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The Eco-Dentistry Association's "Featured Member"
www.ecodentistry.org
Dr. Steven Koos, DDS MD is leading the way with the concept of sustainability among dental specialists in the United States. He is a dual-degreed, board certified oral and Maxillofacial surgeon who has not only built the first green Oral surgery practice in the nation, but also is the first to practice green healthcare. The combination of these features at Dr. Koos’ LEED certified office - ORA® Oral Surgery & Implant Studio, located at 1827 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, is truly unique to dentistry and medicine as a whole.
ORA® Oral Surgery & Implant Studio is a state-of-the-art healing facility that was designed from the ground up to be free of persistent bio-accumulative toxins, volatile organic compounds, and other harmful chemicals that are commonly found throughout the dental and medical industry. Some of ORA®’s landmark achievements include the elimination/non-use of PVC, DEHP, Bisphenol A, Bis-GMA, brominated flame retardants, latex, lead, hazardous sterilization chemicals and mercury. In addition, ORA® is the first dental facility to generate ZERO bio-hazardous waste, which means they completely avoid the harmful incineration of this toxic material into the environment.
For Dr. Koos, the delivery of green healthcare has become “a mission that requires a commitment for constant collaboration with other like-minded clinicians and organizations in order to share ideas and re-think the many conventional practices within the industry that are wasteful.” Dr. Koos is a member of the Advisory Board of the Eco Dentistry Association, the United States Green Building Council, an official endorser of the Green Guide for Health Care and has partnered with the World Health Organization, Health Care Without Harm, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program. Dr. Koos is also a recent graduate of the 2009 Leadership in Green Healthcare curriculum offered by the Teleosis Institute.
“Wellness-based dental care has always been at the essence of my practice, but I have expanded this concept to embrace the mantra - what is good for the planet is good for the patient”, says Dr. Koos. Whether it be the removal of wisdom teeth, corrective jaw surgery, or the placement of dental implants, “an eco-friendly, minimally invasive treatment philosophy that upholds the Precautionary Principle is what guides the care our team delivers every day.”
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Chicago Oral Surgery
Welcome to Downtown Chicago's most unique oral surgery practice, providing comfortable sedation dentistry in a relaxed environment for procedures like tooth replacement with dental implants, removal of wisdom teeth, dentures stabilized by dental implants, extraction of teeth, treatment of tooth abscesses and pain, bone augmentation and grafting, sinus lift, ridge preservation, obstructive sleep apnea treatment, snoring treatment, and the
All-on-4 (All on Four - Teeth in a Day) procedure, performed by a dual degree oral surgeon, Dr. Steven Koos D.D.S., M.D.
ORA Surgery reviewed by Lexi on May 5th, 2011:
I wantedd to write this review both as a "thank you" to the Google and Yelp reviewers for pointing me to Dr. Koos' practice as well as a really big "thank you" to everyone at ORA Oral Surgery & Implant Studio for making the removal of my wisdom teeth go so smoothly
Don't go to just any oral surgeon that your dentist refers you to....except if it is Dr. Koos. Rating:5
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Patient Review ? Gregory, J., Chicago, IL. This was the best dental experience of my life!!! After putting off getting my wisdom teeth pulled for over a year, out of fear of oral surgeons and the horror stories I was told, I took the plunge and went to Dr. Koos and his team! First off, the office is INCREDIBLE and feels like [...]Patient Review From Jada Z., Chicago, Illinois. I would give this place 10 stars if I could. I had three of my wisdom teeth removed yesterday (my fourth one never formed). That was the first time I was under the general anesthesia so I was a little nervous. The nurse (I am really bad with remembering names and I couldn’t find her [...]Review of Oral Surgeon ? Samantha G., Chicago, IL. After a ridiculously traumatic experience getting my bottom 2 wisdom teeth out at my regular dentist (all I need to tell you is 4 hours, no anesthesia/gas, and ‘complicated’ teeth that he wasn’t prepared for), I waited 4 years to get the other two out. Oops. I’m also terrified of needles despite being covered in [...]Patient Review ? Mary Margaret S., Chicago, IL. A co-worker of mine put it best, in regards to oral surgery: no matter how far we progress as a society, with our technology, dentistry is still so primal, so caveman. Breaking bones and cracking teeth. It’s the only thing that hasn’t evolved. Now, while I was out for the cavemen practices, the rest of [...]Review From Elanor, Chicago, IL. I can’t say enough about Dr.Koos and everyone at ORA Oral Surgery and Implant Studio. I’ve been a patient of Dr. Koos’ for the past two years having gone through a tooth extraction and bone graft which was then followed up with an dental implant and crown. Throughout my treatment, Dr. Koos and his staff [...]Review From Nicole H., Chicago, IL. Dr. Koos is amazing! I just had all of my wisdom teeth extracted. Dr. Koos’ bedside manner turned what I was expecting to be a very scary and painful experience into a calming & relatively low-pain experience. He has a very calming nature that just made me feel comfortable and confident that the surgery would [...]Review From Arun, Chicago, IL. I had all 4 wisdom teeth takenout by Dr Koos. It was a quick procedure (actually with the anesthesia seemed instantaneous to me), and he gave us clear instructions when we left. As others reviews mentioned,he also called back later that day to check in and answer questions. Although I did have some issues during [...]Review From Lauren C., Chicago, Illinois. My husband went here for an implant a couple of months ago. They were incredibly nice and professional. The actual procedure took less than 30 minutes and my husband had very little pain afterwards. I am so glad we went here!! Our normal dentist office (Dental Salon) brought in an oral surgeon and he told [...]Review From Whitney, D. Chicago, IL. DR. STEVE IS TALL AND VERY VERY SEXY. Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, on to the actual review of the services I received. I went here for a consultation recently and didn’t have to sit for long, maybe 10 minutes if that. I went over to the 360 X-ray machine and [...]Review From Taylor, G Chicago, Illinois. The dentists there are GREAT. Very thorough and explained everything very well. I received a Saturday evening phone call from dentist after surgery to check up on me. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about the dentists. They would have gotten 5 stars if it wasn’t for the front desk. I went in for [...]
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