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| - So the reality is that dentists terrify me. Panic inducing, brown paper bag breathing, Xanax requiring terror. In fact the only thing that used to scare me more than a dentist visit was the thought of losing all my teeth because I ignored them and having my lips do that little curl in thing. So not attractive!!!
Thankfully I have really good genes in the tooth department so my visits have had to be few and far between... just long enough for the memories to dull and for me to work up enough courage to give it one more go.
But here's the thing. My sister found this guy a few years ago and actually looks forward to going to see him. This oddity does not compute in my torture riddled memory bank. I couldn't comprehend the words of praise that would fall from her lips. So last year, in a desperate attempt to use up an HSA (which clearly I didn't understand the rules of use it or lose it), I sought out Dr. Bischoff.
The office and the staff couldn't be nicer. My skepticism invoked the "Hansel and Gretel effect," convincing me that awful things must happen behind sound proof doors and chambers of horror in the back. But neigh! When you are taken back everything is quite open. No doors to hide sinister activities. No panic driven, wild-eyed patients strapped to chairs. No scene recreations from a Saw movie. Just the opposite in fact. Bright and airy rooms adorned with the most amazing artwork (from Dr. B himself), with toe tapping music piped throughout.
I was a basket case on my first visit to Dr. Bischoff. On my last trip to the dentist I spent four hours in a chair, received 27 (count 'em - 27) shots of Novocaine, and then another 30 shots of slow release antibiotics along my entire gum line. I was so numb, I couldn't feel anything from just below my hairline to my shoulders. And I was a drooling bloody mess. Every single person in Dr. Bischoff's office was patient, kind, assuring, and comforting. They got that I was scared and they responded in a way that I couldn't help but relax.
I have since been back twice for procedures and am going back today for the final before moving in to a normal maintenance program. The difference is, today I'm not fretting about having to go in. I don't need to dose myself with some mind-numbing drug just to get in the door.
Simply put Dr. Bischoff and his staff are amazing. They did the same procedure that I had at the last dentist (scaling and deep root cleaning) with NO shots. None! And there was no pain. They use state of the art products and equipment. Numbing is done topically unless there is a severe case and the antibiotic shots were replaced with lasers that killed off the same bacteria, with no after-pain. The last time I had this done, I couldn't brush my teeth, drink, eat, or even really lay down without significant pain for almost five days. After my first visit here, I literally went right back to work.
All work is done in the office, so if you need something like a crown, you have it in around two hours. No more temporaries that don't fit and going back for multiple fittings. The convenience of that alone is huge! If you are like me and avoid dentists at all costs because of fear, please take a chance and let Dr. Bischoff try to help you.
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