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Steve: Hello and welcome everybody to another segment of LiveExpertInterviews.tv. My name
is Steve Young and thank you for joining us. Today we're talking about a very important
topic and that topic is how to find the best dentist. Fortunately joining us is our expert
Doctor Alex Kalmanovich from Laguna Beach California. Doctor, thanks for joining us.
Dr. Alex: Thank you so much for letting me be here.
Steve: Glad to have you, so Doc, the burning question that everybody has is "What advice
would you give to someone looking for a good dentist online?" Maybe say the top 3 things.
Dr. Alex: So definitely, number one you wanna make sure that the dentist is credentialed,
you wanna take a look also at his experience and his expertise, what kind of stuff does
he specialize in. And then really the most important thing besides all that, those are
obvious things, really most important thing is, take a look at what other people are say
about them, take a look at his reputation and take a look at his reviews. That really
tells a lot about who he is as a dentist and how he is doing in his community. People are
really honest these days and really write what they feel about their experience at the
dentist. So you really can get a good feeling of who this dentist is because when you go
to a dentist I feel like you are making a relationship for life and really like when
you get married you wanna get to know this person, it's like marrying this guy, you're
gonna be knowing him for the rest of your life potentially, so make sure you read upon
those reviews and look up his online presence, look up his Facebook, look up his website,
and really get to know the guy. Steve: Doc that makes great sense, you know,
you can say it is easy to say good things about yourself but it's a whole another thing
to be able to have other people say good things about you and sing your praises so that's
great advice. Doc let me ask you, so as far as the types of procedure, are there certain
procedures that are being requested more than others right now at your practice?
Dr. Alex: Well I'll take another one thing that people call for us just getting a regular
check up and cleaning. Other top things that people request are invisalign, clear braces,
changing out their old metal fillings, the tooth colored fillings, those are typical
go to procedures that people are requesting these days.
Steve: Great so what about some of the other things, I know you mentioned there are some
other things that you're doing as well right now that are kind of cutting edge.
Dr. Alex: Right now the big thing I feel is important as a dentist is screen for other
things that are going on with patient's body in a total health, one thing that I focus
on right now is sleep apnea, there's a lot of people that are walking around having a
really tough time sleeping and snoring, their wives hate them because they can't sleep at
night, so I'm really treating the sleep apnea right now it's really something that 's important
and a dentist can really help out while their patients with.
Steve: Wow, that's really exciting and I know my mom has a condition, she wears a whole
contraption at night to deal with that, so maybe I got to send her your way, for sure.
Well doc let me ask you something, someone was looking for a good dentist and they came
to you, what type of experience will they have?
Dr. Alex: At my office, we try to create a really warm and a homey feel for their, especially
for their first time. We don't have a lot of people in our waiting room, our wait time
is very low, and I really like to spend a lot of time with each patient, getting to
know them, making them feel comfortable coming to the dentist, everyone hates to come to
the dentist but if I can make them a little bit more comfortable it makes my day.
Steve: Great, I love it, now just so you know I don't hate coming to the dentist, so, I
know a lot of people do but I personally don't hate coming to the dentist. Well let me ask
you, you know because of your expertise how is your business different from the other
dentists in the market place? Dr. Alex: Well I have spoken to you before
and I would definitely like to focus on total health, making sure that we could screen patients
for all this other conditions that are not seen by their medical doctor for, in addition,
I'm also on the cutting edge, I love new technology, I got my intraoral camera, my digital x-rays,
using all the newest and greatest materials out there makes my job a lot of fun and hopes
patients appreciate it.. Steve: I love it doc! That's fantastic, So
let me ask you, you know I know you mentioned some special things for some new costumers
to help them, what exactly is it that you do?
Dr. Alex: Right now, we are having a couple of specials, we're doing an exam, an x-ray
and a cleaning for 99 dollars, and we also have a half-off in-office teeth whiting that
we are doing for the fall. Steve: Excellent! Well there you go viewers
with those specials you definitely, if you're in the market for finding the best dentist
first of all I'll take Doctor Alex's advice, when you go online, search for reviews, reputation,
and then if you're in Laguna Beach you need a dentist make sure you look up Doctor Alex
Kalmanovich. He's in Laguna Beach, and with that advice doc, I want to thank you very
much for coming on the show and spending a few minutes with us and giving your words
of wisdom. Dr. Alex: It's a pleasure to be here.
Steve: Alright so there you go, thank you viewers for being on this show, and again,
if you're in the Laguna Beach area and you're looking for the best dentist make sure you'll
stop and see Doctor Alex. Thank you and we'll see you on the next segment of LiveExpertInterviews.tv.