"So I just came back from a spin studio, having spent the morning on a stationary bike forcing my legs to move as fast as possible. My spin instructor kept blurting out, “Move your feet faster! Remember to breathe! Give it your all.” After we were done, I felt so good and re-energized. I felt very satisfied and productive. This is exactly how I felt after having read Dr. Bita Saleh’s book, “The Well-Referred Dentist. The Essential Hidden Steps to a Profitable and Anxiety-Free Practice.”
As dentists, I feel we have a stressful job. The dentistry itself is not stressful, but dealing with a human being who has a history of compound fear and anxiety from past experiences is stressful. I have learned to put up a wall and not let their negative energy penetrate my psyche. It’s a defense mechanism that I have skillfully developed in order to preserve my well-being. But I also learned that I am not helping my patients deal with their fears and anxiety…and that I might also be contributing and strengthening their negative dental experiences.
I remember in dental school, we were taught more about techniques of restoring teeth and making gums healthier. We were taught how to carve fillings and how to equilibrate our patient’s occlusion. We were taught how to set up teeth for dentures and how to remove a nerve from a tooth. There was not enough time in dental school to learn behavioral science in greater depth. We were given maybe a one day lecture how to detect when a patient has fears and past negative experiences. But we were not taught at length how to deal with them. Thus, as dentists, we put up walls and barriers, perform our dentistry and move on to the next patient.
Dr. Saleh’s book will introduce energy psychology methods, which can be done in the dental office by the dentist and or team members. You will learn how to use meridian sequence of tapping, which helps find the original cause of the patient’s fear as well as alleviating the charge caused by the fear. You will learn seven main steps to help transform a patient’s resistance created by fear and anxiety into full patient compliance and health.
This book is a “must-read” for dentists and any dental team members who have direct contact with patients. If you want a satisfying career where you will not have to take home the stresses and frustrations of your patients, then learn from Dr. Saleh’s book and allow her to help you help your patients. It’s a win-win for everyone. I wish I had learned these techniques early in my career."
Bernie B. Villadiego, DDS
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