Core Values
Attending the Hinman Dental meeting in March and gaining new dental knowledge is a great example of this core value.
What is "Always Growing?"
This team member's employment with Cheek Dental was ended, but she later was rehired!
Who is Jen Crowl?
The these "trampoline springs" hold a tooth root in place and are called the PDL for short.
What is "periodontal ligament?"
This doctor always calls (wink, wink) when our Cheek Dental docs are "stuck" in a room.
Who is Dr. Hinman?
The active bleaching ingredient in our ZOOM Day White and Opalescence Go gels.
What is Hydrogen Peroxide?
What is "A Servant's Heart?"
She is a big Pittsburgh Steelers fan and was voted most likely to makeout under the mistletoe.
Who is Jen Crowl?
A space, such as one between 2 adjacent teeth in the same dental arch.
Stated as a math equation, "EXPECTATIONS" minus "REALITY" equals this.
What is "CONFLICT?"
This acid in a gel form is the main ingredient in the dermal fillers used at Cheek Dental.
What is Hyaluronic acid?
A staff member who cuts her lunch break short to ensure another team member gets a break, too, is demonstrating this core value.
What is "We Not Me?"
Dr. Cheek and Dr. Chandler both attended this dental school.
What is the Medical College of Georgia?
These exostoses are often seen bilaterally on the lingual side of the mandibular arch or singularly in the palate.
What are tori?
The official name of the scored portion of the form that we give patients to help us screen them for sleep breathing disorders.
What is 6 weeks?
Making sure patients are aware of the length of time it will take to complete a procedure, PRIOR to their arrival, is an expression of what core value?
What is "Time is Valuable?"
Eating a caprese salad in an aviary is this Cheek Dental team member's idea of hell on earth.
Who is Kelly Woodruff?
Our new 3D method of imaging, called CBCT for short.
What is Cone Beam Computed Tomography?
Besides "Time", the reasons many patients do not move forward with treatment often fall into these 2 categories.
What are "Fear" and "Finances?"
Including the wisdom teeth, this is the number of molars in a full adult dentition.
What is 12?
The scales of justice symbol represents this Cheek Dental core value.
What is "Honesty and Integrity?"
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday to celebrate the Mexican army's victory over France at the battle of Puebla, but at Cheek Dental it is a day we celebrate THIS team member's joining the practice.
Who is Dr. Chandler?
A statement of fees paid by an insurance company...called an EOB for short.
What is an Explanation of Benefits?
A patient with a toothache may have this show up on an x-ray if their tooth is infected...abbreviated PARL.
What is Periapical Radiolucency?
These fan-shaped flat muscles on the sides of the head can be associated with TMD and headaches and can benefit from Botox injections.
What are the Temporalis (muscles)?