Terrance J. O'Keefe DDS, LLC

Terrance J. O'Keefe DDS, LLC Our office is a place where people have come to chat and share their lives while we take care of the Ultra Modern facility with a very friendly atmosphere.

Exceptional Family Dentistry practicing in Penfield for over 20 years.

Good Morning- ish! A little cloudy from the sun porch … just thinning positively! I used to tell my sons that I LOOK FOR...
03/15/2026

Good Morning- ish! A little cloudy from the sun porch … just thinning positively! I used to tell my sons that I LOOK FOR THE SHINEY SIDE!
Not every gray cloud has a silver lining - but maybe it is full of necessary water for my flowers. Now, I have seen bad that is just bad … but then it is over, and I can move on.
A little ‘pie in the sky’ Doc - well maybe … everyone who knows me has seen my frustrated side - it is not a good look - so I have to remind myself to LOOK FOR THE SHINEY SIDE also.
Just a thought and Word of the Day!
Just for fun - find the Robin in pictures from my porch.
Have a great Day!

Good Morning! It is quite a BLUSTERY DAY outside here on the ‘not to sunny, but very windy porch’. Needed my RIT sweatsh...
03/14/2026

Good Morning! It is quite a BLUSTERY DAY outside here on the ‘not to sunny, but very windy porch’. Needed my RIT sweatshirt and the heater to stay out. Thank you Peter H. for helping me make a Great decision to replace the crazy drafty crank windows, with these high efficiency triple pane sliders by Comfort Windows. A great idea from a great friend … who left us too soon.
The howl of the wind provides a nice background for Classic Rewind on Sirius radio while staying outside.
I am not sure if my trees are rockin’ out or just rocking because of the wind - probably the wind! Well wind and snow in this BLUSTERY event will sure make it cold out there - so be prepared - thick coat and pull your Bills or Sabres down tight!
And BLUSTERY DAY is my word of the Day! (With fun feeder pictures).

Good Morning! I thought that the silly cold was all gone last night … but there are some remnants still around. I can th...
03/13/2026

Good Morning! I thought that the silly cold was all gone last night … but there are some remnants still around. I can think better so it is a paperwork day from home.
Well as I planned my day - I received a FACETIME CALL FROM BRIEN! Talk about an elixir to fix what’s ailing you!
Speaking to my sons on what ever subject they would like, at any time of day or night makes my day Fabulous! BRIEN told me things about what he and Meg are up to, we talked about some world problems (didn’t solve any of them … but is was good to talk them out), and I got to watch BRIEN and his dog Saphie play ball in the yard. It was quite a call!
Besides having a great talk, and enjoying seeing ‘playtime’, I was able to do a tricky screen capture … and capture pictures!
So FACETIME CALL FROM BRIEN is my Word of the Day - and remembering it will make me Happy all day!
Have a Great Day!

Good-ish Morning! It is past 7:30 and I am still sitting on my couch … must mean that I am STILL SICK. Yes, this silly c...
03/12/2026

Good-ish Morning! It is past 7:30 and I am still sitting on my couch … must mean that I am STILL SICK.
Yes, this silly cold has me stuck with chills (I can handle those), very rundown tired (inconvenient for getting anything done), and fuzzy headed so I cannot concentrate (what is keeping me home from work).
I like to be (or at least act) loosey goodie when I work … to keep the mood light - but dental procedures require a great deal of planning and concentration (at least for me). Yesterday and today … I just don’t have it. My patients deserve better than I can offer.
Then there is the ‘sharing’ issue. When I was a young man - a cold was a cold! Yes, that was before the evil CoVid virus, with its many siblings. When you thought you had a cold, you would take a hot shower, some aspirin, maybe a decongestant, go to work and wear a mask more often. Easy Peasy! Now without proof that it is ‘just a cold’ I consider that it could be worse and I won’t risk getting my friends sick.
Dr Cohen is teaching today - so - with no healthy dentist available - I had to close the office. I texted Cami and Heather yesterday to formulate the plan - and it was my decision to close … I hated it … I hate inconveniencing people … but it was the right thing to do. When I return, I will work harder and will find a way to add a few more clinical hours.
So, STILL SICK is my sad word of the day. DayQuill and Vitamin C are on duty to be followed by hot shower and tea - silly cold doesn’t stand a chance!
Have a Great Day

Bad Morning! My unfortunate Word of the Day is SICK. I have been falling behind, working too late and have succumb to a...
03/11/2026

Bad Morning! My unfortunate Word of the Day is SICK. I have been falling behind, working too late and have succumb to a silly respiratory illness - probably a head cold.
It is not evil ManCold, but my head is not clear enough to provide the care and leadership that I should … so I need a SICK day.
I apologize ahead of time to anyone that is inconvenienced by me not being able to work today - I cannot preform to the level you should expect from me. I will make it up to you somehow.
For now it is back to bed for the day, with chicken soup, tea and DayQuil. Have a Great Day!

Good Morning! Quite an adventure at the old Toothbarn yesterday! We were shorthanded, Dr Cohen encountered a glitch in a...
03/10/2026

Good Morning! Quite an adventure at the old Toothbarn yesterday! We were shorthanded, Dr Cohen encountered a glitch in a CEREC project that I have never encountered, and of course evil paperwork is always a nemesis!
Even though I didn’t anticipate the extreme Mondayness … I wore BATMAN SOCKS just in case! ‘Riddle me this’ kind reader - how do I know that the SOCKS will actually give me BATEMAN powers? Well normally Mondays are the ‘Bane’ of my dental week … I feel like a small flightless bird on and open tundra - and that is No Joker! Did you know that Tyna has two cats … yes yes yes in continuing my punny ways - she is a Catwoman!
The final proof came late in the day … I was in my office writing up charts when my foot felt cold as a beam from Mr Freeze ray! I checked my foot and sure enough I had to say “HOLLY SOCK BATMAN” which was enough proof for me.
So BATMAN SOCKS and the proof HOLLY SOCK BATMAN are my Word of the Day!
You just cannot make this stuff up - oh wait - I just did! Have a Great Day!

