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Charles Payet

About Charles Payet

My profession and passion are one and the same: I've been a Charlotte dentist since 1999, and if you're in need of a dental office, we'll gladly welcome you. We offer most of the most modern technology available and a unique and broad combination of services. We know the dentist isn't the most fun place to be, but we try to make it the best possible, and since I truly love my job, we aim to offer the best dental care possible.

Sleep apnea tied to increased risk of stroke; Even mild sleep apnea puts men in danger, study finds

Sleep apnea tied to increased risk of stroke; Even mild sleep apnea puts men in danger, study finds. Here is a topic that is so incredibly important for all men (and women), because it is still so underdiagnosed.  Even more importantly, few patients know that your DENTIST may be able to help treat both snoring and sleep apnea with some oral appliance therapy, such as those found on the www.ihatecpap.com website. Another great resource is the www.SnoringIsntSexy.com website and blog, written by a friend and colleague Dr. Larry Barsh.  I'm including a couple self-tests/questionnaires here, courtesy of Dr. Barsh. Watermark ARES Questionnaire (you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader - click here to download for free) Snoring and Sleep Apnea Self-awareness Toolkit The take-away message here is loud and clear: Snoring and/or sleep apnea are a major health problem; don't ignore them, or you could literally be cutting your life short.

By | 2017-06-09T20:42:55-04:00 November 7th, 2010|ANNOUNCEMENTS, Sleep Apnea & Snoring, Snoring|0 Comments
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Waiving Dental Insurance Co-Pays is Fraud!

"My Old Dentist Didn't Make Me Pay the Co-Pay.  Why Won't You?" Fortunately, this is not a question I hear very often, but from colleagues around the country, I know that more and more patients are asking that their co-pays be waived, and more and more dentists are doing it.  Heck, some dentists are even ADVERTISING it!  But there's something VERY important that every dentist and every patient should know: Waiving Dental Insurance Co-Pays is ILLEGAL Did you know that, if your dentist waives the co-pay for your dental treatment, s/he is actually committing insurance fraud?  And that you are a participant in it?  Kind of scary, but around the US, a number of dentists have actually been prosecuted and sent to jail for such insurance fraud.  This is a very serious matter!  Read what Delta Dental has to say on the issue: [...]

By | 2017-06-09T20:42:58-04:00 November 6th, 2010|ANNOUNCEMENTS, Dental Insurance|0 Comments
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We're Moving!

Again, you might ask!?  Yes, but not our real office.  We're just getting ready to move our blog to a new one that will also be combined with a re-built and re-designed www.SmilesbyPayet.com.  It will make it so much easier to keep up with our practice!  In addition, there will be some cool new features added to our Facebook page, and soon you'll see better integration of Facebook, Twitter, this blog, and the several websites for our practice.  Stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe!

By | 2017-06-09T20:43:00-04:00 October 18th, 2010|ANNOUNCEMENTS|0 Comments
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NPR and Dan Ariely on Dentistry

First off, let me say that I have been an NPR supporter (yes, including financial support) for many years, so please do not misunderstand my post and think I am bashing NPR itself.  HOWEVER.........I have an axe to grind with Mr. Robert Siegel of All Things Considered, the evening news program that used to be one of my favorite programs for the drive home from work. And it all has to do with the particular intervew with Professor Dan Ariely, of Duke's Fuqua School of Business in Durham, NC, about dentistry, which was aired on Tuesday, October 5th.  Please take a moment to read the transcript: [...]

By | 2017-06-09T20:43:03-04:00 October 11th, 2010|Broken tooth, Bulimia, Cavities|0 Comments
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The Southern Women’s Show from a Dentist’s View

Well, it's been almost 2 whole days for Smiles by Payet Dentistry here at the SWS, and it's been a blast.  Admittedly, as a happily married guy, I've probably not enjoyed it as much as the women or as if I were single :-) , but it's been a blast as an exhibitor for the first time (it won't be the last for sure).  We put a lot of work into our booth, so of course we'd love it if you stopped by Booth 204-206, which is right by the Fashion Stage to the left of the Main Entrance. A couple of my awesome staff, Rosie and Kay, set it up with some help from Kay's friends, Patti and Chuck. Check it out: It's a lot of fun watching people, of course, and it's been fun watching people and getting to talk to so many as they go by, or as they stop and ask questions about our Oxyfresh Fresh Breath products, the Six Month Clear Adult Braces, Laser Periodontal Therapy, or Invisalign.  Since I have my camera with me, fellow professional photographers do stop to chat as we're shooting the fashion shows (it's easy to spot us with big white lenses LOL); we've also gotten to meet a number of the models after they've finished their shows, and I'm excited to say [...]

