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| - I am in the small group of people who has absolutely no problem going to the dentist. It doesn't cause me anxiety, and in fact, I kinda like it. What I don't like is constantly bouncing around from one dentist office to another for insurance reasons, which is exactly what I've done the past ... 10 years or so. I loathe sifting through a list of names in my "network," then gambling on which one will be any good.
I finally asked a friend for a reference after she raved about her dentist - who does that? Well, after going, I could see why she loves it so much. It was one of the bizarrely pleasant experiences ever. All the normal stuff was great - making an appointment and getting signed in and being seen in a reasonable amount of time of my actual appt. time. The hygienist was great, friendly and genuine.
The x rays were done with nice, new equipment, which involved simply standing up as a machine moved around your head. At this time I was given the most bizarre compliment of my life: the hygienist looked at the x ray and informed me I have very nice vertebra, and that they are spaced perfectly apart. Wonderful news that I bragged about for the next week.
Then it was time to get to business. They offer small screens on which they pull up Hulu, and the hygienist asked me what I wanted to watch...the world was my oyster! I said 30 Rock and she pulled it up and then asked which episode. Man, real VIP treatment. So I said I wasn't picky, but she went through and read the synopsis for the first three...haha, very sweet. So I watched some 30 Rock while she worked, perfect.
When the doctor came in, he was also very sweet and genuine. He marveled at my xrays and my mouth, saying over and over how healthy my teeth were. It was really cool how strangely impressed he was, and at one point said I had "the mouth of a 21 year old." I know, I know, that sounds creepy as hell, but it wasn't at all. And of course I bragged about this observation for the next week as well.
Everything else went just great, everyone was billed correctly and no problems whatsoever. The office was conveniently located in Tempe and office park was part of a cool, shaded atrium that was very pleasant to visit.
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