Welcome to Dr. Bonine's Office

3/16/12

Dr. Bonine is now an adjunct full clinical professor at the University of Michigan, where he continues to work with doctoral and post-doctoral students in clinical oral surgery and lectures.

2/27/12

Dr. Bonine places the first Trabecular Metal Dental Implant, in the state of Michigan. This technological advance is FDA approved for restoration in as short as one month, and will significantly reduce healing times, improving efficiency for the patients, where the bone is adequate.

2/17/12

Dr. Bonine's office celebrates its one year anniversary of having a recycling program! Dr. Bonine's office recycles plastics, glass, tin, batteries, cardboard and all non-patient-sensitive office paper! Special thanks to Duncan Disposal Systems for their single source recycling program, which allows our office to throw all recyclables into one regular cart without any sorting. Even more thanks goes out to the staff, who makes the program work! Our recycling program has undergone many changes, but we're happy to say that it seems to be seamlessly interwoven with our regular waste program, and the staff has gotten used to putting things in the recycling bin instead of just trashing them. During one month in 2011, we recycled 66 pounds of shredded paper. At this rate, we would recycle 800 pounds of shredded paper over an entire year. To put this into perspective, recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil, 7000 gallons of water and 4,100 kilowatt hours of electricity--enough energy to power the average American home for 5 months--and our numbers only take shredded paper into consideration! (figures taken from Headwaters Cooperative Recycling, Inc.) These are significant savings to our planet's resources, especially when one considers the numbers multiplied over years.

2/13/12

Information on Xerostomia (Dry Mouth) has been added to our website.

2/13/12

The office was closed while Dr. Bonine and staff reviewed their Pediatric Life Support Training.

2/6/12

We are pleased to announce that mobile users now have an optimized version of our site at http://m.drbonine.com. All information from our regular site, including patient registration, can be accessed though the mobile site.

1/31/12

Dr. Bonine's property is now a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat, and provides the four basic habitat elements needed for wildlife to thrive: food, water, cover, and places to raise young. For a detailed analysis of Dr. Bonine's use of rustic landscaping and its effect on the natural world, click here.

1/19/12

Dr. Bonine, along with Dr. Sam Daniels, has been awarded the Community Dedication award from the Brighton Chamber of Commerce for founding the VINA Community Dental Center.

12/19/11

Pictured are some of the local doctors who participated in the 2011 Gold for Food Program, a program started by Dr. Bonine in 1995 that utilizes donated old gold crowns and other fixtures from patients and turns them into meals for the poor. From left to right, Dr. Bonine, Dr. Rondeau, Dr. Matuszak, Dr. Metz, Dr. Giammalva and Dr. Andrusyszyn pose with Michelle Ounanian of the Livingston County Gleaners Food Bank. This year’s total donation of $17,188.45 is being matched by the Prentice Restaurant group and Walmart, and will generate a grand total of $34K to be donated to Gleaners Food Bank for 2011. Through the efforts of Dr. Bonine and other local dentists, the program has to date generated $109,555, which amounts to 328,665 meals!

2011 participating dentists’ offices include Dr. Matuszak, Drs. Fuhst-Wylie & Kahn, Dr. Metz, Drs. Petersburg & Giammalva, Dr. Rondeau, Dr. Todd Charlick, C.S.W. Dental, and Dr. Bonine.

12/17/11

Literature on How To Stop Bleeding After a Tooth Extraction has been added to our website.

11/19/11

Dr. Bonine is now an Honorary Member of the Chalmers J. Lyons Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery academy, the oldest oral surgery organization in North America, and has been elected to its executive board.

11/16/11

Dr. Bonine will be giving a lecture to the St. Joseph Family Practice residents & the Emergency Room physicians on Odontogenic Infections.

10/28/11

Dress up with us for Halloween and support VINA Community Dental Center October 28, 2011. Patients are invited to join us in wearing a Halloween costume to our office on Friday, October 28, 2011. Dr. Bonine will donate $25 per costumed patient to the VINA Community Dental Center.

10/12/11

Why Does Immediate Implant Placement Save You Time and Money?

10/2/11

Ode to Autumn at Oaken Transformations Sculpture & Poetry Walk this Sunday, from 1-3 pm. For more information about this event or other upcoming events, visit here.

9/17/11

Spring planting day and a summer of sun, surgery, and lots of weeding pay off in a beautiful display for Brighton and all of Grand River.

8/18/11

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! : Oaken Transformations Sculpture & Poetry Walk has a new fabulous & beautiful website! Check it out here!

7/30/11

Oaken Transformations Sculpture & Poetry Walk announces its first anniversary open house, Saturday July 30th, from 3-6pm, 6893 Grand River Road in Brighton. The event is free to the public.

Poets reading include Robert Fanning (author of The Seed Theives, 2006; American Prophet, 2009), Russell Brakefield, Ben Fidler, John Ganiard, and Audra Puchalski.

The event will also feature live music from Michigan artists winter/sessions.

7/21/11

Dr. Bonine has once again been asked to participate in the Grand Rounds lectures at the University of Michigan, and will be lecturing to freshman dental students in an introductory course on wisdom teeth and reviewing scientific literature.

6/14/11

Dr. Bonine hosts Dr. Lawrence of Toledo, Ohio and his oral surgery staff for a Continuing Education course on Implantology and Piezo Surgery.

6/2/11

Our annual planting day at Dr. Bonine's Office was a great success again this year. On May 18th 2011, Dr. Bonine and his staff planted 100 flats of impatiens, marigolds, coleus and wave petunias. After a day of getting dirty and having some good laughs, we got to sit back, relax, have a picnic and enjoy each others company. The flowers are a gift to our patients and to beautify Grand River.

5/21/11

Oaken Transformations has a new layer of woodchips on its walking path. Spring is best viewed here up close! We hope to see you soon--springtime hours are 7:30-5:30 pm, weekdays. Stay tuned for news of our summer event!

4/14/11

A new video and pictures has been added to the dental implants page on our website.

4/12/11

We are now on Facebook. Help us reach 25 likes so we can get a custom Facebook URL.

3/23/11

Dr. Bonine will be lecturing at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio at a program on Wisdom Teeth.

2/14/11

The office will be closed from 1-4 pm while Dr. Bonine and entire staff renew their Basic Life Support & Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications.