For more than three decades, Dr. Mitchell Davich has pioneered advances in endodontics and consistently delivered quality outcomes with a patient-centered approach. His peers have honored him as a New Jersey Monthly Top Dentist every year since the list's inception.
Dr. Davich takes a long-term outlook toward tooth preservation, strategically avoiding procedures that can weaken a tooth. He empowers patients to actively participate in treatment decisions by discussing all options, including “no treatment.” His general dentistry background enables him to envision restorative demands and assess long-term outcomes. His ability to “speak the same language” as his referring doctors serves to enhance the coordinated treatment planning decisions that are made for each and every patient.
Cutting edge research and scholarship are high priorities. Dr. Davich is an industry thought leader and early adopter of advancing technologies, including the surgical operating microscope, 2D and 3D diagnostic imaging and image guided treatment. He has published many articles in well-respected dental journals and co-authored a chapter in Best Practices in Endodontics (Quintessence Books 2015). He was appointed to the scientific advisory panel of the Journal of Endodontics in 2004, and has peer reviewed numerous articles for this respected publication.
Dr. Davich has served as president of the Tri-County Dental Society and New Jersey Association of Endodontists, as well as treasurer and trustee of the American Association of Endodontists. He is a founding member of the International Academy of Endodontics. He is a recipient of the AAE District II George Feldman Award for Excellence in Endodontics.
Excellent patient care is only one of Dr. Davich’s passions. He enjoys giving back to his profession by teaching endodontics, treatment planning and ethics to post-graduate dentists. Since the establishment of his practice in New Jersey in 1982, Dr. Davich has taught and mentored young dentists at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Morristown Medical Center, where he also serves on the Medical Executive Committee.
With this ethos of giving back and reflecting the personal values of his family, the Davich Family has endowed an annual scholarship at Bowdoin College for an undergraduate who inspires the best in others for the common good of fellow students and the college.
Dr. Davich is an honors graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Union College and the University Of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. His post-doctoral education includes a two-year General Practice Residency at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, and two-year post graduate Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Connecticut Health Center.
Our Commitment
With more than 35 years of experience in the specialty of endodontics, our office takes immense pride in providing all patients with the highest level of clinical care delivered in a warm, respectful, reassuring and professional environment. From the first contact through the completion of treatment and follow-up, patient comfort is our primary concern.
Diagnosis & Treatment
Prior to the initiation of any treatment, Dr. Davich conducts a thorough and methodical history and examination that will assess the need for treatment as well as the feasibility of the restoration that would be necessary. It is vitally important to identify the correct source of the pain that the patient is experiencing so that the appropriate treatment is chosen.
Endodontic pain can often be difficult to localize. The pain felt in one area of the mouth can be originating from a different location. In some cases radiographs can appear normal, yet a tooth may still require treatment as a result of clinical signs, symptoms, examination and tests. Conversely, some positive radiographic findings are subclinical and may not require treatment. In some cases, 2D radiographs may not be sufficient to assist in diagnosis and an additional 3D study (CBCT) may be needed. Our office has a low dose CT-Scan machine that can quickly and easily accomplish this diagnostic test without the need to go elsewhere for it.
This thorough analysis is done in order to ascertain whether or not Endodontic treatment is indicated and beneficial. Rest assured, our patients participate fully in the decision to begin treatment. If root canal treatment is not indicated, if the benefits of RCT are uncertain, or if the source of discomfort cannot be fully localized, treatment is often deferred until the source of the discomfort is fully localized
Once it is determined that root canal treatment is appropriate and you have chosen to move forward with it, Dr. Davich will perform this procedure in a manner that will reassure and calm the most anxious patient. His motto “The worst thing about a root canal… is needing one” becomes very clear. Dr. Davich’s patients consistently remark on how “easy and painless” their experiences have been.
Outcomes
We view outcomes as patient centered and long term. An asymptomatic and functional tooth is the primary goal.
Sometimes this can be accomplished by deferring therapy until a treatment threshold is reached. In other instances immediate treatment may be chosen. There may be instances where the long term prognosis might be guarded and options may be limited. Rest assured that in all cases, Dr. Davich provides his patients with the information needed, the available options and the opportunity to ask questions in order to assist them in making an independent, informed decision regarding their care.
