Endodontics · Erie, Meadville, Warren
Dr. Hye Ahn treats the teeth that other dentists send her, in three offices on set days. Your own dentist gets a written report after every visit and keeps your regular care.
Visiting days
Dr. Ahn is in a different town on most weekdays. Each office's number is answered by the team in that office on its days.
Urgent line, same number: answered by our Erie team on Monday, Thursday and Friday.
Directions to the Erie officeUrgent line, same number: answered by our Meadville team on Tuesday. Other days, call Erie.
Directions to the Meadville officeUrgent line, same number: answered by our Warren team on Wednesday. Other days, call Erie.
Directions to the Warren officeAfter a referral
Four steps from your office's call to the patient's next appointment with you.
By our secure form or by phone. We ask for the tooth, the images you have and the best way to reach the patient.
Our referral coordinator offers the first opening at the office nearest the patient. A tooth that hurts now is placed sooner when we can.
She looks at the tooth under the microscope, takes the images she needs and goes over the options before any treatment starts.
A written report goes to you with the images, what was done and what we suggest next. The patient comes back to you for the crown or filling.
The microscope
Inside a tooth the canals are narrow and hard to see. A microscope gives Dr. Ahn light and magnification where she is working.
It doesn't change what a root canal is: cleaning and sealing the inside of the tooth, then handing the tooth back to the referring dentist for its final restoration. Whether a tooth can be kept depends on the tooth. Dr. Ahn tells you what she sees before she begins, and results vary.
Light and magnification where the work is
Scans only when the exam calls for one
Your dentist gets the images
The team
One endodontist and two people who run the visit around her.
Dr. Ahn completed an accredited residency in endodontics and is a diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. The owner enters the program, the years and the board's current status here.
Dental assistant
Melany sets up each visit and works beside Dr. Ahn at the microscope.
Referral coordinator
Antoinette takes referrals from dental offices, books the patient at the nearest office and checks the plan's benefit before the first visit.
Training and license
These entries are the sample's. The owner names the program, the years and the board's status before the site goes live.
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
School and year: the owner enters
Residency in endodontics
An accredited program of two years or more: the owner names it
Diplomate, American Board of Endodontics
Status confirmed by the owner with the board
Dentist license (DDS)
PA License no. 000000 · Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry
This license allows Dr. Ahn to practice dentistry in Pennsylvania. The owner enters the real number.
What we treat
Each page says what happens, what to expect afterward and how it is billed.
Cleaning and sealing the inside of a tooth whose nerve is inflamed or infected.
Read moreA second look at a tooth that was treated before and still hurts, or has a new problem.
Read moreA small procedure at the tip of the root when a root canal alone can't reach the problem.
Read moreChecking a tooth after a crack, a chip or a blow, and what can and can't be kept.
Read moreSevere pain or swelling: what to do first and how to reach the office you are nearest.
Read moreBefore you book
Most patients come on a dentist's referral, and we send that dentist a report afterward. If you don't have one, call us and we will talk it through. We ask for your dentist's name either way.
The tooth is numbed before we start, and Dr. Ahn checks that it is working. Tell her at any point and she will stop. Some soreness afterward is common, and she explains what to expect.
Plan on about an hour for a first visit. Treatment may begin the same day if you agree and the tooth allows it; some teeth need a second visit.
Your own dentist. We treat the inside of the tooth and send you back to your dentist for its final restoration.
It depends on the tooth and on your plan. We give you a written estimate before treatment, and the fees page explains how paying works.
For referring dentists
Our secure referral form is hosted by the practice, and this site never collects patient information.