Treatment

     The focus of this text is not how to specifically treat patients. Instead we are focusing on the peripheral issues which are actually the major determinants of whether a patient will actually ever let you begin treatment.

     It is strongly suggested that you always endeavor to do your best work possible. It may sound corny but it is true especially after years in private practice when the idealism of dental school may be just a distant memory. As we age, and tire more easily, it may also become more difficult to always attempt to offer each patient one's best work. In my own private practice I have continually added specialists and generalists as I find my interest in given procedures begin to wane. I feel that my patient's deserve that; they recognize the efforts I undertake to see that the care they receive is always in their best interest. Yes, there is a significant extra cost associated with all the other dentists around but I believe that the patient's appreciation of the extra effort goes a long way towards building and maintaining a reputation during a lifetime of private practice.