Thursday, April 30, 2009

Chicken Rice

Chicken Rice is the Singapore National Dish ( It's mean you can find everywhere in Singapore). In Singapore there are have 2 types of chicken ( roast chicken and steam chicken). Why tell you about chicken rice today because many dentist from Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Paragon Medical come for had lunch in this Chicken Rice shop, a few patients call up ask about treatment and the price for consultation fee , many patient understand to pay for it because there are need to get advice from the dentist but some of the patient specially come from kampong , they are not understand why have to pay for it? I want to tell them that when you want to be a dentist ,not easy, spend times , expenses to study plus experiece for practice. However I have one place to recomend you to go to see the dentist without paying consultation fee.
Yes, it's dental specialist like Endodontics ,Oral surgery ,Orthodontics,Prosthodontics ,Periodontics and GP always go there to have lunch twice a week .

Chicken Rice Shope level 4 @ luckyplaza ,
No need to pay consultation fee when you go to see the dentist.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Dental Sales Representative



This dental sales representative from MCJs (M = my, C = company, J = jieng , S = soon)

So What's meaning of MCJs = My company going to (jieng) soon.


Sales Rep : Walk in to dental Clinic (looking around at the clinic)

Dental Assistant : Hi , may I help you?

Sales Rep : Is Dr. around?

Dental Assistant : No, he is not in.

Sales Rep : Where is he going haa.? ( The voice lounder)

Dental Assistant : He went to oversea.

Sales Rep : When he will be coming back ?

Dental Assistant : He will be back on neek week.

Sales Rep : What is you name? ( sounld like very rude)

Dental Assistant : My name is Ning.

Sales Rep : Laughing and laughing. (because in her life never heard this name before)

( continue ask, busy body) Are you chinese?

Dental Assistant : No, I AM NOT.

Sales Rep : This Dr. using my product , can you check for me he still have my product?

Dental Assistant : Sorry , I don't know. You have to check with dr.

Sales Rep : Okay loh, are you celebrate Chinese New Year?

Dental Assistant : NO, I AM NOT CHINESE. (so stupid repeat and repeat ask the same question).

Sales Rep : ... (Walk a way).

Dental Assistant : Next time when Sale rep come back again, I have to tell her (NO,I AM NOT) first before she open her mouth .....




To be continue .....

Monday, April 27, 2009

Dentists (story)

Part 1
Patient : Walk to the dental chair.
Dentist : Have a seat please, What can I do for you ?
Patient : You think I come here because miss you lah .
Dentist : I think so.

Part 2
Patient : Dr. my tooth is very pain full, please help.
Dentist : Which tooth is painful ?
Patient : This one (She point is pre molar)
Dentist : (The dentist checking ) Oh, if you want to save the tooth, you would have to do root canal treatment.
Patient : I want to save the tooth. Dr. can you do root canal hole mouth for me because I don't want to have pain again?
Dentist : Go take IBUPROFEN.

Part 3
Patient : Doctor, I am very nervous. You know, this is my first extraction.
Dentist : Don’t worry, it's my first extraction too.



Part 4 on the way.....


Friday, April 24, 2009

Calcium

Calcium 500mg + Vitamin D
(Cocoa and Strawberry flavor)
(Made in USA)

Calcium is a one of the supplements that very good for your teeth, This mineral is vital for tooth development and the maintenance of healthy bones a strong jaw bone is esssential for a healthy smile. For adult we need about 1200 milligrames of calcium daily (two cups of milk) , calcium also can get from other food like nuts, tofu, soy milk , ect.

Now a day many company they also selling calcium supplements just take 1 gummy a day and the price cheaper. If you don't like to drink milk ,I think calcium supplement is another choice for you.
You can call us (65)62863113 for more detail.

Cost of whitening gel

NOW!!! You can get your teeth whiten in one visit one hour and one stop. This is procedure ususally performed by local dentists.


These gel is fully DIY kits are effective and relatively safe, very powerful gels. 9 applications over 4.5 days are all it takes to whiten your teeth today.

photo below is bleaching tray!

DIY Whitening take home kit gels with two bleaching trays @ $400/- only.

Need more detail please consult us Tel. (65) 62358316.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

What's Scaling & Polishing ?


My dentist always recommended his patient come for Scaling & Polishing , regular check- up a least twice a year to helps in keeping the gums and teeth healthier. If your gums start bleeding when your brushing the teeth the you need to come for this treatment.

After complete the Scaling my dentist will polishing removes Calculus Tartar Stains Tea Coffee or Cigarettes.

Scaling and Polishing are the terms used for teeth cleaning.




