Semidey Dental Podcast
Welcome to "Semidey Dental," the podcast that delves deep into the fascinating world of oral health and its profound impact on your healthspan. Join us on an enlightening journey as we explore the intricate web of connections between your oral health and the health of your entire body.
In each episode, we'll unravel the latest research, expert insights, and personal stories to shed light on the link between your mouth and your body. You'll discover how your smile can lead to a healthier, fuller life.
Your hosts, Dr. Alex Semidey and Jeremy Wolf, will sit down with leading dental professionals, healthcare experts, and individuals who have experienced firsthand the transformative power of optimal oral care. Together, we'll bridge the gap between dentistry and holistic health, unveiling the role that your teeth and gums play in maintaining total body wellness.
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Semidey Dental Podcast
EP #7: Why Do You Ghost the Dentist?
The anxiety that keeps us from scheduling dental appointments affects more people than you might think. In this candid conversation, Dr. Alex Semidey, Dr. Sarah Tarte, and Jeremy Wolf unpack the psychological barriers that lead us to "ghost" our dentists and how finding the right dental home can transform this experience.
What makes us vulnerable in the dental chair? The team explores how past trauma, fear of judgment, and even simple "self-care fatigue" contribute to dental avoidance. Dr. Tarte shares her perspective on patient care: "We want you to feel seen and heard," emphasizing how their practice designs experiences around patient comfort. Meanwhile, Jeremy confesses to his own dental appointment procrastination, bringing a relatable patient perspective to the discussion.
The conversation goes into practical solutions for overcoming dental anxiety – from relationship-building first appointments where no dental work occurs, to sedation options for those with severe fears. You'll discover how communication transforms the dental experience, with Dr. Alex explaining his approach to preventing pain before it happens and creating an environment where patients can signal discomfort without embarrassment.
Perhaps most importantly, this episode dismantles the judgment many fear when returning after a long absence. As Dr. Tarte beautifully puts it: "It's not judgment waiting for you. It's a welcome and a 'where do we start from here?'" Whether you're someone who faithfully keeps dental appointments or someone who's been avoiding that call for months (or years), this conversation offers valuable insights into making dental care less stressful and more effective.
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Welcome to the Semide Dental Podcast. We're here to provide you expert insights on how dentistry can improve your quality of life and extend your health span. I'm Alex Semide and I'm a practicing dentist, and I'll be your host, along with Jeremy Wolf. Enjoy the show. Welcome back Tooth Tribe to the Semide Dental Podcast. I'm Dr Alex and and I am joined today, as always, by my brother in podcast arms, mr Wolf. How you doing, jeremy?
Speaker 2:Oh, as always, living the dream, my brother.
Speaker 1:Living the dream. And today we have a very special guest, very, very long overdue my sister from another mister, perhaps Dr Sarah Tartt, how you doing.
Speaker 3:Dr Alex has never said that before, so this podcast-.
Speaker 2:It's time for everything, baby. Let's go.
Speaker 3:Hey everybody. If you have been to the practice, you've probably met me. If you haven't, then time to come meet me.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm, let's go, time to come meet me, let's go.
Speaker 1:So today we have a very, very special, very special topic, and that's why we ghost the dentist. I mean, we're all guilty of having some sort of apprehension when it comes to our dental care. I really want to start off today, jeremy, have have you ever ghosted the?
Speaker 2:dentist who? Who me ghost the dentist? Never, never, I wouldn't even think of her. It's actually funny because I don't know, maybe a month ago I had a cleaning schedule and I, I tell you, I wanted to go to the cleaning. I really did, but I was under the weather. So I decided to do the responsible thing. I called your office, much appreciated, yes, yes, didn't ghost you entirely. However, your secretary said the magic words would you like to reschedule? And at the time I was driving. So I said, yo, I'll call you when I get home.
Speaker 2:Fast forward to today and guess what, haven't called. Yeah, I haven't called, and it's been on my mind and I'm going to use this recording today as an impetus to call your office after we're done and get back on the calendar. But, like, let's talk about that, right? Why is it that we have such a hard time doing the things that we know we need to do, right? We know this is something that is good for us, yet something goes on emotionally that just makes us avoid it. What is going on there, dr Alex?
