BE CAREFUL OF DENTISTS RECOMMENDING NIGHT GUARDS...

IT STRETCHES THE MOUTH AND COULD POSSIBLY CREATE A BULL DOG EFFECT IF WORN CONSISTENTLY FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME...REMEMBER DENTAL OFFICES ARE OUT TO MAKE MONEY...THE OTHER CAUTION IS OVER ZEALOUSNESS IN HAVING TO GET XRAYS...REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE HAD A GOITER AND IF A PROPER PROTECTIVE SHIELD IS NOT WORN IT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO AN ALREADY TROUBLED AREA, MAKE SURE THE SHIELD GOES ALL THE WAY UP AND UNDER YOUR CHIN... IF YOU'RE JUST GOING FOR REGULAR TEETH CLEANING BY A HYGENIST THOUGH PERSONALLY I PREFER A DENTIST THAT DOES THE TEETH CLEANING BECAUSE HYGENISTS USUALLY ARE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS AND SHOULD THERE BE ANY UNFAVORABLE AFTER MATH BETTER TO HAVE THE PERSON IN CHARGE WHO CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO CORRECT OR ADMINISTER WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. LARGE BUSY AND POPULAR DENTAL OFFICES CANNOT ACCOMODATE PATIENTS WITH A DENTIST SO THEREFORE THE DENTIST(S) IN CHARGE SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS THAT THEY HIRE, EVEN IF THE DENTIST IS NOT DOING THE WORK. ON THE GLOBAL NETWORK THERE WILL BE DENTISTS AND STAFF ACCOMODATING CHILDREN, FITTING NECESSARY HARDWARE SUCH AS BRACES, GIVING INJECTIONS ETC AS A PAIN KILLER WOULD HAVE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY A PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS TREMENDOUS PATIENCE AND AN AFFINITY FOR BEING AROUND CHILDREN. WITH THE GLOBAL PLAN I INVISION A VAST NETWORK OF PROFESSIONAL DENTAL EXPERTS THAT SPECIALIZE IN PARTICULAR AREAS SUCH AS PERIODONTAL (GUM) WORK, YOU CAN HAVE GREAT LOOKING TEETH BUT POOR GUMS...IMPLANTS RATHER THAN BRIDGES, ETC...THE LATEST STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT...AND OF COURSE PERSONAL ORAL CARE GIVEN REGARDING HOW TO PROPERLY BRUSH, FLOSS, ETC. AND THE TYPE OF FOODS THAT MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS...SUCH AS LIQUIDS CONTAINING LOTS OF SUGAR...I HAD BEEN ADVISED BY MY CURRENT "DENTAL EXPERT" THAT I NEEDED TO STAY AWAY FROM ORANGE JUICE SINCE IT COULD ERODE THE ENAMEL...THEREFORE, I WILL NOW AND AGAIN BUY AN ORANGE AND SLICE IN QUARTERS AND HAVE A SLICE FOR FOUR DAYS, WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT NOT EVERY DAY... A WAITING ROOM WHERE A PARENT COULD "TUNE" IN TO WHAT'S BEING DONE INSIDE THE DENTAL OFFICE ALLOWING THE PARENT TO SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING AT THE TIME. THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF MAINTENANCE AND WHEN A PATIENT IS IN THE MENS OR LADIES ROOM TO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER BARGE IN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE WHICH HAPPENED IN MY CASE,AFTER I HAD LOCKED THE DOOR. A DENTIST SHOULD ALSO THOROUGHLY EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE BOTH THE UP AND DOWN SIDE, SINCE IN EVERY SITUATION THERE IS A DOWN SIDE AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD PREFER NOT ADDRESSING THE DOWN SIDE OF AN ISSUE,IT'S EASY TO EXPLAIN HOW EVERYTHING IS PERFECT, BUT IT IS THE MARK OF A TRUE PROFESSIONAL TO EXPLAIN THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THINGS DON'T GO AS PLANNED. I HAVE FOUND THAT MOST SALES PEOPLE, AND YES DENTISTS AND THEIR STAFF ARE SALES PEOPLE. YOU MAY THINK OF THEM AS YOUR DENTIST BUT THEY ARE OUT TO MAKE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. APPOINTMENTS WHICH CAN'T BE MET, A TRUE PROFESSIONAL IS NOT GOING TO CHARGE YOU IN MY OPINION IF YOU CAN'T MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT WHEN YOU CALL, BECAUSE WHAT THAT COULD INDICATE IS THAT THE DENTIST IS NOT VERY POPULAR AND THEY MAY NOT BE COMING IN TO THE OFFICE UNLESS YOU MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT. IN OTHER WORDS YOU'RE BEING CHARGED POSSIBLY BECAUSE THE OFFICE MAY NOT BE DOING THE OPTIMUM AMOUNT OF BUSINESS THAT THEY SHOULD BE IF THEY WERE TRULY AS POSSIBLE AS THEY WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE. TO GIVE A PATIENT A "CONTRACT" WHILE THEY ARE STILL UNDER SEDATION AND REQUESTING THAT THEY SIGN A FORM THAT THEY UNDERSTAND EVERTHING ON THE CONTRACT PATIENTS IS NOT PRUDENT AND AGAIN IT GOES UNDER THE SAME SCENARIO AS CHARGING $50 FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP AN APPOINTMENT IT SHOWS A LACK OF GENUINE CARING FOR YOU PATIENT AND THE ACTIONS CAN BE INTERPRETED AS ONLY INTERESTED IN THE MONEY, RATHER THAN YOUR PATIENT. PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT THE DENTAL OFFICE HAS OBTAINED AND USING IT TO SABATOGE A PATIENT FOR WHATEVER REASON APPARENTLY SEEMS TO BE A TREND IN CERTAIN CASES HERE IN CALIFORNIA, TO DELIBERATELY CAUSE SOMEONE TO UNJUSTLY LOSE THEIR PRISTINE CREDIT SCORE RATING, AND SUBJECT THE PATIENT POSSIBLY TO BOGUS CREDITORS AND LAW SUITS BY BOGUS ATTORNEYS, ETC WHICH COULD CAUSE EXCEPTIONAL LOSES TO THE PATIENT BOTH IN THEIR TIME AND MONEY. GO TO MORE THAN ONE DENTIST AND CHECK OUT THE OFFICE AND THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO SEE IF PERSONALLY IT'S A GOOD FIT. A DENTIST OR ANY PROFESSIONAL SHOULD NOT MIND GIVING YOU INFORMATION AS TO WHERE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL SEEING A DIPLOMA, WHEN A DENTIST HAS A MYRIAD OF SO CALLED CERTIFICATES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE OVER KILL COULD BE BECAUSE THEY MAY BE HIDING SOMETHING AND THEY WANT TO CIRCUMVENT YOU CHECKING, IN OTHER WORDS, ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW IS PLASTERED ALL OVER THE WALL. THAT TO ME IS A RED HERRING, AND POSSIBLY COULD BE THAT THEY ARE HIDING SOMETHING, NOT ALWAYS, BUT POSSIBLY. HAVE A GOOD DAY. BE SAFE, THANKS FOR LISTENING! (C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWENDOLYN L MITCHELL ON 3/26/15 AT 9:30AM LA,CA 90046