Choose your dentist- 10 good tips

by TM Maria Be a king in your own kingdom

1- The first contact

We can say first of all that the old saying that resembles one another can confirm your first impression. Indeed, the first contact, whether direct or telephone, is the assistant or the Secretary. His way of welcoming you, his propensity to satisfy your request, his politeness, his calm, reflects the modes of operation of the cabinet set up by the practitioner. A dentist is close to his staff, he cannot collaborate with a person who does not share his way of being, and otherwise he would be in permanent conflict. So the reception of the assistant is the first sign: it remains a sign, but we cannot stop there.

2- Making an appointment for a consultation

Getting an immediate appointment may seem suspicious: the dentist starts or has no patient, unless you have a canceled appointment, which the assistant will not fail to point out, to make you appreciate your luck.

Get an appointment at two months or more: the practitioner is overbooked and will have trouble taking good care of you unless you accept a big job.

3- Next step: the waiting room

Arrive fifteen to twenty minutes in advance to examine this place quietly, it also reflects the personality of the doctor or doctors. This room must be clean, floor cleaned, baseboards are cleaned every day, the top of the frames, it is indicative of the rest (including staff).

4- Punctuality is the courtesy of Kings

It can be relied on if you are the first patient in the morning or afternoon, if the practitioner arrives late this is not a good sign, especially if he does not apologize. On the other hand, if its delay accumulates in the day and you pay for it, it's very unpleasant, of course, but it can mean that this practitioner always finishes what he started even if he overflows the schedule - he will do the same for you if your case is more complicated than expected, it will not let you fall into care because the time is right - or it has accepted an emergency that has delayed it, again if a day you arrive in an emergency, you will surely shake his schedule even if in the current cabinets a time slot is planned for this type of situation. So punctuality is a plus in some cases, but not always, and in case of delay a small, friendly and discreet information from the assistant is welcome.

5- We pick you up in the waiting room

To sit on the chair, you had to be filled in a medical questionnaire on your state of health, your eating habits and oral hygiene, on the reason of your visit: on your side you observe, the cleaning of the chair, of the treatment room, the condition of the disposable gloves and masks, the practitioner and the assistant, the technical platform, the staff's gowns. Everything must be clean.

6- The pain

Nowadays, care can be done without pain. It is not always pain, but inconvenience, do not confuse pain with fear or anxiety. In all cases, you must express your fear and the practitioner will reassure you (if not, look for a practitioner more attentive). If you report real pain, anesthetics are there to fix it. In all cases, there must be a trust between you and the practitioner.

7- The competence

The practitioner must take the time to explain, using drawings, plaster models, or even pictures of his own cases that he has already treated, to give you an idea of his skills. It also remains the right method of word of mouth, or the questioning of patients waiting with you in the waiting room.

8- The price

For the care: the rates are framed by the SS so it is the same in all the cabinets. For prostheses: the price is absolutely not significant. I do not know any practitioner who gives from his pocket to be competitive. if he sells cheaper, it is that he buys cheaper, I let you guess the rest.

9- Care abroad?

With low-cost labor, the absence of standards and quality constraints, the absence of guarantees, cheap is easy, everyone is free, and must remain, to play with his health, if it is his choice.

10- In conclusion

As in all professions, there are good and not so good, you detect them and let it know, we have, to date in the UK, one of the best dentistry in the world, with a high cost for prostheses, because our health system guarantees the cheapest care of Western countries, often at a loss, which implies an expensive prosthesis that balances the operating accounts of companies that are dental offices.