Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry
5014 Roswell Rd NE
404-330-9089
www.AtlantaCenterForCosmeticDentistry.com
Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry featured on this Fox News report on dental offices offering spa services, reducing dental fear. A great advantage to patients that otherwise would avoid dental visits.
Jonathan Serrie: A massage therapist works her magic while the aromas of gourmet coffee and cookies waft through the air. This is not a day spa, but a routine dental appointment.
Anything we can do to make them feel not as tightly wound about the whole experience is going to be great.
Jonathan Serrie: The Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry is just one of a small, but growing number of dental offices offering spa services.
Here's the typical treatment room too and Sloan, our massage therapist, is here giving a TMJ massage. With the warm blanket and the neck pillow, warm mittens, this is just one of those things that is going to let patients just sink into that chair and let go a little bit and allow the dental treatment to be done.
Patient: I don't really pay any attention to the work that's being done, because I'm made to feel so relaxed.
Jonathan Serrie: While fear of the dentist is nothing new, improved hygiene has reduced America's demand for routine dental work. According to the CDC, 1 in 3 of us hasn't seen a dentists for at least a year. Spa dentists view this as a new market.
Dr. Debra Gray King: A lot of our procedures that we do are elective. Our patients are here because they want to be here and they want to receive excellent dental care, so that is another reason to have the extras.
Jonathan Serrie: Extras like internet access, movies, and massaging chairs add to the overhead so patients can expect to pay as much as 30% more for procedures at a spa dentist, but nervous patients who might otherwise avoid the dental chair all together say it's a small price to pay for a healthy smile. In Atlanta, Jonathan Serrie, Fox News
