have been used by dentists around the world for nearly 200 years to restore billions of teeth.

Importantly, the upcoming E.U. ban is not because of any known health issues from amalgam fillings. Rather the broad mercury ban applies to many industries, with a goal of reducing the overall amount of mercury in the environment wherever possible. Healthcare is one of those affected industries, and the ban applies to new fillings.

But because amalgam fillings are far more durable, easier to place, and cheaper than modern alternatives, public health officials acknowledge that amalgam is the superior choice for much of the developing world. But in the E.U. (and certainly here in our modern city in a prosperous nation), we have the luxury, if not the responsibility, to use more advanced materials and techniques without mercury.

So should you get your old silver fillings removed?
A 2019 review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded that available research did not suggest mercury exposure from dental fillings posed health risks to the general population. Cured amalgam fillings are stable alloys that do not leech mercury. Nevertheless, here at Inman Park Dentistry we have never used amalgam, and we support phasing out the material. But health experts around the world do not advise changing amalgams solely for the purpose of removing the mercury. However, if there is a new cavity forming, or decades of chewing stress is breaking down the filling, or you simply do not like the dark appearance of the amalgam, it certainly can be replaced with modern resin or ceramic options.

10/11/2024

Growing Families
One of our full-time hygienists, Sarah Green, is expecting her first child any day now! We wish her and her family the best of luck and health over these next few months.

While she is out on maternity leave her patients will be seen by Ms. Taneya Heath, a licensed hygienist that has done quite a bit of fill-in work for us over the past year. We are grateful that Taneya is available to help us out while Sarah is away.

10/10/2024

Growing Pains
It might not look like we've made much progress, but our office expansion has begun! The final plans have been submitted to the city, and construction should finally begin within the next few weeks! We are targeting February 2025 as when we will officially be opening the additional space. We hope to remain open during the entirety of construction, but we ask for your patience and understanding with any construction disturbances.