About Us

Technology is not the goal. The patient is the goal. Every decision in our practice—from the way we listen and explain, to the way we diagnose and deliver treatment—should help the patient feel understood, cared for, and confident in the path forward.

Why I Chose Dentistry

I became passionate about dentistry in dental school because I discovered how directly this profession can help people. Dentistry can take someone out of pain, restore health, and give a person the confidence to smile again. That is the part of dentistry I fell in love with, and it remains the reason I practice today.

I have never personally experienced a severe toothache, but through nearly four decades of caring for patients, I have seen how deeply dental pain can affect a person’s life. Toothaches, gum disease, accidents, broken teeth, failed bridges, abscesses, and infections can interrupt sleep, work, eating, confidence, and peace of mind. Patients may also arrive carrying difficult memories from past dental experiences. They deserve to be met with patience, respect, and compassion.

Dentistry With Humanity

When I opened my practice, my focus was simple: help people. The tools were analog then, but the purpose was exactly the same as it is today—to relieve pain, restore function and health, and help people feel like themselves again.

A meaningful dental result is not limited to a dramatic smile makeover. Sometimes it is treating an infection, repairing one broken tooth, making eating comfortable again, or helping a frightened patient feel safe enough to receive care. Those moments can change a life.

Understanding Creates Trust

One of the earliest technologies that changed my practice was digital radiography. The greatest benefit was not simply that the image appeared quickly. It was that I could show patients what I was seeing and begin a better conversation.

An image alone is not an explanation. Patients should understand what we see, why it matters, what choices they have, and how the recommended care can help. When people understand their condition and feel included in the decision, fear is reduced and trust grows. Clear communication, honest guidance, and compassionate dentistry create relationships that can last for life.

Technology With a Purpose

Patients do not come to our office to buy equipment. They come because something hurts, something is broken, they are worried, or they want to protect and improve their health. Technology earns its place in my practice only when it helps me care for the patient better.

Speed can be helpful, but speed alone is not the goal. The deeper value of digital dentistry is efficiency, accuracy, communication, comfort, and the ability to plan and deliver care with greater confidence. Intraoral photographs help patients see what we see. Digital scans can make treatment more comfortable and precise. CAD/CAM can allow us, when clinically appropriate, to design and deliver a restoration in one visit. Laser dentistry can support precise treatment and, in selected cases, combine steps that once required separate appointments and longer healing periods.

Three-dimensional imaging, when clinically indicated, can reveal anatomy and concerns that may not be visible on a traditional two-dimensional image. It helps us see more, plan carefully, document clearly, and explain findings more effectively. When an image suggests a concern outside the scope of dentistry, we can guide the patient toward the appropriate physician or specialist. The technology supports the decision; professional judgment and the patient’s wellbeing guide the care.

How CEREC Changed the Way I See Dentistry

When I brought CEREC into my practice in 2008, I did not yet understand how completely it would change the way I saw dentistry. I had always enjoyed shaping, waxing, and designing teeth. Suddenly, I could design a restoration digitally, mill it, refine it, and—when clinically appropriate—deliver a natural-looking crown during the same appointment. The patient’s reaction when they see that transformation is a genuine “wow” moment. But the value goes deeper: one carefully coordinated visit can reduce disruption and help a patient return to normal life sooner.

CEREC became the foundation of my digital practice. During the difficult economic period of 2008, it also helped sustain my office by allowing us to work more efficiently and provide meaningful value to patients. More importantly, it changed me as a clinician. To use chairside CAD/CAM responsibly, I had to study dental materials, ceramics, adhesive dentistry, bonding systems, preparation design, occlusion, and esthetics at a much deeper level. The technology did not replace knowledge; it demanded more of it.

CEREC has an important name in my professional story because it was the pioneer that opened this world to me. I owe much of the growth of my practice—and much of the growth of my knowledge—to the curiosity it created. On the public website, its name should always be connected to the difference it can make for a patient, never presented simply as a piece of equipment.

Learning Expanded My Dentistry

My education at the Las Vegas Institute expanded my understanding of aesthetic dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, full-mouth reconstruction, occlusion, temporomandibular joint concerns, and neuromuscular dentistry. CEREC then gave me a new way to apply many of those principles. Designing teeth digitally made esthetics, function, materials, and biology part of the same conversation.

Every new workflow encouraged me to ask better questions and continue learning. I have never stopped learning, and I never will. Every time I learn, I can see more, do more, be more, and help more.

From Digital Restorations to Restoration-Driven Implant Planning

Around 2009, the integration of three-dimensional CBCT imaging with digital restorative files opened another extraordinary chapter. We could merge information and begin planning implants from the final restoration backward. Instead of thinking first about where an implant could fit, we could design the tooth first and use that restorative goal to guide implant position, angulation, depth, and the restorative platform.

