This post is the first in a series that addresses common threats to your teeth. \u00a0The first is obvious but important nonetheless. \u00a0Unfortunately, for varied reasons, many people avoid the dentist. \u00a0 \u00a0Generally these reasons are fear, time, and finances. I definitely understand this; I too do not \u201cenjoy\u201d having dental work done.\u00a0 However, the irony of this scenario is that eventually problems will arise and when they do the treatment will be more difficult, take longer, and cost more.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A sign of a good dentist is one that attempts to maintain routine 6 month appointments, not to bug you or ensure office profits, but because they care about you. \u00a0Truth is the longer a person waits the larger and more expensive the treatment is. \u00a0This is an easy fix, before you leave your dental appointment, make the next appointment and\u00a0keep it<\/i><\/b>!<\/p>\n
A good modern dental office will also address the most common issues related to avoiding the dentist. \u00a0At Amberly Dental in Waverly, NE<\/a> for instance, we have a calm, comfortable environment including nitrous oxide <\/a>and TV’s on the ceiling to take your mind off the work. \u00a0In addition, we pride ourselves on being efficient and on time. \u00a0Our entire staff becomes uncomfortable if someone has to wait over 5 minutes. \u00a0 If you routinely wait for dental appointments it’s not acceptable in this day and age. \u00a0 Here’s a quick tip if you hate waiting like I do, schedule appointments first thing in the morning or first thing after lunch. \u00a0There’s little chance of running late at these times. \u00a0 Finally, cost is always a factor. \u00a0 At Amberly Dental we, like most modern offices, have various forms of financing to make it easier. \u00a0 If nothing else, please remember waiting until it hurts is always a losing scenerio. \u00a0 To sum things up, my father-in-law, a recent convert to regular dental appointments, made this comment that says it all, \u201cThis 6 month thing is great.\u00a0 I should have been doing it years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This post is the first in a series that addresses common threats to your teeth. \u00a0The first is obvious but important nonetheless. \u00a0Unfortunately, for varied reasons, many people avoid the dentist. \u00a0 \u00a0Generally these reasons are fear, time, and finances. I definitely understand this; I too do not \u201cenjoy\u201d having dental work done.\u00a0 However, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2,4,5,6,7],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-avoiding-the-dentist","tag-dental-problems","tag-do-you-really-need-to-see-the-dentist-every-6-months","tag-threats-to-teeth","tag-why-see-a-dentist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1611,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amberlydental.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}