Speaker 1:You know, there's so many different reasons. Right, tart that and we get it right. Life happens and we get wrapped up with things or we have anxiety about different things, and it's really hard to make a priority things that you don't really want to do sometimes, right, so the purpose of today's podcast is really to let's talk about some of those things. Let's, let's, let's air it out Sometimes, when we talk about things, we kind of demystify them. Sometimes, when we talk about things, we kind of demystify them, right, and we make it easier to wrap our heads around it and not feel the same way that we have been feeling about it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so yeah, just raising awareness. Yeah, like you said, talking about these issues kind of melts away the emotional charge that's attached to this.
Speaker 1:It gets you thinking more logically about what you need to do, right, right, and with dentistry, like, the number one thing is that vulnerability factor. Right, like we are, we are well aware that when you are reclined in the chair with your mouth open, like that relationship that the patient has with the dentist is, is it's very important, right, it's a very, like I said, a very vulnerable moment for the patient. So it's very important. Right, it's a very, like I said, a very vulnerable moment for the patient. So it's very important to be in an environment where you have, like, absolute trust with that, with that provider, with your doctor, where that vulnerability I mean it's always there but it gets minimized.
Speaker 3:What do you think, tart? I think that, just like you said, I sometimes I joke with the patients like we're going to get close real fast, because laying back in the chair and trusting someone to just help you understand your health better is something that you have to be mentally accepting during that moment. But I feel like at the practice we, we do a good job to try to ease into that for a comfort level, but once they're back, they, they, we have their trust and we, we share with them the education portion and all of that. So sometimes it delays them to make the appointment because they're scared of that moment. Other times, like yourself, jeremy, life happens and you, we don't not understand that. You guys are busy outside of our office.
Speaker 3:But prioritizing your oral health and your head and neck health and just your health in general is is huge and I think that should help motivate them to come and find out where am I on this healthy range and how do I improve or how do I continue being healthy? Because we do our homework at home with our brushing and our flossing, or maybe we're not, and it's just hopefully. Hopefully we do, absolutely. But if you don't, that's still OK. We're here to help you learn and a lot of times maybe they think the dentist is going to judge. So you know, for us we come to work every day. Dr Alex, I'm sure you've been told many times. People hate the dentist. That's not you personally?
Speaker 1:It's not personal.
Speaker 3:It's not personal, but I think I'm told on a weekly basis about 15 times how much they hate the dentist. But it's not me. But our goal is to change that mentality and, you know, be the dentist we don't hate. And it starts by breaking this mysterious why do you hate the dentist? Why are you not making an appointment or giving giving your health a priority in your life?
Speaker 1:So you know and I I will be the first to admit, I joke with patients too that I'm a I'm an official card carrying member of the dental chicken club. You know, like, when I'm sitting in the chair, like I get a little anxious too, right, and maybe I know too much. But there's just something about that, that vulnerability factor, right. And just to just to touch on that, because something that I'm super proud of that we do at the practice is we are incredibly attuned to the feedback that the patient gives us. Right, like, we always tell them that we're never going to do anything if they're uncomfortable, and if anything is sharp or sensitive to raise your right hand, that's our signal for us to stop.
Speaker 1:But, like, the entire team is trained to go way beyond that and respond to body language, cues and facial expressions that tell us how the patient's doing when they're laying back in the chair. Right, and maybe that prompts us to, you know, give the patient an extra break in the middle of the procedure or just kind of constantly ask them you doing okay, you feeling all? Right, is there anything that we can adjust to make you more comfortable? And it's because we are, it's because we're listening, right, we're listening with our ears, we're listening with our eyes. We're taking in the information that the patient's giving us to make that experience as pleasant as it possibly can be.
Speaker 3:I think it's critical that when they're in these moments, we we make sure that they're they're seen and they're heard. So sometimes patients don't feel heard. When they're telling a doctor and we hear it a lot they come to us and we might be the second opinion, we might be their first chance after a terrible dental past and or what they've heard about a dentist. And you have to listen, they have to feel heard and they have to feel seen and all the techniques that we use at the practice. I, like you said, doc, our team does an amazing job and it's who they are as people. Right, we have, we have an amazing team and even, yes, there's there's our protocols and our, our expectations of how we want our patients treated, but the whole team contributes to that.
