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We Know Where You Live

Author: Amber

Our entire family was at the dentist in January and February (as you may remember).

Now, in the past month, I have received 12 emails, 2 phone calls and 3 post cards “reminding” me that we are due for our dental cleanings. Since the cards we got yesterday were for Daniel, Andrew and I, I suspect that Josh’s, Jon’s and Claire’s will be on their way shortly.

Maybe if they wouldn’t spend so much time/money ~~harassing~~ reminding people that they haven’t been to the dentist in 5 months, they wouldn’t have to put so much upsell pressure on their patients.

Good grief!

How often do YOU go to the dentist?

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4 Responses to “We Know Where You Live”

July 21st, 2010 at 9:02 am

Lee-Ann says:

We try to go every six months since that’s what my benefits will cover. The kids actually enjoy it, so that makes it easier. I book the kids’ appointments together and mine separately. The dentist office is on campus, so I can go during my lunch hour and don’t have to find childcare. (Marc sees a different dentist - an ex-girlfriend of his, but that’s a story for another time.)

We book the next appointment before we leave, so we don’t have to deal with calls and such. They always phone us two weeks before the scheduled appointment, so there’s always a good opportunity to reschedule if the appointment has been booked for the day of a class field trip or something.

Here’s my weird upsell story: I had a different dentist do my check-up this last time, and she suggested pulling a tooth that was not causing any problems just to “clean things up”. seriously.

July 21st, 2010 at 9:19 am