RESPECTING YOUR TIME
Minimally Invasive
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Biocompatible Materials
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Respecting Your Time
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Minimal X-Ray Exposure
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Preventative, Not Reactive
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Whole Body Connection
How Do We Respect Patient's Time?
Time is a funny thing, we're chronically aware of it, but we usually take it for granted. We take it for granted till someone else is wasting it though. And isn't that what it feels like when you go to an office on time yet you still have to sit there and wait for them to see you? Or worse yet, they call you back to make you feel like you're about to be seen but you still have to wait, now in some sterile lifeless exam room?
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We schedule enough time for our procedures that we get our work done on time, and done without being in a hurry. If an office schedules the right amount of time for a procedure, it means the next procedure (which could be yours) will not be delayed and you get seen on time.
We Give You Time To Get To Know Us
Working with a new dentist is an exercise in trust, and as we all know, trust takes time. We know Our Patients have questions about their health and that they care about what kind of treatment they're going to receive because that is the kind of patient that seeks us out in the first place! So, when we take you back to the room, be it for work or an exam, you will have plenty of time to ask questions and get to know some of the staff as well as your dentist. Heck, if you leave and you forgot a question, shoot us an email and we'll get back to you as soon as we can!
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Now, a lot of dental issues requires the expertise of the dentist and it can be difficult for patients to fully grasp what the dentist is saying. We can and do show you x-rays, but if you aren't schooled at reading them, they can be rather meaningless. So trust comes in to play that we mean what we say. People who want to avoid the truth avoid questions, we welcome them. Ask away! We only want you to get the treatment you need, but if we say you need it, we mean it. ​​​
We Schedule Adequate Time for Each Procedure
You may think that every office schedules sufficient time to perform their procedures, but let me let you in on some unfortunate truths. Most office, especially corporate or ones run by private equity, make more money the more procedures they do. These offices are usually insurance based practices so they are limited on what they can charge, but they are not limited on how many of the procedures they cram into a day. If you worked as a dental professional at one of these places, you would see how crazy short some of the times are and would be disturbed at what it takes to cram in that many patients. We've heard form patients that exams we have had scheduled for an hour have only been scheduled for 15 minutes at traditional offices. That is crazy to us.
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Shortening procedure times has many bad knock-on effects. For one, patients can never establish any kind of rapport with their providers. Everyone is in a hurry to get you in and out. There is no time for questions, or if there are, you can tell they're just dying to get you answered and out the door. Another issue is that the faster you have to work, the more mistakes your providers are going to make. Being rushed rarely leads to good results. Even a long-practicing dentist will make mistakes when rushed. Maybe fewer, but they are still more likely to make them.
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​This doesn't even account for the level of burnout exhibited by providers in these time-crunched offices.
Slowing things down is better for the patient and for the staff. A more present and more attentive staff takes care of you, the patient better!
