February 18, 2012
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Dr. Mark and Hygienist Dawn volunteered at the annual “Give Kids a Smile” at Edison State College Dental Hygiene Program.
February 16, 2012
Dr. Phillip was voted in as a member of the Lee County Dental Society.
February 15, 2012
Drs. Mark and Phillip volunteered at Project Dentist Care at the Fort Myers Salvation Army where they did pain control dental work on the disadvantaged.
February 9, 2012
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Cape Dental Care sponsored the Cape Coral Art League’s “Fine Feathered Friends” Show. It was a great turn out with Dr. Phillip presenting the awards. The show runs until March 5 and is a must see show of local talent! Many of our patients and friends were in attendance including Terry Halek who painted a beautiful rendition of our office’s aviary.
January 28,2012
Drs. Mark and Phillip participated in the Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce Business Expo in the Pine Island Road BJ’s parking lot from 9am to 3pm. They promoted our new Dental Sleep Medicine of Southwest Florida, LLC practice. Many people stopped by to tell us they wanted to use an intra-oral appliance instead of their CPAP.
January 27, 2012
Dr. Mark had his own sleep study at Cape Coral Hospital. It really wasn’t as bad as it looks! At least that’s what I keep telling myself.
January 25, 2012
Wink 5 News came into our office and interviewed Dr. Phillip Kraver on our promotional on Living Social. It was aired later that night on the news at 10:30pm.
January 21, 2012
Dr. Phillip Kraver volunteers to be a judge at the Edison Regional Science Fair. There he met and became friends with Dr. Joseph Mitchell and dentist in Fort Myers who also has two little children.
January 19, 2012
Drs. Mark and Phillip Kraver attend continuing education at the Lee County Dental Association monthly meeting on “Compounding Pharmacy” presented by Myer-Lee Pharmacy.
January 01, 2012
The doctors at Cape Dental Care have launched a new practice at our office, Dental Sleep Medicine of Southwest Florida, LLC.
December 9-10, 2011
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Drs. Mark and Phillip, Nita Kraver (Office Manager), Teri and Bev (Receptionists) attended a continuing education course on Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Medical Billing at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens in preparation for launching our new Dental Sleep Medicine of Southwest Florida, LLC.
December 7, 2011
Drs. Mark and Phillip volunteered at Project Dentist Care at the Fort Myers Salvation Army where they did pain control dental work on the disadvantaged.
December 3, 2011
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Dr. Phillip, Dental Hygienists Dawn and Jennifer volunteered at the Community Out-Reach in East Fort Myers and did dental exams for the disadvantaged.
November 30, 2011
Drs. Mark and Phillip Kraver and Nita Kraver participated in an internet webinar on Obstructive Sleep Apnea sponsored by Sleep Group Solutions.
November 18-20, 2011
Dr. Phillip Kraver attended a continuing education course on dental lasers in Las Vegas. There he studied in a live patient course how to do laser restorations (fillings, crowns), Photon Induced Photo-acoustic Streaming – PIPS (laser root canals) and Wave-lenght Optimized Periodontal Therapy – WPT (laser periodontal surgery).
November 17, 2011
Dr. Mark Kraver attended Continuing Education at the Lee County Dental Association on “Medical Errors and Domestic Violence.” These are mandatory courses for the renewal of all Florida State dental licensee. The national hotline for reporting domestic violence is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).
November 11-12, 2011
Dr. Phillip Kraver attended a continuing education course called “Implant 2.0 – Principles and Practice for Immediate Loading of Dental Implants” at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It was sponsored by the Department of Prosthodontics and taught by Drs. Lyndon Cooper, Mathew Hopfensperger, Glenn Reside.
November 9, 2011
Annual OSHA Training was presented at our office by Nita Kraver, RD
November 2, 2011
Annual Blood Born Pathogen Training was presented at our office by Nita Kraver, RD
October 29, 2011
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on Avadent digital dentures by Global Dental Science, LLC in Tampa.
