One of the many reasons people do not get the care they need is because of lack of trust. Whether it is the dentist, the doctor, the hair stylist, or the car mechanic, we generally seek out individuals who we like and thereby trust to provide a service for us.
I always ask new patients of mine how they decided to come to my office. The responses I get are probably the same for most dentists. The top ones are referrals by a friend or family member, the phone book, and more recently the internet.
I used to think that the only reasonable way to pick a health-care provider was from a referral… (Read More)