Dental Spas: The Ultimate in Relaxation Dentistry

Authors

  • Rohit Shah Reader, Department of Periodontology, TPCT’s Terna Dental College & hospital, India
  • Ligi Elsa John Post graduate student, Department of Periodontology, TPCT’s Terna Dental College & hospital, India
  • Dipika Mitra Professor, Department of Periodontology, TPCT’s Terna Dental College & hospital, India
  • Priyanka Mhamunkar Intern, Department of Periodontology, TPCT’s Terna Dental College & hospital, India
  • Silvia Rodrigues Reader, Departmentof Periodontology, TPCT’s Terna Dental College & hospital , India
  • Harshad Vijayakar Professor and Head, Department of Periodontology, TPCT’s Terna Dental College & Hospital, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/hsn.v4i8.708

Abstract

Everyone likes to feel important & hence pampering patients seems to be a good idea. Women keep their appointments at the salon as they cancel visits in the dental office because they like to be pampered. A great idea is to turn our dental offices into "dental spas?"It turns out that making the dental office more spa-like is not an idea immediately embraced by every dentist. Is the dental spa a growing trend we should all heed? Or is it like a cancer, adding to overheads and causing dentists to lose focus on what's really important? This article is an attempt to help you decide how to position and enhance your own practice.

 

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Published

2018-09-30

How to Cite

Shah, R., John, L. E., Mitra, D., Mhamunkar, P., Rodrigues, S., & Vijayakar, H. (2018). Dental Spas: The Ultimate in Relaxation Dentistry. International Journal For Research In Health Sciences And Nursing, 4(8), 28–34. https://doi.org/10.53555/hsn.v4i8.708