October 21-22, 2011
Dr. Phillip Kraver and Nita Kraver attended a continuing education course on Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Tampa.
October 20, 2001
Drs. Mark and Phillip Kraver attend continuing education at the Lee County Dental Association monthly meeting on “Salivary Diagnostics/Clinical Lab Testing” presented by Oral DNA Labs.
October 13, 2011
The News-Press runs an article about the father and son dental team at Cape Dental Care. The article points out our family values, many of the advanced technologies used at our office and how both have benefited our patients.
October 12, 2011
The long awaited launch of Cape Dental Care’s new website. The old website was made almost entirely with flash illustrations/movies, therefore, was not very easy to edit and to add patient education materials. The new site is written on the renowned WordPress platform and this will allow our doctors the room and latitude to write interesting blog posts and to add important information about our office. We will be working out the bugs for some time to come. Thanks for your patience.
October 10, 2011
Cape Dental Care launches a new feature to our FaceBook page designed to increase the health our patients. If you “Like Us” on our page, we will give you a xylitol sampler package to show our appreciation. This sampler package will introduce our patients to a variety of xylitol products that are on the market today. You can also take advantage of this program if you write a Google Maps review of our practice. There will also be a QR Code displayed in each operator, in the reception area and at the front desk for you to use your smart phone’s scanner to “Like Us” on our FaceBook page. Thank you for your continued support!
October 10, 2011
Dr. Phillip Kraver appears on FOX 4 “The Morning Blend” where he introduces our office and our many advanced dental technologies we provide for our patients. He spoke about dental implants, cone beam CT’s, laser root canals, TMJ treatments, xylitol sugar, and of course our aviary. You can watch it on our Facebook page.
September 27, 2011
Drs. Mark and Phillip Kraver attended a DenMat/Henry Schein sponsored seminar illustrating how to use Snap-on-Smiles.
September 15, 2011
Dr. Mark and wife Nita along with Dr. Phillip and wife Jenny attended the annual Lee County Dental Association “Meet and Greet” at the University Grill. The young Dr. Kraver was able to meet many of the local specialists and local general dentists who attended the event.
September 3, 2011
Drs. Mark and Phillip Kraver along with youngest son James attend an advanced dental implant prosthetics course at Nova Southeastern University College of Dentistry called “Anything but the Denture! Solutions for the Debilitated patient.” James Kraver is attending Indian River State College and is studying to become a Certified Dental Laboratory Technician.
August 20, 2011
Drs. Mark and Phillip Kraver attend a refresher course on IV conscious sedation/Advanced Cardiac Life Support in Tampa. They sat with one of our old associate dentists, Dr. Brian Olitsky.
August 5, 2011
Cape Dental Care is certified by the State of Florida Board of Dentistry to provide IV conscious sedation to our patients.
July 5, 2011
Dr. Phillip Kraver joins the Cape Dental Care practice. Good Luck Dr. Phillip, and welcome home!
June 30, 2011
Dr. Phillip Kraver completes a year long post-graduate GPR program at the Medical College of Georgia. There he received further training in advanced dentistry, hospital base dentistry, implant dentistry, bone grafting, full mouth reconstruction, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and IV sedation. He will be relocating his family to Cape Coral where he will be practicing with his father Dr. Mark Kraver.
June 24, 2011
Dr. Kyle Kromrey accepts a new position in West Palm Beach, his home town. We will all miss him very much. He has become an outstanding dentist and close friend. He will be taking a month’s hiatus backpacking in Southeast Asia before putting his nose back to the grindstone. Good Luck Dr. Kyle!
June 11, 2011
Dr. Mark Kraver attends the Florida National Dental Convention at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando. There he researched advancements in dental technology.
March 24,2011
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Oral Medicine and Pathology for the Practicing Dentist.”
February 17, 2011
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Parkinson’s Disease and Dentistry.”
