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To: Dr Markus, Melissa and the great staff at The Centre For Dentistry. I want to thank you so much for detecting the white lesion under my tongue last Tuesday while cleaning my teeth. I know in the past I have never been one to be very punctual as to my six month appointments but for some reason this time, with help and reminders from your staff, I did come in for my appointment on time. Six months ago you introduced me to a liquid screening cancer test, which was optional and not covered by insurance. I accepted and the results were negative. This time Melissa detected a white patch under my tongue while performing her normal cleaning and inspecting. Additional procedures were followed which concluded a very high chance of tongue cancer.

To say the least, I was in shock. I am 62, never been in a hospital, never been sick, have not missed a day of work in 20 years, travel the world and work 70 hours a week. I was at a loss as to what to do. Dr Markus in his always professional manner, directed and counseled me with several phone calls that evening.

I thank you all very very much for doing a great job, detecting the problem and your counsel.

I think I will start having my normal checkups every four months instead of six.

Just as an update, as of today and the process that I am following: I have a friend and a long time business associate at Reed Smith, a law firm in Philadelphia. She is a double breast cancer survivor and continues to doctor today with great success at Penn Medicine. Called her within an hour of getting home, she called Dr David Mintzer, Chief, Section Head of Hematology-Oncology, Penn Medicine, he reviewed the situation and referred me to Jason G Newman, MD also at Penn Medicine. Met with Dr Newman this morning for 45 minutes, followed by a biopsy. His initial feel is that it may or may not be cancer but an unusual lesion. I have a follow up appointment next Monday for the biopsy results. If not cancerous or if it is pre-cancerous he will operate in the office. If it is cancer, he will schedule an operation within a week for its removal. Dr Newman seems very confident that the situation has been caught early and can be resolved within a short period of time without any personal issues or consequences.

Obviously the solution to what could have had dire consequences was brought to light by your great staff. Kathy and I can not thank you enough.

Will keep you updated.

Harry

To Dr. Markus and the Dental DreamTeam,

My first reaction to the reflection in the mirror handed to me after Dr. Stephen Markus completed the restoration of my smile was to exclaim to the good doctor, “You are more than a dentist, you are an artist!” I have never in my seventy plus years been so confident and comfortable speaking and smiling in the company of others. Illness and the ravages of time had taken their toll on my mouth’s health and appearance, but Dr Markus has given me one more blessing to add to my list on many. My heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Markus and his talented and caring staff.

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Rochelle Friedman

Dr Markus ,

After 18 to 20 years of psychiatric drugs, (which usually made me feel
worse) one deviated septum operation, and trying every supplement on the
market I was totally deflated. I am 42 and I was becoming convinced I had
early on-set Alzheimer’s. I was losing not only my vision, but also my
hearing, memory and ability to “think on my feet”.

The severe headaches were becoming common and my joints hurt so bad , I would wince in pain
whenever I would utilize them. You and your staff quickly determined, it was
likely I had heavy metal poisoning. I went to The Chung Institute at your
recommendation. Having the Mercury Laden Amalgam fillings removed by an experienced professional
(you) was the single most important step I could take to restore my health!

Dr. Shin is still working with me to remove the heavy metals. When I first
went to see him, he told me, “get all the silver/mercury fillings removed from your teeth and
then we can proceed.” A lot of people think being poisoned by your fillings
is hooey. I would like to tell them, when they come to their senses, to go
see you and get the poison removed from their mouths.

Thanks,
Geoff

This woman’s testimonial came after decades of dissatisfaction with what her dentist had failed to achieve. She is beautiful now, both inside, and out! See other great cosmetic cases on our main site.

For three years I have been dealing with pain and headaches related to TMJ dysfunction. I have been to countless MD’s and Dentists. After a consultation, Dr. Markus fabricated an NTI-tss device to control my night time clenching and grinding. He also made some adjustments to my bite, after using a very cool device called the Tekscan which measures bite pressure and equilibrium. My first visit was in August 09 and by late September my pain had reduced by half. By November I was virtually pain free! As evidenced by the above, I believe Dr. Markus has the ability to diagnose and treat the most complex joint in the body, the temporomandibular joint. Thanks!
-Scott

Dr. Stephen Markus
Centre for Dentistry
209 White Horse Pike
Haddon Heights, NJ 08035

Nov. 25, 2009

Dear Dr. Markus,
Just a short note to thank you for the many years of excellent dental care that you have provided to me and my family.

