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Office Value

Honesty: We treat our patients and each other with respect and communicate openly. Patients are able to make their own choices for their dentistry based on what they themselves can see with the intraoral camera and digital x-rays.

Teamwork: We encourage the best ideas to surface and desire and encourage everyone's input. We do what we say and we say what we do - we can be counted on. When there is a problem we actively look for solutions.

Kindness: We treat each other and our patients as we wish to be treated realizing that everyone is fighting a battle that we can't always see. We don't make judgments about people when we don't have a full or complete understanding of situations. Therefore, we follow the Golden Rule here with each other and with our patients. This is a place of solace from the world and we treat our patients as if they were honored guests in our home.

Excellence: We aspire to flawless dentistry and we will not take shortcuts on quality. We seek and promote the best talent and buy the best materials and equipment. We are all committed and excited about learning and implementing new techniques. Patients can rest assured therefore, that they will be getting the very best dentistry available.

People First: We respect our patients above all else and never forget that they come to us by choice. We ALL share a personal responsibility to maintain our patients' loyalty and trust. We listen and respond to our patients and seek to exceed their expectations. We work with people not teeth which means we try to help people improve themselves within their desire, lifestyle, budget and time restraints. We work with our patients and each other in a helpful, not begrudging manner.

Family & Community: We honor our commitments to our families first. Our second family is here. We are a team which means none of us can work without each other; we are dependent on each other and our patients. We treasure and support each other through good times and bad. We are also members of a larger community and we share our enthusiasm for what we can offer with the people we meet.

Leadership: We are all the leaders of the practice realizing that when we are with the patients it is our responsibility to make that patient feel good about themselves and the decision they have made to choose our practice when they are in our presence.

Fun: We believe fun is essential. We celebrate achievement and do not take ourselves too seriously. We smile and laugh every day knowing that "a merry heart doeth good like medicine." EVERYONE is committed to lightening the load with humor.