Speaker 3:They always have ideas of how to make the patient experience better. I always like to say comfort doesn't cost more here at Semi-Day Dental. So if you're uncomfortable, we of how to make the patient experience better. I always like to say comfort doesn't cost more here at Semiday Dental. So if you're uncomfortable, we are going to make an adjustment and it's not an item on your bill, it is just part of your experience here at the practice and we want to be your dental home.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well said Well said.
Speaker 2:So let me chime in here real quickly because I want to. I think this could be useful for folks out there that have gone through the same experience I've had with dentists. I've been throughout my whole life somewhat of a dentist hopper, if you will. I haven't really found a home until now that I'm. I'm with you guys at Sema Day and it's so important to have a dentist that you feel at home with, that you feel comfortable with, because it really makes it's so much easier to ghost the dentist when you don't feel comfortable going there in the first place. But if you have a place that you you know like and trust and you feel at ease, you just feel almost there's like an air of accountability. I feel right, like I, if I said if I, if I say I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it Right. So that's something that has worked for me throughout this process is trying to find a really good dentist that I can go to, that I feel comfortable and that's going to be different forever.
Speaker 1:That's a really interesting point, Jeremy. Like you don't want to, you don't want to let people down that you like, right. You don't want to let people that you like down.
Speaker 3:That's better.
Speaker 1:English there and yeah, that's that's. That's true. There is a sort of a sense of accountability when you feel that connection with with the office. Right, whatever office it is, whatever, whatever service you're receiving, to kind of do your part in the whole thing. Right, whatever office it is, whatever service you're receiving, to kind of do your part in the whole thing. Right, for the whole thing to be successful and pleasant and good for everyone.
Speaker 2:And that speaks to the relationship that you build.
Speaker 3:And not just the dentistry right.
Speaker 2:This is like at any professional whether it's advisor, whatever it is so important to build meaningful relationships with people. As you develop a further relationship, you start to care about the people and you're emotionally invested.
Speaker 3:And it's a loyalty You're talking about. You hopped until you found that you were comfortable. There's like two types of dental patients Ones that never have a dentist of record, that hop from dentist to dentist when they have a problem and where they feel comfortable for that, that specific reason. Or I've had my dentist my whole life, my family uses the same dentist and I always encourage people find like yourself, jeremy, where you're comfortable, where you feel heard, seen your dental home right.
Speaker 3:You trust, yeah, your dental home and if you have that, fantastic, go to that dentist. And we're this, at least for me, we're never trying to to steal people's patients, right? We're never trying to take you from your dental home that you're happy in. Yeah Well, I just didn't want to say it. But, um, I, when I graduated dental school, one of the main things I heard all dental school, oh, I'm waiting till you become a dentist I said, don't wait. Don't wait four years for me to graduate. And things to get worse, go see Dr Alex, he's the best, go see him. And when I graduate I'm going to be back there. So just don't wait four years to like. I'm still waiting on some of these people who are waiting on me, and it's been a few years since.
Speaker 3:So even when you your loyalty, they're just seeing no dentists and until you find the dentist you trust and you make that first step into the office and you feel at home and you feel that dental connection. It's a lot of talk and we don't judge it, but we're here for when you are ready to make that next step. And as soon as they walk in the door and they have their history, we say you're here now, we're going to start here and we're going to work forward so that's one thing that patiently yourself, jeremy, could, could keep in mind on the other side of the door.
Speaker 3:It's not judgment. At least at 7 Day Dental, there's no judgment waiting for you. It's not judgment. At least a seven-day dental, there's no judgment waiting for you. It's a welcome and a. Where do we start from here?
