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My name is Candace Gifford and I am a hygienist at Austin Dental Spa, and my job is to take care of the patient’s dental health. And two ways that we do that, we have two tests that we are able to do now where we can test for bacteria that are in the patient’s mouth. There’s 13 different bacteria that cause periodontal disease and we can now test for them so we can customize the patient’s treatment needs to […]

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LAURA: I’d had a lot of dental work growing up, but I still had a little gap between my middle teeth. I had some chipping, some discoloration. They were getting a little older. So I wanted to be proud to smile again. So I mentioned that, told my husband. Of course he investigated and found Dr. Sweeney and that’s all she wrote. We’ve been here ever since and it’s been several years now. And we love the results. It’s been […]

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KRISTI: God gave me some great things when he made me, but one thing he didn’t give me were nice teeth. So I struggled with that my whole life. I mean my parents did what they could. I had braces, the whole nine yards. But it was never, it was far from ideal and just a huge source of insecurity for me. So my whole life I wanted to get my teeth fixed and after I came here and I […]

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RICHARD: Dr. Sweeney is just really comfortable to be around. He’s just kind of one of the guys and he comes in and makes you feel comfortable and gets to know you and listens to you. I think he has a full understanding of what you really want and that’s what he wants to give you. He’s just a super nice guy. He’s not really like a doctor, like you think of a dentist. He’s just one of the guys. […]

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MICHELLE: I originally came to Austin Dental Spa for an open house that Dr. Sweeney had for our clinic that I was working at the time. And through the first conversation, we discussed that I needed to have my crown replaced and came in for a visit. And from there it turned into a full set of veneers. It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done. Very, very happy with it. I wore my temporaries for about two to three weeks […]

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ELISABETH: I had gotten braces a long time ago and was still not happy. I kept going back to the orthodontist. I still had spacing and I kept going back and saying fix the spacing, fix the spacing. And he finally said you need to go get veneers. I’m not going to make you happy. You need to go because my teeth were too small really for my mouth. And so I had that in mind forever and you know […]

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HANK: Once I stepped in the door here and met Mark Sweeney, I knew that I’d met the man that was going to fix my teeth for me. So that’s my original exposure to the company. I had 10 veneers done on the top and absolutely stunning. I told Dr. Sweeney when we originally came in, I said you know I want a Hollywood smile. Can you provide that for me? I want something that Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise […]

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DR. MARK SWEENEY: Our final level of dealing with dental phobic patients is the dental anesthesiologist. We’re blessed in Austin to have two of them that will come to the office. Both of them are dentist and licensed dental anesthesiologists. So they’re able to utilize IV sedation just like the oral surgeons would do if they were taking wisdom teeth out and both of them are also able to take it a level beyond that if need be which is […]

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DR. MARK SWEENEY: A patient undergoing oral conscious sedation usually we give them enough medication that they’re able to take one the night before the appointment so they get a good night’s sleep. We usually schedule these appointments first thing in the morning, have the patient take another tablet an hour before their visit. If they follow that regimen, usually by the time they’re getting here, their significant other or spouse is having to help them get in the front […]

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DR. MARK SWEENEY: Thirty years ago in dental schools they taught us that 50% of the adult population in the United States never goes to a dentist unless they have a crisis event like a toothache that kept them up all night. I never understood that until the internet came along. It’s been a boom to my fearful patients many of whom were so fearful that they couldn’t even bring themselves to call and make an appointment and now they’re […]

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