p.14 The feature
The surgeon who says no.
Dr. Marcus Adeyemi turns down about one in five people who come to him for an implant. The ones he says yes to tend to keep their teeth for a very long time. We asked him why.
The Implant Issue
“I’d rather lose the case than rush the bone.”
p.14 The surgeon who says no
Inside Nine questions he gets at every dinner party
Method How to plan a smile in reverse
Letters His patients write back
Move the light across him to see him on duty
Portraits: AI-generated · Dr. Adeyemi is a fictional person
Contents
A magazine about one dentist. Me.
From the editor
I started this “magazine” as a joke with my nephew, who said every surgeon’s website looks like a hotel lobby. So here is mine, the way I’d actually tell it: who I am, how I work, what I refuse to do, and what my patients say when they think I’m not listening.
I place and restore dental implants. Only implants. I see you at the scan, at the surgery, and at the day your new tooth goes in, and if the honest answer is “not yet” or “not an implant”, you will hear that from me first.
Marcus Adeyemi Editor, surgeon, the only staff writer
p.32 The method
Four acts. One pair of hands.
01 / 04
p.40 By the numbers
By the numbers
- Implants placed and restored
- 2100+
- Years doing only implants
- 11
- Surgeons you will meet
- 1
- Sales consultants on staff
- 0
Figures are fictional, like the doctor.
p.48 Letters to the doctor
His patients write back.
Back cover
Book a sitting.
Forty-five minutes, a 3D scan if you need one, and a straight answer. Bring your questions, your X-rays if you have them, and anyone you’d like in the room.