By | 2017-06-09T20:43:05-04:00 September 17th, 2010|ANNOUNCEMENTS, Cosmetic dentistry, Dental Care Payment Options, Dental photography, LANAP - Laser Surgery for Gum Disease, Laser Dentistry, Periodontal (Gum) Disease, Six-Month Braces|0 Comments
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Dentistry at the Southern Women’s Show in Charlotte

Did you know the Southern Womens Show is coming to Charlotte for it's annual event starting TOMORROW!?!?!?  No?  HELLLLLLOOOOOO!!!!!!!!  :-)  You been hiding under a rock?  LOL And even BETTER, even if you knew that it was happening on Sept. 16th-20th at The Park Expo and Convention Center (formerly the Charlotte Merchandise Mart) just off Independence Blvd. near Bojangles Arena and Ovens Auditorium (if you need better directions than that, check out this link :-) ), did you know that Smiles by Payet Dentistry will be there?  Probably not!  But we will be, and I'll be blogging about it throughout the weekend.  This is our first time having a booth at the SWS, and we're really excited.  Come by and visit us at Booth 204-206; trust me, you really won't be able to miss us......we're practically right next to the stage, the food court, the makeup booths for Belk, and 107.9 The LINK radio station. We'll have information on our most popular and unique mix of services: Laser Periodontal TherapyTM - the most effective and comfortable treatment for mild, moderate, and even the most severe gum disease 6MonthSmiles Clear Adult Braces -- get that straight smile and FREE Whitening in only 6 months, and Comprehensive Orthodontics for Teens -- it's really convenient to have your kids' regular dentist for cleanings also offer braces for your pre-teens and teens; it's all in 1 place! Like I said, I'll be blogging through the weekend, so keep an eye out.  We have some great specials and some fun prizes to win, too, so don't forget to enter your name. See you at the Southern Women's Show!

By | 2017-06-09T20:43:07-04:00 September 15th, 2010|ANNOUNCEMENTS|0 Comments
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Saving Teeth from Gum Disease and the Trash Can – Ain’t This Awesome?

Having practiced dentistry now for 12 years, I've seen a lot of different stuff, tried different technologies, different techniques, etc.  Most of it works pretty well, some of it we discard and look for something new or better, and occasionally we scrap the new and return to the tried-and-true techniques and methods that have been around for a long time.  The ultimate goal, of course, is to provide the best dentistry possible that will last the longest time, right?  Because after all, I know that you want to sit in my chair as little as possible.  :-) LANAP and Six-Month Braces for Healthy Gums and Straight Teeth Of all the different things we do, though, there is now 1 that is just so incredibly satisfying to provide our patients, and that is LANAP, or Laser-Assisted New Attachment Protocol, which we perform with our Periolase MVP-7 laser.  First of all, it's is just pretty cool that we have a laser!  (Imagine here Dr. Evil from Austin Powers putting his fingers up and saying "Laser"  LOL)  But what's simply AWESOME about having the Periolase is what we can do with it, and that is to treat periodontal (gum) disease more comfortably and effectively than anything else available.  Because of how amazingly well the Periolase works, it is just this terrific feeling we get every time we treat a patient, or when we see patients coming back in for follow-ups, because they actually LIKE coming to see us!  And I have to tell you, there aren't many things that patients WANT and LIKE coming to see us about.  The other one, of course, is [...]

By | 2017-06-09T20:43:10-04:00 August 19th, 2010|LANAP - Laser Surgery for Gum Disease, Laser Dentistry, Periodontal (Gum) Disease|0 Comments
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Six-Month Braces if you have Gum Disease? YES!

