Forest City, FL Health and Fitness

Since attaining a fellowship in implantology, Michael Koyfman, DMD, has been a player in the evolution of restoration dentistry. He reinforces every patient's smile with hundreds of hours of continuing education and clinical research through the Dental Practice-Based Research Network. Dr. Koyfman offers patients several variations on traditional implants and wind-up dentures: the CEREC procedure eschews tooth impressions for fast, 3-D imaging, and the all-on-four procedure accomplishes full-arch restorations with four implants instead of the customary eight. Dr. Koyfman also pushes the boundaries of dental techniques by using a CT scan, which allows him to make more accurate measurements and provide better treatments for his clients.

Dr. Koyfman's practice is versatile. Looking beyond crowns and abutments, he and his staff oversee orthodontic services, such as Invisalign aligners, as well as cosmetic services, such as Zoom teeth whitening.

Dr. Shilpa Desai, a University of Florida graduate, calls upon years of experience to keep teeth clean, healthy, and gleaming. Services range from routine check-ups to Zoom teeth whitening. Board-certified implant dentist Thomas G. Ford is on-hand to restore grins with crowns and bridges. Desai Dental welcomes patients of all ages, including children and novelty wind-up teeth.

Chief dentist Dr. Susana Moncada founded Windermere Dental Group in order to create a comprehensive dental-care center. Dr. Moncada, who completed thorough training in orthodontic and cosmetic dentistry, performs a variety of services at the practice, and uses the CEREC system—ceramic crowns crafted through 3D photography—to restore smiles within one visit.

As she works, patients can enjoy their choice of movies, watching through goggles, listening through surround sound, and affecting the outcome by yelling at the characters. Classical music can also waft through the treatment room as Dr. Moncada nestles fillings into teeth or replaces missing ones with implants or dental bridges.

Doctor of Chiropractic Jason Farmer needed a chiropractor before he became one. Suffering from scoliosis as a child, he went to his family chiropractor, whose hands-on techniques kept him out of the operatory and in sports. Wanting to take costly, risky surgery out of the equation for others, Dr. Farmer attended Palmer College of Chiropractic, the world's oldest chiropractic school, where he eventually became a teacher.

Now ensconced at Orlando Chiropractic and Physical Rehab, LLC, Dr. Farmer treats his patients with spinal rehabilitation therapy (SRT). This therapy seeks to reverse the five components of spinal injury, such as pain and loss of motion, with a combination of traditional chiropractic adjustments, massage, and physical rehab. He and the team demonstrate their devotion to patients by taking time to get to know them during consultations and listening to questions and concerns while helping devise a treatment plan. If, through careful examination, Dr. Farmer believes he can't help a patient, he and the staff work to locate someone who can, either through extensive research or by making smoke signals in doctor script.

Roberto Gil, DMD, and Lissette Bernal, DDS, have laid down their swords in the ongoing battle to determine who possesses the most legitimate acronym and joined forces to fight a common enemy: the fear of smiling. They channel their experience into helping patients maintain or reach a point of brandishing pearly whites without shame, drawing from a menu of cosmetic and preventive treatments for children and adults. Using a combination of digital imaging technology and echolocation, the doctors and their staff of technicians can thoroughly scan each patient’s teeth and pinpoint problem areas before they become unmanageable. In addition, they offer porcelain veneers and teeth-whitening procedures to ensure that teeth remain unblemished.

At Seminole Chiropractic Center, Doctor of Chiropractic Karl Lewin treats ailing backs and necks that cause strain on his patients' everyday lives. Alongside chiropractic adjustments that can relieve back pain, headaches, and whiplash, the center offers massages from a licensed practitioner. These treatments include therapeutic, relaxation, and deep-tissue massages, as well as prenatal massages, which soothe expectant mothers whose joints and muscles are tight from quality testing baby cribs.