I would say that Dr. Crabtree is one step above the chain dentists (like Southern Dental). You go in and sit in a chair in a room separated from other patients by dividers, the hygienist comes to clean your teeth and then the dentist stops by for 30 seconds to supposedly check your teeth. On my six month cleaning/checkup the dentist didn't even come to check my teeth, which is the point that I decided to change dentists.