Patients with periodontal (gum) disease often end up being very embarrassed about their smiles, because as the disease progresses and more bone is lost, the teeth start drifting.  It's not uncommon to see the teeth flared out with a lot of spaces between them, or the bottom front teeth really crowded as the teeth shifted with the bone being lost. Very often, these cases are the kind that would respond very well with our Six Month Braces, but there's a little problem......if you try to move teeth with braces while there is active gum infection going on, you will only make the situation worse, with the result being even more bone loss, more gum recession, and eventually even looser teeth than before you started.  While it might seem like your smile is improving during the process, once the braces came off, and the support they provided was gone, you'd suddenly realize you were closer than ever to losing your teeth entirely.  So it's not uncommon that people simply become resigned to not only having gum disease, bad breath, etc., but to living with a smile that embarrasses them. Now There is a Way! As one of only 4 dental offices in the city of Charlotte (along with 1 in Salisbury and 1 in Fort Mill, SC) with the Periolase MVP-7 dental laser, with which we perform Laser Periodontal Therapy(TM), a patented procedure that treats gum disease more effectively and more comfortably than any other procedure currently available, we can actually regenerate bone and healthy gum attachment.  And THAT is why it allows us to offer patients a way to not only save their teeth from gum disease and dentures, but also to give them a [...]

By | 2017-06-09T20:43:15-04:00 August 13th, 2010|Dental Care Payment Options, Dental Insurance, LANAP - Laser Surgery for Gum Disease, Laser Dentistry, Periodontal (Gum) Disease, Six-Month Braces|0 Comments
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Dr. Oz talks about Periodontal (Gum) Disease and Total Health

I guess it's because I don't watch a lot of TV, but I confess that - until quite recently - I had absolutely no idea who this guy Dr. Oz is.  A friend recently told me that Dr. Oz has some really good material about dental health that can be shared, and since it's sometimes easier to use someone else's material instead of having to write it all from scratch myself  :-) , I figured I'd check it out, and WOW!  I'm impressed!  It's sad to say, but many physicians really have no idea about how the health of the mouth is connected to the rest of the body, and how valuable their dental colleagues can be in diagnosing a number of medical conditions.  Dr. Oz is definitely not one of them!  I'll kick things off here with one of his articles.  I have added some bold italics for emphasis (all mine). [...]

By | 2017-06-09T20:43:20-04:00 July 13th, 2010|Broken tooth, Bruxism & Parafunction, Bulimia, Cavities, Migraine headaches, Periodontal (Gum) Disease, Sleep Apnea & Snoring, Snoring|0 Comments
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Is There a Comfortable Treatment for Periodontal (Gum) Disease? YES!

I just got off the phone with one of our patients from yesterday for whom we had done LANAP, also known as Laser Periodontal TherapyTM, as I wanted to check and see how she is doing today.  And even though I have heard the same exact story practically every single time, I still find it wonderful to hear, and so I wanted to relate it to you (I'll ask her at her first follow-up appt. next week if she wouldn't mind doing a short video herself): Bear in mind......this lady has moderately advanced periodontal (gum) disease, and so when we were doing her treatment yesterday, we had to do a LOT, not just with the Periolase itself, but also with the ultrasonic scaler/cleaner that we use to remove all of the tough tartar build-up; to treat her whole mouth took about 2.5 hours, so she was in our office for quite some time.  Fortunately, she was able to watch Dr. Phil during the procedure, which kept her pretty well distracted LOL. So what did she say when I asked her how she felt immediately afterwards and also today?  Basically, she said that she took just 1 (ONLY ONE!!!!) 800mg Ibuprofen tablet yesterday "just in case," but since then, she has had practically no pain, and only a tiny bit of soreness, and she has not had to take ANY further pain medication of any kind!  That is one of the things I simply LOVE about doing LANAP -- even though we are treating the gum disease very aggressively, the physical properties of the laser stimulate healing so much and soothe the body so much, that patients are always amazed at how well they feel afterwards. [...]

By | 2017-06-09T20:43:24-04:00 June 11th, 2010|LANAP - Laser Surgery for Gum Disease, Periodontal (Gum) Disease, Six-Month Braces|0 Comments
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