Over the past 25 years I have had some unique dental problems which you have always handled promptly and professionally. For that I am very grateful. You have always treated my concerns and questions about my care with the utmost consideration and honesty. As I enter the “ senior citizen “ period of life I know I can contribute my good dental health to your care.

I also want to compliment your staff, who have shown me great kindness over the years. Everyone from your staff is easy to work with, pleasant and helpful.

It has truly been a pleasure to be a patient at the Centre for Dentistry.

Sincerely,
Donna Kovalevich

I am often asked by friends and patients, “Who is YOUR dentist”?

I must tell you that Dr. Steven Markus has been my friend and dentist for many years. His expertise goes without saying and his kindness and genuine desire to be of help to his patients is legendary. Like many great people Dr. Steve is a character, funny, smart and good company. You could not be in better company in a dental office than to have Dr. Markus and his experienced team help you to be dentally healthy and to make your smile something to smile about.

Sander White DDS

Sandy White

Sander White DDS

2193 West Chester Pike

Broomall, PA 19008

Subject: [ACEsthetics] Steve Markus/Inside Dentistry

Hey Steve, that was an incredible article in the May 09 Inside Dentistry. Everyone should read it !!!!

It was a monster effort and so well done . That’s the problem with too many journals , the good stuff can get overlooked . I got a lot out of it , especially the anterior tx. Man , you’re hot!!!!!!!!!

Lorin Berland, DDS Dallas

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Dr. Stephen Markus D.M.D
209 White Horse Pike
Haddon Heights NJ 08035 Dec. 20,2008

Dear Dr. Markus,
I would like to thank you for giving me my quality of life back. After you removed the mercury fillings in my teeth to be exact eight fillings.

As you know I have Menieres, I saw several Doctors and they all told me there was no cure for it and they told me to lay down and rest when I had an attack. These attacks came quite often and some were severe.

I went to see Dr. Chung M.D. for acupuncture treatment, upon his first visit he told me to go have the mercury fillings removed.
Searching the internet, I saw articles about the connections of mercury & Menieres.

Upon more research I found your office and after you removed the mercury fro my teeth I have not had any attacks of symptoms of Menieres, not dizzy, vertigo, or ear pressure.

I now feel like a new person and can resume a normal life and even played golf 5 days in a row!

Thank You for your expert help on this mercury problem.

Dave Rowson
Sewell New Jersey

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Dr Markus,

My wife Donna and I would like to take a few moments to let you know
about your wonderful staff. We’ve been patients of your practice for
many years, but last week we had an experience that deserves a “Well
done!”. Donna developed pain in a tooth during the busiest of weeks –
New Year’s. Dr. Phillips made room in her full schedule to see her.
Donna was referred to an endodontist since she needed a root canal on a
tooth with a crown. Shannon and Betsy both patiently endured panicked
phone calls from me since we were having difficulty finding someone to
take care of Donna. They were able to find us a great endodontist (Dr
Gebbia), to help us get all of our insurance and record information
together, and to reassure us that all would be well. You’d think that
would be enough to make us thrilled – but wait, there’s more! Due to a
difficult recovery from a stomach bug, Donna was unable to tolerate the
antibiotic prescribed by Dr. Phillips. Naturally this happened outside
of business hours, but Dr. Scott (the emergency on-call) responded to
our emergency calls twice on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day. He was
both very helpful and reassuring. Dr. Phillips even followed up with us
personally by calling us at home on her day off to make sure that Donna
was ok and told us to call her if we had any unresolved issues. The
depth of caring by all your office staff has touched us both and we
appreciate that such great people are there when we needed it.

Great job all around!

Rob and Donna Kapischke

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