{"id":394,"date":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/getting-the-most-from-your-dental-visits\/"},"modified":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","slug":"getting-the-most-from-your-dental-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/getting-the-most-from-your-dental-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting The Most From Your Dental Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistryblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ProactivePatient1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"582\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341854\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> <strong>AS ONE OF OUR VALUED PATIENTS AND FRIENDS,<\/strong> you\u2019ve probably never considered the following question, \u201cWhat can I do to make my dental visits as productive and effective as possible?\u201d At first, it may sound like a silly question. You\u2019ve probably\u00a0thought, as a patient, that your job was pretty much to show up and open wide! But to really get more from our visits together, here are a few suggestions for taking more initiative. <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Use Our Social Media Platform To Connect With Us<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> We are a \u201cone-to-one business\u201d. So, even though there are hundreds of millions of people (and lots of businesses) using social media, WE\u2019RE there to better facilitate our personal one-on-one relationships with you. That means we\u2019re interested in staying connected. Many times we only see you every six months\u2014and that\u2019s one reason why our social media tools (including this blog) are so important to <strong>our team<\/strong>.  One way to stay connected is to be sure you\u2019ve Liked our <strong>Facebook<\/strong> page! We enjoy interacting with you there. And as you know, you can comment there or leave us a private message. <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ask Questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> We love visiting with you about any aspect of your oral health. We consider ourselves one of your lifetime health partners. We understand that sometimes it\u2019s human nature to be a little shy about asking questions&#8230; But we encourage you to <strong>ask us<\/strong>, whether it\u2019s during your in-practice visit, on the phone, or through social media. <strong>Here are some examples of questions you may want to ask, and questions we\u2019d love to answer:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p> [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WSokmt7plHw&#038;version=3&#038;hl=en_US&#038;rel=0] <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Plan Sufficient Time For Your Next Visit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> We understand that life is busy! And, you probably feel like you have many, many things to do other than hang out at <strong>our practice<\/strong>! That\u2019s OK&#8230; We don\u2019t feel bad. However, be sure to allow ample time for your appointments just so you don\u2019t feel rushed and we\u2019re able to answer all your questions. <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Spend A Little Bit Of Time Learning More About Your Oral Health<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> We try to provide you with useful and relevant information about your dental health, comfort, and appearance through our blog posts. Take a few minutes each month to explore some of the topics we publish. Also, we know that many of our patients may not even realize the scope of the <strong>services<\/strong> we offer. Thanks, in advance, for getting to know more about how we can serve you. <\/p>\n<h4>Thanks For The Trust You Place In Us<\/h4>\n<p> <strong>We can\u2019t say it enough&#8230; Thank you.<\/strong> Thanks for being our valued friends and patients. And thanks for your kind referrals of coworkers, extended family members and friends. <strong>We appreciate it!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AS ONE OF OUR VALUED PATIENTS AND FRIENDS,<\/strong> you\u2019ve probably never considered the following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-176","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}