> Sounds rather idiotic to me. If you are going to work on a patient, work on one
> at a time. It may not only be unclean, but also rather stupid from the personal
> stand point. I'd feel like my time is wasted!

>> Sounds rather idiotic to me. If you are going to work on a patient, work on one
>> at a time. It may not only be unclean, but also rather stupid from the personal
>> stand point. I'd feel like my time is wasted!
>As with many procedures, there are steps that require waiting.  When
>this is the case, it is only logical to make use of that time.  When I
>am waiting for the anesthetic to take effect, I go check someone
>else's teeth.  When I am waiting for an X-ray, I finish a filling or
>take an impression.  It is simply a matter of making the most of the
>time available (washing and re-gloving, of course).
>As it has been said before, if you want total individual attention,
>you are going to have to pay a *premium* fee.
>SWF DDS

>"President Clinton never waits for his dental appointment. He
>has a dentist on staff who just sits there and reads his own
>old magazines and waits for an "exective dental problem."
>If you will pay for my entire morning, I'll be happy to sit here
>and wait for you to come in whenever you want. And you will
>also have my undivided attention. But I do not think that you
>will want to pay for the entire 3 hours of my time, just to fill
>that one cavity." >This usually does the trick.