Family Dentistry

I think to be a true family dental practitioner you got to be a family as a team and that’s where we really are and most of my team has been with me many many years and we treat each other that way so therefore it makes it really easy to treat those that come to see us as family as well too and that’s our first and foremost approach is relationships. Without a good relationship you’re not going to care what I have to say and vice versa but we’re really good listeners. We are good at asking questions when we need to and gathering that data and making a plan that fits you and I think that’s no matter what your age we can have those kind of conversations.

I think a key is like to listen what they their thoughts are listen what they perceive or what they notice or what they might want to change or what they might be concerned about first and foremost and then you know mix that with things maybe we see that they don’t know or aren’t aware of and making a plan that’s more customized and truly individualized to what their needs might be. I think younger is less they know coming in the better there’s so many taboo things so many you know movies and sitcoms that have poked fun in many different ways but today’s dentistry does not have to be uncomfortable you know and I think start slow especially really young you know quick short visits you know and build up to if they need other care to longer visits and such and you know the older patient I think similar approach in that you know you need to go a little slower you need to you know listen a little longer and sometimes they need more help or time to just get comfortable in the chair or get comfortable in the environment so you know extra pillows or blankets or things like that to try to help them just feel a little more relaxed and willing to talk and such because I have so much advanced training in like rehabilitation dentistry or just enhancement dentistry meaning rebuild a bite or help a bite get better or get more to neutral so I think like we we absolutely have those kind of questions those are a lot of the treatments that we do and there again there’s nothing we haven’t seen nothing that we can’t figure out a plan or at least an option or two that could work to discuss and talk through and see what fits best for them. I think younger it’s it’s much more conservative things like maybe whitening or maybe a little bonding here or there if a tooth is uneven or not the size they want it to be and then older population then you typically have more damage more things happening so you’ve got to look at a little bit more thorough approach as far as maybe veneers or crowns or bridges or implants or things like that that’ll be long-term for them just because they’ve had a lot more time to use those teeth than the younger generation.

Whatever stage of life we might meet somebody I think we have the effect of helping them to rethink maybe how they thought about their health and wellness and dental health in particular and so if they can pass that on to their children or you know bring in an older family member member that you know maybe needs that same kind of level of care but they they have a different because all things get passed down right I mean so if if your grandparents had a bad experience they’re probably going to push that into your mind and therefore that can have an effect on how you think about dentistry and you can do the same to your kids and so I think that more than anything if we can show all generations like it can be comfortable it can be you know a great experience it can be very thorough still but yet gentle throughout their lifetime I think that’s how you tie all that together.