I had placed implants freehand before moving into guided implant dentistry. Once I experienced the value of carefully planned, guided placement, I did not go back. I continued developing workflows with laboratory colleagues and digital partners, and those workflows matured over time.

Today, the Dr. Vasquez Broadway Digital Implant Planning Protocol™ reflects that philosophy. We review the CBCT, merge digital scans, plan the final restoration, determine the prosthetically driven implant position, design the surgical guide, and select the restorative components before surgery as completely as the case allows. Systems and partners such as TruAbutment and URIS—the Ultimate Restorative Implant Solution—support that process. The purpose is more carefully planned, precise, and predictable care that respects anatomy, biology, and the patient’s restorative needs.

A Digital Ecosystem Built Around the Patient

CAD/CAM does not work in isolation. In my practice, digital scanning, CBCT, laser dentistry, magnification, microscopy, photography, guided workflows, and 3D printing work together as an ecosystem. Laser dentistry can support precise tissue management and, in selected cases, help us combine steps efficiently. Three-dimensional printing allows us to create case-specific models, guides, prototypes, and other useful items in the office when appropriate. Each tool has a role, but no tool is the center of care—the patient is.

For many years I have used 5.5× magnification, and around 2000 I began incorporating digital microscopy so I could see even more closely. The ability to record procedures helps patients understand their care and allows me, as an educator, to document and teach from real clinical experiences. Every case has a story: a person who arrived with a concern, the decisions we made together, and the difference thoughtful care made in that person’s life. Technology helps us tell those stories clearly.

Artificial Intelligence: The Next Chapter

Over the past two years, artificial intelligence has become another important part of my digital journey. We use AI to support documentation, billing and insurance communication, education, organization, and the creation of patient-friendly information—including the development of this website. It can help us organize knowledge, identify gaps, and communicate more clearly.

AI does not replace clinical judgment, responsibility, or the human relationship between doctor and patient. It is another working tool. I remain responsible for every diagnosis, recommendation, and treatment decision. Its value, like every other technology in my practice, is measured by whether it helps us serve the patient better.

Experience, Education, and Natural Results

Digital dentistry is not a shortcut. It requires knowledge, training, continuing education, and the discipline to use each tool responsibly. I continue learning because I love this profession and want to bring that knowledge back to my patients. Technology allows me to see more and plan more carefully, but experience and judgment determine how that information is used.

Modern dentistry gives us the ability to recreate teeth with remarkable accuracy and a natural appearance. My goal is for a restoration to feel as though it belongs—to support comfortable function, blend naturally, and help the patient move forward without constantly thinking about the dental work.

Caring for the Whole Person

Dentistry is about more than teeth. Oral health affects comfort, nutrition, confidence, communication, and overall quality of life. Every patient brings a personal history, concerns, priorities, and expectations. Good care begins by listening to that whole person, not just looking at one tooth.

That is why our practice brings together careful diagnosis, clear communication, thoughtful technology, and a human touch. We use technology to see, plan, explain, execute, and document—but always in service of the person sitting in the chair.

Patients for Life

One of the greatest rewards of my career is caring for patients who have been with me for twenty or thirty years and now welcoming their children and grandchildren. Those relationships were not built by technology alone. They were built through trust, communication, consistency, and being there when someone needed help.

My promise is to listen, explain, and recommend care with the patient’s best interest at heart. I want every person to feel respected, informed, and cared for—not sold to. That is how we practice dentistry, and that is the message our website should carry on every page.

How This Philosophy Guides Our Website

Every page should begin with the patient’s needs, concerns, or hopes—not with a machine or procedure. We should acknowledge what the patient may be feeling, explain how we can help, and introduce technology only when it makes a patient benefit clearer.

When technology is mentioned, we will translate it into human terms: greater understanding, careful planning, fewer visits when appropriate, more comfortable care, precise treatment, and natural-looking results. We will use honest language, avoid guarantees, and make it clear that recommendations depend on each patient’s individual needs.

Technology and selected names such as CEREC can be part of the story when they explain a meaningful difference in care. We will not hide the importance of CAD/CAM, guided implant workflows, laser dentistry, 3D imaging, 3D printing, microscopy, or AI. But every mention must answer the patient’s real question: How can this help me?

The voice of the website should be warm, calm, knowledgeable, and respectful. It should sound like a conversation with a dentist who listens. The goal is not to impress patients with equipment. The goal is to help them feel understood and confident enough to take the next step toward health.

Our guiding message: My patients come first. Technology helps me see more, learn more, plan more carefully, and help more. Humanity gives that work its purpose.