Caring Dentistry

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I am not quite a dental phobic but I am anxious enough to get a squirmy tummy unlike my partner who can incredulously fall asleep in the dental chair. That ain’t ever going to happen to me but last 6 monthly visit Shadi (Dr Fashka) made me laugh so much that I couldn’t collect myself to open my mouth — now that is incredible. I never conceived that visiting the dentist would be hilarious or that I would ever overcome my anxiety!
I originally consulted Caring Dentistry after a desperate attempt on a Saturday to find a dentist open to fix a cracked front tooth. Having been told by my dentist at the time that I would be wait listed at least a week (yeah sure –I am going to go to work looking like I’ve come off second best in a pub brawl) I fortunately chanced upon Caring Dentistry in my local paper’s magazine. FD (former dentist) really did me a huge favour by not squeezing me in, as I was soon to find out the reason my tooth cracked was that I had the evidence of a lifetime’s worth of stress induced teeth grinding — something FD had completely overlooked for 25+ years!!!
A self proclaimed preventative dentist as previously cited who is passionate about dentistry and ensuring everyone has healthy teeth to the grave. He is a walking dazzlingly smiled advocate of the need to start young and maintain regularly. As difficult as this is when you figure that you are young and healthy this will pay off big time when you hit middle age as you will be reaping the financial dividends of healthy teeth and gums. As Shadi constantly reminds me (and I’m sure all patients) teeth and gums are non renewable resources and once decayed, receded, cracked or ground down there is no turning back the clock without further heavy investment. Caring Dentistry prides itself on being… caring, informative, educational and highly professional. I only wish I had found Shadi sooner before the rot had set in!

So here’s the drill… I have had the same dentist since I was 4 but I found out about this place by word of mouth and although going to the dentist is like pulling teeth, I decided to «build a bridge,» get to the root of the problem and visit Caring Dentistry to see why they were getting all these polished reviews (puns incredibly well intended).
Dr Shadi is your oh so not stereotypical Dentist. He’s like a boy with toys — but instead of getting excited about video games, cars or guitars — he gets excited about dental equipment.
On first visit to this dentist I had no idea what kind of experiments to expect on my mouth. I had always been told I had «perfect teeth.» Yet upon sitting in «the chair» it seemed like by a wave of Shadi’s tooth fairy wand — minus the poking and proding and shoving things in your mouth — he knew exactly what was wrong with my teeth and how to fix it. But here’s the catch…
He explained to me in lamens terms why I needed a filling, what to do with my funky tooth and how over a few short visits I would be sorted out in no time.
Arguably this guy isn’t as cheap as my childhood dentist but he also pretty obviously highlighted to me some major holes that had been looked over in the past and I felt safe in the hands of a guy who has the latest technology I have ever seen in a dentists before + a friendly, welcoming, «I’m just going to hold your mouth open for a few minutes with this shiny metal rod,» attitude to boot!
Caring Dentistry looses some points for cost but at the same time I would rather spend a bit more to know I am going to have a shiny set of teeth still when I’m 40!