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.

Crooked teeth

While surfing for some specific information on crooked teeth, I bumped into a website of a group called Death Cab for Cutie (...) They released their single ‘Crooked Teeth’ on 10th April 2006.

The title of the song is based on the (quite nice) lines

Cause at night the sun in retreat
Made the skyline look like crooked teeth

I have been trying to visualize that, but all I could see were braces, veneers, crowns and bridges, which are solutions for people with crooked teeth. I guess this is what they call 'professional deformation'.

Crooked teeth are nothing to joke about. Mind you, if you Google for 'crooked teeth jokes', you will find lots of bad and worse jokes. Even if one of them was great, general, people with crooked teeth would not show a broad smile anyway.

At Dentaprime, we do veneers, crowns and bridges, but we do not do braces. Not because we do not like them (like 100% of all kids), but because we are in Bulgaria permanently and you are just for the time of your (dental) holidays. For braces, you will have to visit your dentist at regular intervals to check the progress. Although we would be able to offer cheaper treatment, it still would not be economical because of the travel costs.

The question you should ask yourself is:
Do I want my teeth to be straight or to appear straight?
If it is the first, you should visit an orthodontist. In case of the latter, you can come to us.