Speaker 1:yeah, and going off of that on the judgment thing like that, is that that that affects a surprisingly high number of people even if you don't necessarily admit it, it's, it's there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, some studies show that up to 20, 25% of people carry a fear of judgment from a dentist or a doctor going back and starting their journey to get healthier, and that's so sad. And actually Tartt is Tart is huge on this Like she's always making that point, which I love it's that it doesn't matter where you're at now. Right Like we're here to help. Right Like maybe the best day is an old Chinese proverb. The best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago. The second best time is right now. The same sort of thing with your dental care. Right Like okay, so it would have been great had you done it 10 years ago, but you're here now.
Speaker 3:Let's celebrate that, right, and just continue moving forward, a true celebration because it's a step for a better you right? Yeah, we are, jeremy. You had mentioned it before accountability. So when you feel loyal to your doctor or you feel loyal to a relationship, you feel you have a part in it. That's the whole goal.
Speaker 3:We want you to be a part of your health. We don't want to constantly solve the problem. We want to be part of supporting you, being healthy and maintaining your health or getting you to improve your health, and a lot of the times it's misunderstood that the dentist wants to drill on your tooth and take your money, and a lot of the times it's it's misunderstood that the dentist wants to drill on your tooth and take your money. That's not it. We want you to be healthy. We want you to to understand your health better, understand how it's a systemic, from head to toe relationship of your entire body, and move forward with how do I stay healthy to enjoy the life I have. We want you to live many years and, like Dr Alex mentioned, we need our patients to be on the same team as us. If you're against us, we're going to be like the visitor team every time you come in our practice and we're trying to help.
Speaker 1:You know, and I feel like our entire practice culture is just like we don't have any patients that that don't get it right. We go about things in a very particular kind of way, like we were talking earlier, very relationship driven right, like our patients stay with us for a very, very, very long time, unless they move away or something happens, and that's because we prioritize that connection right, like this is a team effort, right, we're here to help and guide and provide services when that's the right move. But the goal here is to create healthy habits that will let you live longer, look better and have a healthier lifespan.
Speaker 3:So don't boast us, let's get on the same team.
Speaker 2:Yes. So don't boast us, let's get on the same team. So everybody has different reasons for not showing up. For me, I don't. I don't feel what we just talked about with the judgment. I don't feel that as prevalent when I go. Maybe that's because I take such immaculate care of my teeth, but one of the things for me that has had a severe impact on my ability to want to go to the dentist has been past pain and trauma. I won't get into particulars but, as you know from our conversations, I've had some pretty traumatic experiences in my past sitting in the dental chair and that has contributed greatly to my uncomfortability. What do you say? Like how do you unpack that? Right, if you've had some patient, they're sitting in the chair, right? I'm sure you've had this happen where you've had a patient come in, you haven't even touched him yet and they're already like shaking in their boots. Right, they're already started crying and you haven't even done anything yet. Like how do you deal with that with patients?
Speaker 3:I'll tell you this I am a firm believer that when someone takes the step to come in the door some appointments, we talk to them. We unbag that history at our first appointment to let them know. We want to know why your emotions are so heightened right now and how we can help you for the best experience.
Speaker 1:And to let you know very clearly that this experience is going to be very different, absolutely. And that you've had in the past.
Speaker 3:And they're told that they read about it on reviews and they walk in the door and it's, it doesn't look the same way their old dentist may have looked. So they it's almost like they have this idea that it's going to be better and as they go through the motions, okay, it's checking out that it's going to be better. But being in the chair is just that every dental chair is a dental chair. Ours are comfier, but it's a dental chair and they know it. So it brings back those emotions and we take the time to talk through it. And, jeremy, to be honest, sometimes we have different ways to manage patients.
Speaker 3:Personality of the dentist is a big one. I think that that plays a big role. If you feel connected, you can feel more comfortable. You can work through some of these emotions. Sometimes personality isn't enough. We have to do some medication and the medication allows us to do the treatment we need at the comfort of both the patient and the team, so that it breaks our hearts when we see a patient uncomfortable. It breaks our heart when they're emotionally uncomfortable or physically uncomfortable. So we have a lot of techniques that we use, dr Alex. I'll let you talk about. I use the personality technique the most to try to gain the trust and show and prove by experience that we're a different practice and give us the opportunity to change your mind. I'm not putting my knee on your chest like the movies. We're not the scary cartoons. Sometimes people are like the last dentist put their knee on my chest, I go. I don't exercise that much, so don't worry, I'm staying right here on the floor.
