Happy April fools' day!

Sometimes the Dentaprime service centre resambles a bird's nest.
'French, Dutch, English and German is spoken' is one of our advertising lines. It does not say that, many times, this is done at exactly the same time...

One of my favourite British sitcoms used to be Birds of a Feather. It was about sisters Sharon and Tracey Stubbs, both married to a jailbird. Sharon moved in with Tracey and together with neighbour Dorien, they really were a hilaric trio.


My colleagueas and I are a bit like Tracey and Sharon: most of the time, we share the same room and the same passion, which is finding the best solution to people's dental problems.

Speaking of passion... unfortunately, there is no eccentric Dorien Green here, but we do see her reflected in one of our contacts occassionally.

Working at the Dentaprime service centre equals 8 hours per work day of fun, serious talks, small-scale conferences and brain exercises. Every day is different, because every day we talk to different people or answer their e-mails.

This morning, I received the following e-mail: "Hi, I need train tracks for my teeth. How much?" Train tracks.... sure.... why did not I think of that?! On April 1st, in Holland we sent trainees to a shop to buy a 'baseboard-stepladder'....

I was 99,9% sure someone was pulling my leg, and so I was tempted to ignore the e-mail. However, as the customer is Emperor with Dentaprime, I decided to Google for just a few seconds. That was long enough to find out that 'train tracks' are fixed braces. With a small blush on my cheeks, I started answering the e-mail.

We do not do orthodontics, so I was not able to help her, but I sincerely hope someone else can put her teeth back on the right track.