I don't want to jump him or have a dentist fetish or anything, I just think my dentist is really cool. A few reasons why....
1. When I recently referred another family to his office they sent me a Starbucks card by way of thanks. (please note, Starbucks bribery will always get you compliments when it comes to me!)
2. When I had something stuck under my gum earlier this week, they got me in the same day and after much freezing and coaxing relieved my poor, inflamed mouth.
3. While I was there, I eavesdropped on the coolest conversation to EVER take place in a dentist's office. There was an older fellow just finishing up with his teeth cleaning in the room across the way from me. The receptionist told him that since he had recently had his 90th (!!) birthday and he had been coming to this office for such a long time, the dentist decided to give the patient a special rate as a birthday gift. His file dated back to 1964, so he got the rate he would have paid in 1964: a whopping $4.00! So cool, because that was probably actually worth close to $200. Also cool because I know for a fact that my dentist was only a gleam in his dad's eye in 1964, but he is honouring the practice and patients who came before he took over about 10 years ago. And finally, the coolest thing, the old guy still has his own teeth at 90 years of age!
Wow, that is amazing! Who is your dentist?
ReplyDeleteHe's in Port Moody; our first house was in Coquitlam so it was really close and we just keep going because he's so great. His name is Dr. Glenn Momotani, and the dental hygienist who does the kids (Janet) is excellent with the little ones. The office looks very 1964...not at all fancy or anything, but looks aren't everything!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog Jill, I love this... and I'm very impressed with your dentist!!! Wouldn't it be awesome if more people honored one another like that!
ReplyDeleteDanielle
I thought you were exaggerating at first. But your reasons for loving your dentist is really indescribable. Reason #3 definitely made your dentist cool!
ReplyDeleteEthan Pew
Wow! I’d love to have a dentist like yours! You’re very lucky. Aside from his generosity, what made me came to the conclusion that he’s a great dentist is that, at the age of 90, he was able to maintain his own teeth for a long time. Isn’t that out of proper care?
ReplyDelete-Eduardo Tomlin