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Due to a pandemic, Cheek Dental was closed for two months during this year.
What is 2020?
A space, such as one between two adjacent teeth in the same dental arch.
What is a diastema?
Ensuring patients are aware of the length of their appointment PRIOR to their arrival is one example of this core value.
What is Time is Valuable?
This person has the most number of children (not including grandchildren).
Who is LaMuir?
Dr. Cheek and Dr. Chandler both attended dental school here.
What is the Medical College of Georgia?
Three of our teammates, all currently 53 years old, were born during this year.
What is 1970?
These exostoses are often seen bilaterally on the lingual side of the mandibular arch or singularly on the palate.
What are tori?
Falling under this core value is admitting that you forgot to complete a lab script and then correcting the issue.
What is Honesty & Integrity?
The youngest person on our team.
Who is Ashley?
When flossing, the floss should resemble this letter of the alphabet.
What is the letter C?
This Mexican holiday is the same day that Dr. Chandler began working for Cheek Dental.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
These "trampoline springs" hold a tooth root in place and are called the PDL for short.
What is the periodontal ligament?
Attending Hinman and lunch and learns is one way we all embody this core value.
What is Always Growing?
Other than Dr. Cheek, this person has worked at Cheek Dental the longest.
Who is Kelly?
This percentage of tooth surface remains untouched if you don't floss.
The year that Cheek Dental was established.
What is 2002?
A statement of fees paid by the insurance company... called an EOB for short.
What is an Explanation of Benefits?
Staying to ensure ALL the rooms are clean and set up for the next day rather than leaving when your patient is done represents this core value.
What is We Not Me?
This team member, a new mother at the time, originally joined the office working two days a week.
Who is Dr. Chandler?
95% of American adults with this disease also have periodontal disease.
What is diabetes?
The year that Dr. Cheek graduated from dental school.
What is 2000?
Our 3D method of imaging, called CBCT for short.
What is Cone Beam Computed Tomography?
One example of this core value is seeing an elderly man who appears frustrated when filling out his medical history and sitting with him to go through each question, patiently filling it out for him.
What is A Servant's Heart?
This team member went to college to become a land surveyor.
Who is Jamie?
This animal has the largest canines in the world.
What is a narwahl? (Their canines can grow to a length of 10 feet!)