Speaker 1:Not flexible enough for that move.
Speaker 3:No, especially no. But.
Speaker 1:Well, yeah, I mean certainly the baggage that we carry into any new interaction matters, right, because that's that's what shapes us and our expectations and all of those things. But, like dr tart was mentioning, yeah, frequently for that severe dental anxiety patient, the first, the first meeting, right, it's just, it's just a consultation, like we, we won't have any dental instruments out, it is just you sit in one chair, I sit in another. Let's get to know each other and build a relationship so that we can come up with a plan where you are comfortable, right, and that has a bunch of different facets to it too. Right, like we always like to lead with education, we have slideshows that explain procedures. We project your imaging, your pictures or x-rays or the AI breakdown of your records on a TV and we go through it and we explain what the situation is and what your options are.
Speaker 1:Right, like, the clearer everything is right, whether it's from a procedural standpoint, from a financial standpoint, which is also obviously huge for patients right, the clearer all of these things are, the easier to understand that we make it, the less intimidating it becomes Right, and then we can start formulating a game plan for how we're going to get from A to B, right, and then ideally in dentistry, if we have to get from unhealthy to healthy, from A to B, and then we hit maintenance mode, right. That's what I always tell my patients. The goal is to get to maintenance mode where you can come in every three or six months, where you're cleaning and we high five on the way out. Things look great, right, and we can make that a reality for anyone.
Speaker 3:Absolutely Right. But no matter where you're starting.
Speaker 1:What's that?
Speaker 3:It's no matter where they start no matter where you're starting Right. You don't have to be, you know, in the middle to get there. Like Dr Alex said, it's for anybody. So if you're, if you've never seen a dentist and you know there's problems, we'll get you to that maintenance phase. Yeah.
Speaker 1:And real quick. You know the relationship and the trust and all of that is baseline, right? Like we can't continue this relationship, I have fireworks behind me.
Speaker 3:That's the baseline. Our baseline is fireworks. We're the Disney fireworks and I love Dr Todd. I love what you said earlier about being seen and heard and I love, dr Todd.
Speaker 2:I love what you said earlier about being seen and heard. Right, Because when you go in there with anxiety, if the first thing they do is put the little what?
Speaker 3:is it?
Speaker 2:called the bib. But if they come in and again through conversation, through building trust and credibility, right Through all of that, that's going to diffuse that emotion and your anxiety is going to slowly start to slip away. And the communication is so paramount in this process. It really is.
Speaker 3:Our team listens too. So if on the phone someone shares that they're nervous, we're told right away so that that patient's experience is tailored. And then if they if they didn't tell us and they may have not put it on paperwork, but they show up and they're maybe they're having a rough day and they're in that heightened you know emotional state, our dental assisting team, they will come in and inform us like hey, inform us like hey, please come in half power so they listen to the patient. So well, our back team, our front team, the whole team want that patient to feel on that day. Because again, life happens, we don't know what outside of life is bringing in every patient who sits at the down, don't know what outside of life is bringing in every patient who sits it down. So we we make that a priority at our practice, to to really think about that before we start procedures.
Speaker 1:One thing I do want to mention that Dr Tart kind of touched on earlier. You know, for for patients who need a lot of treatment right To get from A to B and who do carry that anxiety, it's great that we have the baseline relationship but we do have sedation options too, right Like there are ways with medicine to be able to get all of your dental work done and not have it be an anxiety provoking experience right Like our patients frequently will snore through surgical appointments, which is a beautiful thing right.
Speaker 1:If you can just take a nap and when you wake up it's all over. That helps build trust too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, let me just say also about this idea of the communication right, one of the things that has been anxiety inducing for me sitting in the chair is when I'm getting work done. It's the fear of like are they going to strike a nerve, is something, am I going to get a shot of pain coming soon? And just recently I was sitting in the chair with you and you told me before I had any pain. You were like let me know if you feel anything in a moment here, and like clockwork, I felt like a tiny little tinge of pressure, nothing, no pain, just like it was touching the surface. I was like yeah, yeah, okay, and you gave me a little bit. You gave me a little bit more medicine to numb me up and I was just. I was like. In the past that's happened. I always get the pain first and it's just like ah, I'm like, but like you knew it was coming and that was I thought it was fascinating.
