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- Apr 22, 2014
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Finding a good dentist has proven awfully difficult:
* Patient reviews seem to care about unimportant things: pain, time, chair manners, front office, etc. Why? I only care about health, longevity and cosmetics, and cost (but I do have Delta Dental).
* More and more dentists seem to reward patients for good reviews.
* Dentists pay each other referral fees, don't they? So to what extent can dental referrals be trusted?
* The "Top Dentists" publication in Seattle Met is showing 700+ dentists in no particular order. That's more dentists than I thought practice in Seattle, how do they find enough teeth for everybody? That's not helpful at all. Besides, could that voting be "doctored", too?
* One would think having a professor from a prestigious dental school would work, but I've heard of a well-known professor who did not do a very good cosmetic job (did not get the right hue; must be color-blind)
So, I am at loss. At this point, I am willing to pay a good money for a referral. How do I approach it? I need an implant, too, among other things.
BTW, I am a programmer, and am considering a few programmatic solutions to fix this informational void. Would any dentist or front office specialist be interested in working with me on it? If it can be done, it can be big.
* Patient reviews seem to care about unimportant things: pain, time, chair manners, front office, etc. Why? I only care about health, longevity and cosmetics, and cost (but I do have Delta Dental).
* More and more dentists seem to reward patients for good reviews.
* Dentists pay each other referral fees, don't they? So to what extent can dental referrals be trusted?
* The "Top Dentists" publication in Seattle Met is showing 700+ dentists in no particular order. That's more dentists than I thought practice in Seattle, how do they find enough teeth for everybody? That's not helpful at all. Besides, could that voting be "doctored", too?
* One would think having a professor from a prestigious dental school would work, but I've heard of a well-known professor who did not do a very good cosmetic job (did not get the right hue; must be color-blind)
So, I am at loss. At this point, I am willing to pay a good money for a referral. How do I approach it? I need an implant, too, among other things.
BTW, I am a programmer, and am considering a few programmatic solutions to fix this informational void. Would any dentist or front office specialist be interested in working with me on it? If it can be done, it can be big.
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