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You are going to start hearing a lot about Corporate Dentistry in the very near future. What is Corporate Dentistry? Aspen Dental is but one example...an early model.
I guess that you can compare Urgent Care in the medical side of health care as the closest example of Corporate Dentistry. That means that you will see 'a doctor' rather than YOUR doctor. You will be examined by someone who does not know you and really does not care to have a relationship with you. "This is my problem and I need someone to fix it at 8 pm" is perhaps why we go to an Urgent Care type of medical practice.
Do you really think that the BEST physicians (in the world) would ever work at a walk in medical center? Do you really think that the physicians truly care about your long term well being or do you think that they just want to put in their 8 hours and get paid?
Corporate Dentistry is on the near horizon. Why is that?
1. Dental Schools have not changed their curriculum since I was in school 40+ years ago...They teach 2 years of basic science courses before a student starts treating their dental patients. The reality is that young dentists know very little dentistry in a world that is sooooo dentally advanced. This means that they may have very few options except to enter the Corporate Dental world...Especially if they owe between a quarter and a half million dollars for their education.
3. Many dentists have started putting their OWN best interest ahead of your best (oral health) interest.That means if dental care is only about the money then the line is blurred between what is a quality private dental practice or a Corporate Dental practice.
4. Too many patients are too concerned about their dental care being totally or almost totally paid for by insurance. When care is ONLY about the money...Corporations that care only about making money is the answer.
No one will convince me that a a Corporate Dental office can come close to providing a higher quality of dentistry than a private dental office with a highly educated, passionate dentist as the care giver..
I care passionately about taking care of you and giving you the best possible dentistry that I am capable of doing. I doubt that a dentist in a Corporate Setting can make that statement.