Speaker 3:That was excellent. Thanks, man. Yeah, Dr Alex is a really good dentist. He's my dentist too. It's really good.
Speaker 1:Dr Tartt's pretty great too. She's my dentist.
Speaker 2:I don't have any experience with Dr Tartt? I'm sorry, Dr Tartt.
Speaker 3:We both like the office that we visit too.
Speaker 1:So another topic that I want to touch upon here today is that of what's called self-care fatigue. Right, and this may not be a concept that is widely known as a term, but I think it's widely felt as a feeling right. As a feeling right, and I wonder, with your case, jeremy, how much of that plays into the month that went by without making that phone call again. Right, is that we're kind of tired. Right, we're so bombarded too by all of these things that we constantly have to do for ourselves and for others, and this, that and the other. That it's, it's, it's really, it's like oh man, it was just one more thing I had to do was make my dental appointment and I just I couldn't.
Speaker 1:Right, I hear that too, and let's be aware that that is a thing. Right, that sometimes folks are just tired. Right, like our modern, our lives are so demanding. We feel like we're getting pulled apart in like so many directions, especially parents, right, like if you have kids, like holy smokes, like it's like you have no time for yourself anymore. Right, holy smokes, like it's like you have no time for yourself anymore. Right, and prioritizing self makes us more capable to provide for others, right, so if you feel like you're getting caught in the whirlwind of others. Sometimes it's really important to take a step back and take a deep breath and okay, what do I need to do for me? Right, to make me as best as I can be for others?
Speaker 3:and I'll tell you convenience, right? Because how many times do you call an office and they don't call back? They don't answer, sure? I'm so happy to work somewhere where the phone's being answered. We have online options to schedule yourself what's convenient for you, you can go. We have online options to schedule yourself what's convenient for you. You can go to our website. You could schedule yourself. You can make a phone call, you could send a text and our team's great with the response.
Speaker 3:And if you're so busy and you finally put it as a priority to to set up that appointment, to do something for yourself and to be better so that you can live for your kids and your family to be better, so that you can live for your kids and your family, if you have to jump through five hurdles to make it a reality, it's not a good thing, and Dr Alex and myself we get lucky to hear patients change their mentality of it being a chore to come see us to.
Speaker 3:This is what I look forward to. Like I'm excited to come to the dentist. I always tell patients oh, you're here to hang out with me, right? So if we change the mindset of that the dentist has to be a chore and that becoming healthier is. Don't get me wrong. I know there's a financial aspect of it that we're not jumping that hurdle with you. We're here to support it. We have options. We have plenty of ways to make it a reality and help you get to where you are Absolutely, and being a fair private practice is very rare to find too.
Speaker 3:So we're not tossing you around either. We're trying to make it as convenient as possible for you to get all of your needs done at a place you're comfortable with, and that self-care, you know. Like you said, if I have to call 14 offices to accomplish getting healthier, you're going to quit at some point and you're going to. You're going to restart, and unfortunately, when you restart, things can be even worse. So I encourage everyone to, to to take time this week and just think for 10 minutes. What have I pushed off? Jeremy, today your homework assignment is to call it. I'm here till four, so if you don't, I'll know.
Speaker 2:But also the cool thing about that is that if you're getting ghosted by your dentist, you're in the wrong place. I know, even if I don't call you guys back to schedule, I will inevitably get a call or a text or some something, some reminder from your office just nudging me along. That's not going to be like bothersome, right, but just like hey, friendly reminder alert, and I appreciate that and I think we all need that sometimes because, you know, like you said, we get caught up in the, you know, in the grind and we've got a million things to do. And speaking of like finance, the financial component, that's a, that's a whole, nother component here.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that could be a separate podcast, yeah.
