Marie-Pascale Hersant

It’s strange to rave about a dentist, but I’m about to rave about a dentist! It was overdue for a check-​up and asked around for some recommendations for a dentist in Paris. My husband has been going to Marie-​Pascale for years, and recently went to her as a last-​minute emergency patient to extract a nerve that was about to go bonkers in his mouth. He highly recommended her so I booked an appointment with her three weeks in advance for a cleaning.
Dentists appointments are never fun, but I found my time with Marie-​Pascale quite zen-​like in fact. Her cabinet is located in a lovely pierre-​de-​taille building near Nation. Her waiting room and treatment room have all of the beautiful trims and finishes of a bourgeois apartment, but all of the equipment and furniture is extremely clean, modern and high-​tech. Her treatment chair was super comfy and ergonomic, and was placed right next to the open bay windows so my head was on the same level as the tree tops outside — quite a nice position to be in while having your mouth ajar for 20 minutes.
Marie-​Pascale did a very deep, yet totally painless, cleaning of my teeth and hummed along to some melodies playing on her stereo while doing so. She showed me my x-​rays on her computer afterwards (all looks good, as usual, I’ve actually never had a cavity!) and gave me some tips about more effective brushing (use a soft brush as if you were polishing a round ball and when brushing, think only about brushing your teeth, don’t let your mind wander).
So how much did this pain-​free, high-​tech, quick and pleasant experience cost? Just 45E, much of which I’ll get reimbursed for! Gotta love France!