For Your Comfort
Two reception areas
We were very blessed to have two reception areas for our patients! One inside and one outside in the sunshine if the weather is nice! Patients should feel free to help themselves to a beverage, reading material, free WIFI and comfortable seating. If it’s a beautiful day but just a bit chilly, just ask us for a blanket if you would like to sit outside.
Amenities/Restrooms
Select reading material and beverages are there for patient enjoyment. Restrooms are located just outside of the suite–and they are nice and clean! A toothbrushing (and flossing!) station is located in the office near the reception area.
Music
Our office is completely wired and hip to the music options out there. So if there is a certain genre you would like to hear during your visit, please make a special request! At the moment we do not have headsets for our patients, as there is no way to ensure proper disinfection between patient to patient. If you would like to bring your own headset, by all means, bring it! You do not have to listen to our chit chat or our music selection!
Top of the Line Dental Chairs from Adec
The dental operatorie chairs are the Cascade 511 chairs, engineered for the utmost in patient comfort. If you require additional lumbar, neck, or behind the knees pillows–just ask! We have those too.
Electric Handpieces
They have yet to invent silencers for dental highspeed handpieces. What we do have are electric handpieces, which are quieter and less high pitch than the air driven handpieces that are the common handpiece of most dental offices. Aside from hurting the ears, air driven handpieces may hurt the tooth too, as the dentist needs to apply more force to cut the tooth and may go back and forth more times than is necessary for an electric handpiece. This is not to say that air driven handpieces are terrible for teeth, but between the two types, electric hand pieces will get the job done quicker and more effectively. The less the teeth are touched and rattled around, the better.
Blankets, Pillows, Lumbar Support
Our patient chairs are great! However if you require more support, we have pillows available–just let us know. If you’re chilly, also let us know. It gets hot under a lab coat and mask working hard all day long, so we tend to keep it cooler in the office. But we don’t want our patients shivering! We have blankets for you. All pillows will have covers to protect you from patient to patient, and all blankets are washed in our fancy LG Steam washer and dryer between patients.
Patient Hot Towels
At Lamorinda Dental Care, we are not going to pretend to be a “spa”. But what we hope to accomplish is to make your visit as comfortable as possible. After a particularly long or messy procedure, don’t be surprised if we hand you a warm towel to freshen up. You don’t have to use it, but trust us, you’ll like it!