It starts very early on in life and, ideally, one should never stop doing it to successfully prevent annoying health problems and having doctors handle sharp instruments inside one’s mouth – of course I am talking about regular dental care!
The new year had just started, Vienna had finally seen its first real snowfall of the winter season, and the “Wiener Eistraum” ice skating rink in front of city hall had just opened its gates. “Alright then – let’s go have a Holiday on Ice!”
You brush your teeth twice, or maybe even three times, every day and always use dental floss as well – and yet, that pesky dental calculus keeps building up on the teeth’s surface ...
The infamous “Busy Season” starts at work and all hell breaks loose! A seemingly endless barrage of e-mails, accompanied by uninterrupted phone ringing and way too many meeting invitations – some for the same time slot!
On December 31, 2017, I was also among them – the many people who had decided to greet the New Year in Vienna’s historic old city center. Oops – with all the festivities around me, my cap just decided to fly off my head – let’s quickly pick it up! As I was about to stand up again, a hand holding a Sekt bottle appeared seemingly out of nowhere on the right side of my face...
Do you recognize this scenario?
Patient picks a dentist, books an appointment, shows up at the right time, receives a diagnosis, listens to the procedure cost estimate, and leaves the dental office without booking a follow-up appointment because the quoted price is just too high!
Has this happened to you before? In the late fall of 2017, it was about time for me to go see a dentist again. I had already planned ahead and booked an appointment with the dentist of my choice.
It was a sunny Monday morning in late May 2014. I was in a conference room giving my team our weekly project status update. Suddenly, I felt a stabbing pain pulsing through my right cheek – a pain so strong and sharp that it brought my presentation to an early halt.