Friday, December 18, 2009

Tips for Choosing the Right Dentist


OK folks, this is going to be short and sweet. Here are 2 questions to ask yourself and 1 friendly tip to keep in mind when searching for the perfect dentist.

1.- What’s your budget? Do you have dental insurance to help foot the bill? If not, are you willing to give up next year’s vacation in order to afford a doc with the latest Matrix-like technology? Decisions, decisions…
2.- What is your purpose for wanting to visit the dentist? Did you smoke too many Marlboro lights in high school and now your teeth are a lovely shade of nicotine? Or maybe you wince in pain every time you chew on anything thicker than baby food. The answer will help you determine what type of speciality you’ll want your dentist nyc schooled in.
3.- When reading reviews of a dentist on a social media site, please please please keep your salt shaker by your side. Review sites possess a few fundamental flaws. These include:
  • The reviews are opinions. We all perceive experiences differently.
  • There are rumors that businesses pay people to write positive reviews.
  • There is the probability that some of the positive reviews are being written by employees of the business while negative reviews may be written by their competitors.
  • Small sample size. Users are basing their decisions on possibly one or two reviews when the business is visited by hundreds or thousands of people.
Hopefully answering these questions will give you a bit more focus on what type of dentist you’ll want to look for.

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