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I just have to post this, because I know it will get a good chuckle from many of you, or atleast me and my business partner thought it was hysterical when it happend in out office today.
My office got a call this morning from a relative of one of our patients. The relative was visiting from Georgia. The relatives chief complaint was that one of her crowns came off(not at all an uncomon thing to have a visiting relative call with a problem).
The realtive comes in with a gold crown for #19 in hand. My partner sees her, and takes a look at the tooth and a look at the crown, and then asks her about it's history. She tells my partner that it was down by her dentist in Georgia about 15 years ago, and has for the last few weeks been coming off.
She says that she called her dentist in Georgia about this, but wasn't heading back to Georgia until the end of September.
When she asked her dentist in Georgia what she should do, he told her that she could try and recement it herself. When she asked him what she should use to try and recement the crown, his reply "Elmer's"
Now I'm in the operatory right next door, and I'm hearing this conversation since not only is my business partner not exactly the quietest guy out there, but neither is this patient
My partner, after somehow not laughing at the Elmer's reply, then goes on to inquire a bit about her dentist in Georgia. She tells my partner that he's "about 90 years old" and the drill he uses "isn't like yours since it's attached to a spinning wheel that he pedals" 😱
My partner did though make a comment to me after when we were talking about this, that while he may be old, and use some old school technology, he does however prep/make some mighty fine looking cast gold crowns!
Sometimes without a doubt its the stories and anecdotes that you'll hear from your patients that really do make your day and keep it moving right along!👍
My office got a call this morning from a relative of one of our patients. The relative was visiting from Georgia. The relatives chief complaint was that one of her crowns came off(not at all an uncomon thing to have a visiting relative call with a problem).
The realtive comes in with a gold crown for #19 in hand. My partner sees her, and takes a look at the tooth and a look at the crown, and then asks her about it's history. She tells my partner that it was down by her dentist in Georgia about 15 years ago, and has for the last few weeks been coming off.
She says that she called her dentist in Georgia about this, but wasn't heading back to Georgia until the end of September.
When she asked her dentist in Georgia what she should do, he told her that she could try and recement it herself. When she asked him what she should use to try and recement the crown, his reply "Elmer's"
Now I'm in the operatory right next door, and I'm hearing this conversation since not only is my business partner not exactly the quietest guy out there, but neither is this patient
My partner, after somehow not laughing at the Elmer's reply, then goes on to inquire a bit about her dentist in Georgia. She tells my partner that he's "about 90 years old" and the drill he uses "isn't like yours since it's attached to a spinning wheel that he pedals" 😱
My partner did though make a comment to me after when we were talking about this, that while he may be old, and use some old school technology, he does however prep/make some mighty fine looking cast gold crowns!
Sometimes without a doubt its the stories and anecdotes that you'll hear from your patients that really do make your day and keep it moving right along!👍
