Dr. Schmid has been my dentist since we moved back to California years ago. I'm a very critical grader; if I'm not satisfied, I'll switch doctors, dentists, hospitals, banks, brokers,etc. -- and I have, even if the person is a personal friend. But my dentist has been Dr. Schmid the whole time.
When he identifies a major issue, Dr. Schmid always asks me about what's important to me (e.g., cost, pain, appearance). When I tell him, he accepts my decision. However, he always tells me about the alternatives so I don't make a bad decision due to ignorance.
I hate pain. So he makes sure that I have minimum pain through technique and medication. My wife has lots of medical problems, so he ensures that any procedure he performs, or medication he specifies, will not compromise her health.
His staff is completely approachable, and I have had their help on difficult scheduling problems with our adopted children. [All our kids are patents too.]
Through time, Dr Schmid has been able to undo many of the unfortunate decisions by dentists in my past. We are now on track to make further progress on the problems that are appearing.
In the past, I've had reservations about dentists I've had. No more.
Dr. Thomas Bell
About Hygienist: Geeta, Joy, and Rene are all top-notch. Their concern for our issues are always obvious, and (especially Joy) politely chastises us when we are not not doing enough brushing and flossing. They are great people who are obviously interested in our dental health. Now it they can just get my wife to floss more!
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