January 27, 2011
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Trouble Shooting Problems with Partial and Complete Dentures.”
January 5, 2011
Cape Dental Care purchased an advanced Cone Beam Computerized Tomography (CBCT) for the office. It will greatly assist our doctors in planning implant cases, evaluating wisdom teeth and other impacted teeth, look into the patient sinus cavities, and have a better 3 dimensional looks at oral pathology.
December 29, 2010
Cape Dental Care acquires new technology. With the purchase a Vatech/Ewoo PaX-Duo3D cone-beam CT scanner, we now have the most advanced digital imagining available to the field of dentistry. It will be used to plan dental implants, assist in root canal fillings, look for pathology, and to do airway management for sleep apnea. We are welcoming other dentist in the surrounding community to take advantage of this powerful technology.
November 18, 2010
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Dentistry, Dental Implants and the Law.”
October 22-24, 2010
Dr, Mark Kraver is certified in Wavelength-optimized Periodontal Therapy (WPT) laser periodontal surgery treatment in Whitefish, Montana.
October 9, 2010
Dr. Mark Kraver attends the Annual American Dental Association Convention at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando. There he researched new dental equipment and took continuing education courses in cosmetic dentistry, minimally invasive root canals, pedodontic stainless steal crowns, and advancements in dental implants.
September 17-19, 2010
Dr, Mark Kraver is certified in Photon Induced Photo-acoustic Streaming (PIPS) laser root canal treatment in Whitefish, Montana.
September 9, 2010
Dr. Mark Kraver attended continuing education in Ft. Myers on “Digital Dentistry: Applications for the Dental Team.”
August 6, 2010
Cape Dental Care acquires new technology. We are proud to announce that we now have an advanced Erbium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet/Neodymium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Lares Research, PowerLase AT, Er:YAG/Nd:YAG) cold laser. This will enable us to do laser root canals, laser emergency pulpal debridements (toothaches), laser periodontal surgery, remove hemangioma, treat herpes and Human Papilloma virus lesions, bio-stimulation, and well as some types of fillings without anesthesia.
July 5, 2010
Dr. Kyle Kromrey joined the Cape Dental Care as a resident associate for one year. He will be studying all the advanced dental techniques we have to offer at our office and will be attending multiple continuing education courses during his residency. He was one of Phillip Kraver’s dental school classmates.
June 16, 2010
Dr. Mark Kraver attended continuing education in Naples, FL on “Bicon SHORT Implants: Practical and Advanced Techniques.”
June 14, 2010
Phillip Kraver graduated from the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Magna Cum Laude with a Doctorate of Medical Dentistry. He will be attending a hospital base General Practice Residency in Augusta, Georgia for one year.
March 18, 2010
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “The TMJ Connection”
March 5, 2010
Dr. Mark Kraver attended continuing education in Ft. Myers on “Endodontic Solutions: Strategies for Predictable Longterm Endodontic Success.”
February 18, 2010
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Maximizing Your Potential as a Restorative Team.”
February 2, 2010
Dr. Mark Kraver attended continuing education at the Gaylord Palm Resort in Orlando on “Leukocytic Platelet Rich Fibrin.”
January 21,2010
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Medical Errors and Domestic Violence.”
November 15, 2009
Cape Dental Care acquired advanced technology called the Cadent iTero digital impression system. It allows us to take digital laser scans of the teeth instead of those gooey impressions for making crowns, bridges and implant crowns.
October 15, 2009
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Patient Specific Abutments.”
September 24, 2009
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course by Straumann and Cadent iTero on “Advances in Implant Restorative Techniques and Digital Technology” in Fort Myers at Southwest Florida Oral and Facial Surgery.
September 9, 2009
Dr. Mark Kraver and staff received biannual CPR and AED training at our office.
August 28, 2009
Dr. Mark and wife Nita go to LasVegas to attend a continuing education course on “Cone Beam CT Technology and Pathology” sponsored by Gendex and presented by Dr. James Mah.
