Re: Wow! State of the art dentistry. I was sure dazzled.


"Thomas Minter" <thos.minter@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42719D76.6030401@xxxxxxxxxx
> This is an addendum to my high tech dental experience:
>
> Today I got a handwritten card in the mail from the dental office. It
said:
>
> Tom,
> Thanks for coming in on a rainy Tuesday & spending part of
> your afternoon with us.
> Thanks also for taking care of your dental health.
> Dental Health Associates

REPLY

Seriously, I would RUN. Why are they SUCKING UP SO BAD?


Joel



>
> It was signed by 13 of the workers at the dental office.
>
> Isn't that great. My wife had some cynical remarks about the card.

REPLY


LISTEN TO YOUR WIFE, Dude!



>
> Thomas Minter wrote:
> > Dentistry has sure came a long way since I used to visit Doctor
> > Steenerson?s office in Indiana in the 1960?s. His wife was his
> > chair-side assistant, receptionist, bookkeeper,and so on. When Doc
> > Steenerson worked on you, you sat upright in the dental chair, and he
> > bent over you to do his work. To rinse, there was a little cup that sat
> > on a pedestal chair-side that was always full of water. Steenerson did
> > his own cleaning.
> > Recently I changed dentists from one suburb to another. My new
> > dentist is with two other dentists. They practice in a brand new
> > building. It is in the shape of a Y. Around the perimeters of the
> > building there are high narrow horizontal windows (like Frank Lloyd
> > Wright used) that provide natural light to all the rooms. There are 12
> > state of the art treatment rooms with TV and movies available. The
> > building has a full kitchen, so the employees never have to go out.
> > There is an appliance room, where presumably they fashion all sorts of
> > dental things. The waiting room has all kinds of amenities: magazines,
> > TV, video games, toys, pinball machine, and beverages. I half expected
> > them to offer me a glass of white wine.
> > At the dental chair, the assistant ask me if she could ask me a few
> > questions. She wondered if I was happy with my smile. She also asked, do
> > you think your teeth are white enough? After the questions, she asked if
> > she could go in my mouth and take a few pictures. I was there to get a
> > new crown for a tooth and have another one prepped for a
> > root canal. They had intra-oral cameras and used the Casey patient
> > education system to show and explain needed treatment. All their
> > drinking water is purified by an ?Oso-pure? water purification system.
> > The hygienists, assistants, receptionists, appointment schedulers, and
> > others,who were female, looked as if though they were picked by the same
> > guy that picks the chicks on Fox News. Honest!
> > After they had finished their treatment/procedures and brought me
> > upright, the girl/assistant massaged my neck. That really felt good.
> > Then, they entered information on a touch-screen monitor as to what they
> > had done and what they proposed to do next. I think this was then made
> > available at the front desk for billing and so on. When I got to the
> > front desk, they gave me some goodies, and made me another appointment.
> > I?m sure they had a lot more high tech stuff than just what I
> > observed or read in the little flyer provided. Oh, I forgot . . . they
> > also had an apparatus of rubber (?) that was placed around one of the
> > teeth they were working on . . . like a curtain or something. I had
> > never encountered this before.
> > They called me at home about 5:30PM and asked me how I was doing. I
> > had just had two martinis, so I was feeling great. I really didn?t need
> > the Tylenol 3.
> > While the dentist (maybe senior partner) was working on me, I
> > complimented him on the new building. He told me he was building another
> > facility in another suburb just like the one we were in. I jokingly
> > quipped, ?going to be the Sam Walton of dentistry, huh?? He chuckled.
> > I know this is all known to you dentists. But I was so thrilled
> > about my experience, I just had to tell someone, who would understand,
> > about it. Do you think it is possible for some crackerjack to come along
> > and create a "Wal-Mart of dentistry?"
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom in Ohio
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>


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