I have a stumping question from my CEREC friends out there. Today my associate Dentist tried to mill a simple eMax venee...
03/10/2026

I have a stumping question from my CEREC friends out there. Today my associate Dentist tried to mill a simple eMax veneer. Two mills and two fractures - losing the distal incisal area (about a mm squared).
I have been doing CEREC since the red cam, and I thought that fracture was due to too thin a prep - until I looked at the proposal. As you can see … there are some type of artifacts that look like capsules almost at both incisal corners.
Has anyone ever seen these before? And more importantly how to fix/remove them so veneer will mill without fracturing (in the PrimeMill before completion).
Thank you for your help.

Good Morning! Yesterday instead of meeting Ric and gym; then doing a few hours of paperwork at office … I decided to vis...
03/09/2026

Good Morning! Yesterday instead of meeting Ric and gym; then doing a few hours of paperwork at office … I decided to visit Big Brother TIM at his East Aurora house.
TIM has been tirelessly working on this house - transforming it into a Home - for quite a while now! His contractor dropped the ball and wasn’t anywhere near the deadline, so TIM The Builder took over!
I am not sure when TIM learned all of these house repairing skills (and he has Mad Skills from what I saw) - must be a Hero Big Brother Thing!
Besides seeing the house, we had a fabulous breakfast out at The Poked Yolk in town, and celebrated some Christmas too! Of course I could not have forgotten Christmas … my calendar must have stopped again!
Well my clock Is Running (faster than it should be) so I must zoom to the Old Toothbarn to do paperwork and reset all of our clocks!
TIM is and always will be my hero and more than my Word of the Day … but Hero of my life!
Have a Great Day!

Good Morning- ish. Last night I changed my CLOCKS before I went to sleep, so I would be right when I woke up. Well it wa...
03/08/2026

Good Morning- ish. Last night I changed my CLOCKS before I went to sleep, so I would be right when I woke up. Well it was late and I couldn’t remember how to change the Bose speakers and I didn’t even go down to the basement. So now it takes me an hour to come up stairs … unless I turn on music!
So CLOCKS is my Word of the Day - I hope you have more success than I did doing this unnecessary ritual!
Have a Great Day!

Good Morning! For some unknown reason I woke up at 4:30 am and just couldn’t get back to sleep … I felt well rested, so ...
03/07/2026

Good Morning! For some unknown reason I woke up at 4:30 am and just couldn’t get back to sleep … I felt well rested, so here I am!
My to do list is still huge … but I am having a FAILURE TO LAUNCH thing going on.
There are so many places to start, but I don’t really feel like doing any.
Something is sticking in my head from yesterday … and I have still trying to process it. Maybe a mundane paper chase will be good. So FAILURE TO LAUNCH is my Word of the Day - so far and possibly able to be updated later!
Have a Great Day!

Good Morning! It is a good thing that I am catching morning too … because my Word of the Day is GLAZY ICE! This has noth...
03/06/2026

Good Morning! It is a good thing that I am catching morning too … because my Word of the Day is GLAZY ICE!
This has nothing to do with the border patrol fellows - this is the sneaky thin but Very Slippery coating of ICE that I encountered earlier.
I did a triple lutz with a cowtoe while I walked my trash toasts to the curb. I didn’t fall - almost won a gold metal … Russian judge graded me low - but it was close.
Then, I saw an empty GLAZY ICE encased bird feeder! Yes, there was DeerBird drool on it! In my haste to get breakfast served - of forgot what happened in my driveway, and did more acrobatics on my patio (no gold metal there either) and again on the (what should have been just crunchy roughage) mulch. Even the mulch had GLAZY ICE on it!
The feeder was frozen to the pole (a little funny when I tried to lift it and it didn’t move), and there were many little tiny icicles everywhere. I ‘slowly’ (remember - GLAZY ICE) brought the feeder in - removed the ICE, refilled, traversed the GLAZY ICE tundra to replace - and happy Tweets filled the air!
All of that drama was about 30 minutes ago - and the GLAZY ICE has returned on the feeder - so it certainly is on the ground too!
So be careful out there - it is certain to be slippery!
Have a Great Day

Good Morning …. Ok, I totally missed morning … and lunch time … but here is a Word of the Day recap!As my new normal - I...
03/05/2026

Good Morning …. Ok, I totally missed morning … and lunch time … but here is a Word of the Day recap!
As my new normal - I struggled to get out of bed … thoughts of ‘they won’t even notice I am not there’ danced in my head until ‘the show must go on’ replaced them - and I dragged my self to the kitchen for coffee.
That is when UGG #1 happened - the cap came off of my girly creamer! Ahh, how will I keep it fresh? … yes it is taped on for now!
UGG 2 was seeing fuzzy little feet, hanging on my birdfeeder! (I would have gotten a picture … but I was still taping my creamer!)
I looked down and almost missed the fuzzy foot guy … blending in with all of the fallen seed … but on second look - there he was.
Work day was pretty full … but no UGG there (because I reminisced with friends, did some good dental work, laughed a lot and just enjoyed myself).
Now my final UGG, is writing all of the charts from my dental adventures - which is why my feet are on my desk!
So UGG is my Word of the Day in this recap!
Have a Great da … UGG Night!

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