Mission statement
Our promise is to value our patients, with understanding, empathy, and knowledge;  to respect your time; to treat you as an individual and as a friend; and to consistently provide the highest quality of care.

On-time performance
We schedule office hours by appointment only, and we generally run on time.  We value your time by treating your appointment as a "scheduled event".  This shows respect for you and for our relationship, and makes dentistry less stressful for all concerned.  For this idea to work in practice, it requires more than our commitment; we need you to also respect our time by arriving for your visits on schedule.  If we work at this together, we all benefit.

Our patients' concerns
Much of what we do is common sense;  we try to do the very best treatment the first time (if you don't have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?  Also if it's hard to afford treatment, how can you afford to do it over?).  We respect treatment that gives good value for time and money spent...treatment that will stand the test of time, function, and beauty.

We're gentle people
Many of you have had bad dental experiences in the past.  We offer many techniques for making dentistry more gentle than you thought it could be, including air abrasion (no-drill decay removal), TENS, and nitrous oxide.  We also offer conscious sedation, so you can have your treatment done while you're in a relaxed "daydream-like" state.  We have headphones and TV monitors in all rooms, and electronic back massage is available.  And, most importantly, we try to provide you with the biggest gentleness aid of all; trust.