August 20-22, 2009
Dr. Mark Kraver, senior dental student Phillip Kraver, and Nita Kraver attend the International Congress of Oral Implantology World Congress XXVI in Vancouver, Canada. They took 17 hours of advanced bone grafting, sinus lift surgery, computer guide surgical guides and implant placement courses. Dr. Kraver received his Fellowship in the ICOI and Nita Kraver became a certified Implant Coordinator.
April 16, 2009
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “The 10 Decisions for Predictable Case Planning.”
March 28 – April 5, 2009
Dr. Mark Kraver and Junior Dental Student Phillip Kraver go to Guatemala City, Guatemala for a week long dental mission trip with the University of Florida College of Dentistry Christian Dental Society.
March 19, 2009
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Antibiotic Use in Dentistry.”
February 28, 2009
Dr Mark Kraver participates in Children’s Dental Health Day at Edison Community College School for Hygiene.
January 31, 2009
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on “Treating Periodontal Disease Using the “Perio Protect Method™” in Tampa.
December 4-6, 2008
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a “Head and Neck Cadaver Dissection” course at the University of Florida, St. Petersburg GPR campus taught by Dr. Henry Gremillion.
November 12, 2008
Annual OSHA/Bloodborne Pathogen Training by Stericycle
November 20, 2008
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Improving Restorative Outcome Through Periodontal Surgery.”
October 23, 2008
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Obstructive Sleep Apnea.”
September 19, 2008
Dr. Mark Kraver is flown to Chicago to look at the PlanMeca cone beam CT scanner for possible purchase by Atlanta Dental.
September 7, 2008
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a workshop by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on “Dental Coding of Victims and Forensic Odontotology” in Orlando.
June 28, 2008
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a live surgery course on the Hatch Reamer Sinus Lift with Plasma Rich Protein” in Los Angels presented by Dr. Jin Kim.
March 8-16, 2008
Dr. Mark Kraver and Sophomore Dental Student Phillip Kraver go to Tegucigalpa, Honduras for a week long dental mission trip with the University of Florida College of Dentistry Christian Dental Society.
January 26-27, 2008
Dr. Mark Kraver completed the “Hands-on Implant placement and Bone Management Course” by Implant Seminars in Orlando. This was a hands-on cadaver course that involved every aspect of implant placement, including bone grafting and sinus lift grafts.
January 25, 2008
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on “Principles for Successful Oral Implantology PART 2″ in Naples sponsored by BioHorizons and presented by Dr. Randolph Resnik.
January 17, 2008
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Domestic Violence and Medical Errors: Update on Laws & Rules.”
November 29-December 1, 2007
Dr Mark Kraver attended PART 2 of “Craniofacial Pain and Pathofunction – Temporomandibular Disorder: Current Concepts” at the Parker Mayhan Craniofacial Pain Center at the University of Florida College of Dentistry presented by Dr. Henry Gremillion.
November 14, 2007
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “New Dental Materials and Techniques.”
November 9, 2007
Annual OSHA/Bloodborne Pathogen Training by Stericycle
October 10, 2007
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on “Principles for Successful Oral Implantology PART 2″ in Naples sponsored by BioHorizons and presented by Dr. Randolph Resnik.
October 2007-May 2008
Dr. Mark Kraver completed the “Implant Dentistry Continuum” by Implant Seminars in N. Miami Beach. This was a hands-on lecture series that was 160 hours of continuing education involving every aspect of implant placement, including mini dental implants and oral conscious sedation.
August 16-18, 2007
Dr Mark Kraver attended PART 1 of Craniofacial Pain and Pathofunction – Temporomandibular Disorder: Current Concepts at the Parker Mayhan Craniofacial Pain Center at the University of Florida College of Dentistry presented by Dr. Henry Gremillion.
June 6, 2007
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on “Principles for Successful Oral Implantology” in Naples sponsored by BioHorizons and presented by Dr. Randolph Resnik.
