William C. Bartling, DDS, General Dentistry in Belleview FL

03/26/2024

I am formally announcing my retirement. Dr. Diego Baratelli is taking over my practice. I appreciate all of the kind comments and reviews over the years. Please check out Dr. B's webpage at

Dr. Diego Baratelli and his staff are committed to providing the most comfortable, modern and cosmetic family dentistry in Ocala, Fl.

01/12/2021

This page will be leaving Facebook soon. I will send links to our new social media sites as soon as they are live. You are not going to silence us!

12/17/2020

Things are booming in Belleview. Two new houses are under construction behind my office and a new AdventHealth ER is under construction right down the road!

12/03/2020

Very interesting. But I wonder if one type of pickle is better than another.

It’s long been established that there’s a clear bidirectional relationship between the foods your patients eat and the state of their oral health. However, the exact specifics of this relationship is incredibly complex. For instance, we know that acidic foods increase the risks of erosive tooth ...

11/08/2020

Many had met my dog, Wendy, at the office. She passed away last night. She had been sick on and off for a few months and had lost her hearing.

10/21/2020

Things are booming in Belleview! Four new houses are being built behind my office. 1/3 acre lots. And a new UF Emergency Room going up next to Winn Dixie. So nice to see the economy rising up in Florida. Remember this when voting!

10/17/2020

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/dentists-reopened-late-spring-very-few-got-covid-19-survey-n1243528?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_nn

Early on in the pandemic, it was widely believed that dentists would be at high risk of contracting Covid-19.

09/12/2020

Me, circa 1986, volunteering at Florida Manor Nursing Home, Orlando. It's Sad that the young and corporate dentists nowadays rarely do this.

08/31/2020

My fees are very reasonable, but some people think that all dentists are the same.

08/21/2020

Now, here's a sand sculpture!

A perfect summer afternoon

08/07/2020

This makes sense, as patients with aggressive periodontal disease often have diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and cancer. Their bodies are creating many inflammatory mediators.

Researchers in California and Brazil say that COVID-19 patients with high levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), that suggests someone has. gum disease were far more likely to need ventilators to stay alive.