Cost of dental crown

E-max Ceramics

Look at the arrow you can see true the crown , so e-max crown can match with your nature toohth .
at the photo below look inside between e-max crown vs porcelain and metal crown, we can compare what is diffirence.
In the early days many of the patients who identified our practice with cosmetic dentistry knew about our Empress crowns. These crowns looked really cool and not only improved social lives, but career opportunities as well. Indeed, our "instant orthodontics" with Empress crowns have helped quite a number of people to look good in time for their job interviews and wedding photos.
However, even though Empress crowns have served us and our patients well, there were two problems. Firstly, Empress looks so natural because it has the translucency of natural teeth. However, if the underlying tooth has been discoloured, the darker shade will show through the material. Secondly, the strength of Empress II is only about 200MPa. In patients who have deep of heavy bites, the material may fracture. Empress bridges are known to survive only in the mouths of gentle users. With these limitations in strength and the lack of ability to mask underlying discolouration, Empress has failed to satisfy the needs of some patients.

The technology has moved on. Since early 2006, we have been using e.max for out crowns and bridges. The manufacturers of e.max are the same folks who brought us Empress. This material is said to look just as good as Empress, but with a strength of 400MPa, it's almost 2 times stronger. Not only that, this system can incorporate an opaque layer capable of masking underlying discolouration. The strongest all-ceramic material available is Procera with a strength of about 460MPa. However, it is much more expensive than Empress. The new e.max crowns cost only slightly more than Empress and are almost as strong as Procera. After numerous successful cases, e.max has been proven not only to function well as short-span bridges, the aesthetics are also as good as Empress.

So far, e.max has turned out to be as good as the manufacturer claims. We now recommend it as the material of choice for all our full ceramic crowns cases. If you have a fractured Empress crown, do consider redoing it in e.max. Each e.max crown costs S$800 .










Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Cost for pluck the teeth?



Patient : How much to have this tooth pluck out Dr. ?
Dentist : I will charge you $100 only.
Patient : $100? just a few minutes???
Dentist : I can extract it slowly if you like or do you want DIY treatment?


DIY????

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Rich in Money but Poor in Attitude

She has DBS Platinum card BUT .....





Yesterday morning there were one patient come over to have a cousultation with my dentist, the patient come along with her mother. For her case, she needs to do bonding because her baby tooth just drop and she got to do bonding to cover up on her canine , when the dentist just started to explanined to her. Her mother asks "How much loh ? The dentist replied "I will charge you nomal filling price $80 (usual price $100)"

Her mother "So expensive!, " Dr you give her discount lah" (The sounds like giving an order to the dentist)
The dentist just keep quited but the her daugther said ok "I want to do doctor".

After treatment finished, at the reception she still bargain Can you give discout or not?, very expensive lah???

Oh My...... (I really don't know , there are from with jungle in Singapore boy) But the end she paid us by DBS Plainum Card. One of the patient did treatment with us more than $10k but he never bargain even $1 because he knows that nothing cheap in Orchard area.

Well in these cases, I realiszed that the prices is reasonable and affordable for them but how come they are?????




Friday, April 17, 2009

Why pay more ???

Now a days, teenagers are busy with their work and studying, is hard to spend the time to the dental clinic for a check up. Some of them might be expect do one time scaling & air polishing can be whitened their teeth. Hello?! Scaling & polishing is just a way to clean your teeth.
Well, I found out that the marketing are selling those laser teeth whitening package since many years ago.


Many patients keep on calling and asked, does your clinic has Laser Teeth Whitening? My answer is no, but we have Tooth Whitening Kit (DIY Take Home Kit). So, they will ask what is different between Laser Tooth Whitening and DIY Take Home Kit. For me, I always recommended the patient to get a DIY Take Home Kit because it is much cheaper and the result not much different if compare to Laser Tooth Whitening. So why do you want to pay more for it?

D.I.Y Take Home Kit is only costs $400 only (laser whitening cost around $1,200 - $1,500) and most of patient will happy with D.I.Y take home kit. It is an affordable price. D.I.Y Take Home Kit is a very quick way to set up and whiten your teeth. It is also easy and convenience for you to use . It won't have any side effects on your gum after all. We will prepare one set of tray for you to fixing in your teeth, can you just need to put the gel on trays and wear it 2 times a day for hour, and its total 9 times (4 1/2 days). You can keep the tray for next time.


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Friday, April 10, 2009

What is Carboxy Therapy…

Carboxy Therapy is the new simple and proven technique that can dramatically improve the appearance of cellulite by improving local tissue metabolism and perfusion. Theatment are rapid, comfortable and efective for a high percentage of patients.

Before and After treatment

How does the carbon dioxide work...

Carboxy Therapy works in two complimentary ways. Firstly and quite simply cabon dioxide
mechanically kills fat cells, Secondly, it also has a strong vasodilatory effect (causes dilation of blood vessels) on the capillaries in the area. Wider vessels mean bigger and stronger blood flow to the area, which means more oxygen. The increase in oxygen is important because it elminates the built up fluid from between the cells. The end result is fewer fat cells and firmer subcutaneous tissue.

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