| Doug Kase, D.D.S.
Tales from the Chamber
Everything Old Is New Again |
Doug Kase
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topic of the month is: old comfortable shoes! I’m sure we all have a pair.
We wear them, and although they look a bit dated and worn, they are just
too comfortable to put into retirement. They may go well with our equally
tattered and worn comfortable pair of blue jeans, but we may not want to
wear them when we’re out on a night on the town. Well, with that in mind
we have an announcement. The office of Musikant, Deutsch, Kase, Dukoff,
Bui, and Hoffman is upgrading. Yes folks, it’s a total makeover from soup
to nuts! Since even before our most recent millennium we have helped the
practice of endodontics evolve into the 21st century with our E-Z Fill®
technique and SafeSiders® instrumentation, and we now are also bringing
our physical plant along as well.
The reconstruction of our office has always been
more than just a thought over the years, but it was only recently that
all the ingredients came together in a recipe whose end result will be
a wonderful workplace for us to practice and a pleasant surprise for your
patients. Additionally, our remodeled space and new equipment will continue
to be a focus of continuing education for our fellow dentists with the
addition of an endodontic microscope for every room. We will have the ability
to capture and record intra-oral images for you and present them to you
in future lectures and newsletters. You will also have the ability to use
these microscopes during our hands-on courses to augment your endodontic
technique.
After months of research, I finally had the opportunity
to work closely with Becker-Parkin and DentalEZ to start the planning phase
of our makeover. With Becker-Parkin’s recommendation of a general contractor,
Fred Marsilisi, we all started to put our heads together to pick our equipment
and plan our operatory designs, utilizing our existing physical plant.
Designs for sterilization and our front desk reception area were also accomplished.
However, throughout all our planning and plotting the most important factor
that had to be considered was that we would never close our office during
the remodeling. I would like to end this by saying that it’s history in
the making, but that would be too simple an ending.
The plan was to start phase one (remodeling five
out of nine operatories) on December 22, 2004, and be up and running by
January 5. So, after two weeks of working evenings and weekends we were
up and running by the 7th and in the grand scheme of things, considering
the holidays, that’s a big winner. For us, this is a group effort, and
through successful coordination we have maintained our goal of continuous
coverage for our referrers and uninterrupted treatment of your patients.
As the remodeling continues through the end of February, we deeply appreciate
your patience and your continued confidence in our practice. I look forward
to keeping you all updated on our progress and to presenting you with our
final product. Take a look at some pictures from our past and some from
our present.
In the beginning, circa 1978
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The first steps . . .
Stages in the installation
of updated cabinetry by Dental EZ, equipping the practice for 21st-century
endodontics
January-March 2005
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