The Dental & The Incidental
The evening before Christmas Eve, I was taking care of one of my many favorite dental patients (let’s call her “Sara”). While we were exchanging holiday wishes, she remarked about what a wonderful year this had been and how much she was looking forward to the new year.…
I have a long-established tradition at my dental office of celebrating the holidays by treating my staff to dinner and a show. This past Friday, 11 of us dined at Sardi’s and then went on to see the musical revival of Hair on Broadway. The meal…
As patients are seated, an often-asked question is, “What are you going to do to me today?” My response is always the same and always sincere…”I’m not going to do anything TO you, but, this is what I’m going to do FOR you.” Semantics? Word play? I think…
There are some people who just have the knack to drop all pretence and engage you in the kind of light-hearted banter that evokes sincerity, laughter and the warm feelings of human contact that are free and gleeful.I saw two such individuals in my dental office this week. Each…
Today I treated one of my dental patients, a ninety-plus year old man. While we were visiting, he reflected on how just about all of his friends from the “old neighborhood” had passed. He gazed up to the ceiling and said wistfully, “Oh to be eighty again.” Wow!
Every now and then, I’ll be busy with one thing or another and suddenly think about someone whom I haven’t seen in a while. It might be a friend; often, it’s a patient.A month or so ago, I realized that I hadn’t seen Alan in the office in…
