June 15th, 2012, Kidstown Dental Open!!?!

I know it has been a while since I have blogged.  I feel I finally have some things worth sharing.  First, the framing of the inside of the office should be done today!  If everything goes smoothly we could be open on June 15th! That will be a 45 day interior build-out.  Because my wonderful designer, Bill Stubbs, and I have already picked most of the finishes (floors, paints, wallpapers), and my super professional contractors, Med Tech, have ordered everthing, we may be able to pull it off.  School is out May 31,st, so there will be a couple of weeks where we miss serving the summer crowd…but maybe everyone can just take their vacations during those weeks  .

In the meantime we have been working on things like: logo, slogan, mission, vision, software training, website design, employee interviews, and a host of other things.  It seems everyday there are papers to review, things to sign, phone calls, meetings and deadlines!  I am very grateful that God has been providing me with a good balance of work and days off to handle this part of starting the business.  I am also grateful for Dr. D, Sheila, Ralph, Marco, Mom, Lisa, Dwight, Suzan, “the Great 8″, Ken, Philip, Trisha, Frank, Robert, Catherine, Bill, Trevor, Ryan, Kyle, and a lot of other people for being available, inspiring, grounding and patient through this process.  Honestly, I am very blessed!

There are so many details I can’t wait to share related to Kidstown Dental, but I am holding onto most of them until the grand opening!  Here are a few highlights to peek your curiosity!  We will have what I consider to be the best technology available to make children’s dental experiences fun and painless!  For some of you with bad experiences in your dental past, that may sound cliche’ and impossible.  I think you’ll be amazed and inspired at what is now possible!  In addition, I am going to close out this blog, or rework it, to be a topical blog.  In it’s new form, I will write to families who come to Kidstown Dental.  I want to address issues like 1 in 88 children in the US having Autism (even more in Katy), and talk about best ways for this particular group to recieve compassionate care, tailored to their special needs.  I will bring up issues like fluoride, it’s safty, it’s risks and the alternatives.  In addition, there are parents who are very concerned about radiation, particularly in light of the recent media coverage of a journal article published relating dental x-rays to brain cancer risk in children.  I want blog about this journal article, the specifics of it, about radiation, specificcally, radiation in dental x-rays, and about alternatives now available to reduce the amount of times children need dental x-rays.  Kidstown Dental will focus not only on achieving great oral health, but on nutrition as well, and it’s links to oral and systemic health.  We believe that lectures and brochures are the least effective way to engage and empower kids, so our office will be modeled after a hands on learning system with experiements for kids of all ages to implement and reinforce learning.  These are only a few of the things to look for at our new office.  It is so exciting and I can’t wait to unveil it all!

The last thing I have to say is that the website should be up and running a little before the office opens.  We will start booking appointments in June for the anticipated opening day, in hopes of seeing all our new and old friends as our first patients.  Thank you for being my inspiration and support through this amazing adventure!