Speaker 2:Right, like I'm going to go now. I got to pay, I got to get a crown, I got to pay a whole bunch of money additionally to go do this experience Right? Just another thing that comes up that helps you rationalize in your mind that I'll do it later, I'll do it later. Just keep kicking the can down the road, and that's when you start having real problems.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and dentistry, like most medicine, but dentistry very, very, very particularly it is ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. My favorite saying I mean preventive dentistry is very easy, very affordable, right, Like. The further along we get that you know road of damage, it's just the more uncomfortable and the more expensive things become. Right, there's just no, getting around.
Speaker 3:What's that? We lose our options and, yes, yeah, our goal is to be the most conservative we can. We want to be conservative and we that's why we use education as a tool here at our practice, because we want you to understand where we're at and where we can lead to. And, like you said, prevention is definitely the the least expensive option of it. But, jeremy, like like many things, the financial scare can be maybe our halloween episode we'll we'll get that one together, but ghosting a dentist is it's that we take personal. You could tell me you hate me, just don't ghost me yeah, absolutely well, we'll make that holiday.
Speaker 1:Uh, that Halloween episode, the not-so-spooky financial episode.
Speaker 3:We'll have to bring in Kathleen for that one.
Speaker 2:We're going to get some costumes for that one for sure. Oh, that'd be fun.
Speaker 3:Well, I welcome all of you to come in the future Halloween time to see our pumpkin contest and our costumes. So it's worth it, I promise, if you vote for me. I mean, I didn't, I never win the pumpkin contest.
Speaker 2:So a lot of good stuff upcoming. Right, you got the pumpkin. You guys are all about these, these office activities. You got the pumpkin contest upcoming and then we got a cool event coming up in January. Right, Alex, that's right, that's right. We tell everyone, let's spread the message far and wide. I think this is a wonderful thing you got going on here Go ahead.
Speaker 1:We've been running our mouths enough here, right? So we are super excited to introduce the first annual Run your Mouth 5K and it is going to be this year benefiting the Davie Women's Club that we're very, very excited about. So this will be an event brought to you by the Davie Cooper City Chamber of Commerce and presented by yours truly Semide Dental. There are corporate sponsorships available. So if you're interested, hit us up. There are corporate sponsorships available. So if you're interested, hit us up.
Speaker 1:And the it's a very exciting race because it's going to start in Davie and end in Cooper City. You know, very significantly kind of tying our two communities together. That we're very excited about. And every year we're going to have a different local landmark that will benefit from from the race. So you can get all the information at runyourmouthorg. You can register, register early for a discount, and we're going to have all sorts of events at the race music, food trucks, there's going to be all sorts of swag, medals, really great shirts, and you can run, walk or stroll. You can do it virtually. So check it out, runyourmouthorg, and the link will be in the show notes below.
Speaker 2:And let me just say it here now for the first time on this podcast I am going to get a personal best at this 5K. I don't know about you, I'm going low right. We've been doing a lot of running over the last couple of years. This is going to be my moment to shine on the run your mouth platform. We're going to go?
Speaker 2:I don't know what it's going to be. Yet we're going to, we're going to go. Maybe what sub 27 minute 5k we could do, I think we can. I think that's a reasonable, reasonable goal, hopefully well, the other part of the spectrum.
Speaker 3:If you would like to make a pr? Um best at the slowest race, I'm glad to use a stroller and you can join me in the back end. We'll let the the quick ones go ahead. But this race is for everyone and, uh, I told dr alex earlier today, um, maybe we should change it to don't run from us, run with us. So come, run your mouth, have, have some fun. Bring your family register. I count the registrations and it makes me really happy to see those numbers. So I'm signed up, my family's signed up, and we'll see you in January.
Speaker 2:Very cool.
Speaker 1:Hope to see everyone then.
Speaker 2:All right, so let's leave it at that. Everyone thanks so much for joining us on this journey. If you've enjoyed this content, if you found this useful, don't forget to like subscribe, and if you've had your own personal experiences good or bad at the dentist, let us know about it in the comments. We're always interested to hear your feedback and, again, we appreciate you joining us. Everyone, take care, stay healthy out there and keep smiling. We'll catch you next time.
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