April 19, 2007
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Porcelain Repair and Bonded Restorations.”
February 15, 2007
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Current Popular Diagnostic Tests.”
January 18, 2007
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Forensic Dentistry.”
November 16, 2006
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Perio Bone Grafting.”
November 14, 2006
Annual OSHA/Bloodborne Pathogen Training by Stericycle
October 19, 2006
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Hypertension: The Dental Implications.”
October 12-14, 2006
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on “Computer Guide Occlusion” in Cocoa Beach. It was sponsored by TekScan and was presented by Dr. Robert B. Kerstein and trained with lecture, software training and hands-on live case presentation.
July 29, 2006
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on “CERAC 3D – Design, Decorate, & Delivery” in Orlando. It was sponsored by Patterson Dental Supply and was presented by Dr. Alex Touchstone.
May 6, 2006
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on “NobelGuide” in Ft. Myers. It was sponsored by Nobel Biocare USA and was presented by Dr. Brian Young. This was a computer guided implant placement course.
March 24-25, 2006
Dr. Mark Kraver and dental assistant Phillip Kraver attended a continuing education hand-on course on “The Art of Digital Dental Photography” in Chicago conducted by the Hornbrook Group.
January 19, 2006
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Approach to Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.”
January 12, 2006
Dr. Mark Kraver received online ArcMesa Educators continuing education credit for “Ethic & Jurisprudence.” This is a mandatory course for the renewal of all Florida State dental licensee.
November 9, 2005
Annual OSHA/Bloodborne Pathogen Training by Stericycle
November 25, 2005
Cape Dental Care acquires advanced technology called the TekScan and Joint Vibration Analysis from BioResearch. It will aid our doctors in the diagnosis and treatment of TMJ disorders and myofacial pain. It will enable them to do exact/precision compete equilibrations of the teeth to help in the long term success of crown/bridge and implants case.
August – November 2005
Dr. Mark Kraver and dental assistant Phillip Kraver attended a continuing education hand-on course on “Full Mouth Synergy” in Ft. Lauderdale conducted by the Hornbrook Group. This was a 60 hour live patient course in which every tooth in the mouth was restored to optimal health, beauty and function.
June 3-5, 2005
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education course on “Ultimate Occlusion” in Washington, D.C. conducted by the Hornbrook Group. This was a 22 hour course in which Dr. Kraver was introduced to the TekScan and Joint Vibration Analysis.
March 27, 2005
Dr. Mark Kraver and staff received biannual CPR and AED training at our office.
February 10, 2005
Dr. Mark Kraver received online ArcMesa Educators continuing education credit for “Prevention of Medical Errors”, “HIV/AIDS: Revised Health care Edition” and “Domestic Violence”. These are mandatory courses for the renewal of all Florida State dental licensee.
November 17, 2004
Annual OSHA/Bloodborne Pathogen Training by Stericycle
October 21, 2004
Continuing Education taken at the Lee County Dental Association on “Quality Periodontics into Restorative Dentistry.”
July 30-31, 2004
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a workshop on “Cerinate Smile Design” in Tampa sponsored by the American Society for Clinical Research.
June 17-18, 2004
Dr. Mark Kraver attended continuing education courses on “Definative Periodontal Treatment”, “Perio-Esthetics”, “Advances in Non-surgical and Surgical Periodontics”, “Successful encounters with Kids” and “Oral Sedation: Simple, Safe, Sure” in Orlando at the Florida National Dental Congress.
April – May, 2004
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a continuing education hand-on course on “Functional Anterior Aesthetics” in Houston conducted by the Hornbrook Group. This was a 60 hour live patient course in which the top front 10 teeth in the mouth was restored to optimal health, beauty and function.
November 7-8, 2003
Dr. Mark Kraver attended a course on “Dental Office Design” in Atlanta sponsored by T.H.e. Designs. This is when Dr. Kraver decided to knock down the old office and build our new one.