I spent three hours in the dentist’s chair today, gratefully. I actually mean that. I am grateful, because
going to the dentist is one of the hardest things I do in my life but the thing is, I have an amazing dentist.
People drive from hours and hours away just to see this guy, and they have been for years. He is that
good! He has even had a dental procedure named after him. Cool eh? There have been some
procedures that he has never charged people for because he felt it was his penance for misguided work
that he had carried out early on in his career.
going to the dentist is one of the hardest things I do in my life but the thing is, I have an amazing dentist.
People drive from hours and hours away just to see this guy, and they have been for years. He is that
good! He has even had a dental procedure named after him. Cool eh? There have been some
procedures that he has never charged people for because he felt it was his penance for misguided work
that he had carried out early on in his career.
As for me, I grew up in a time when dentists just filled kiddies teeth without much regard and by the time
I reached my 30’s, I had so many mercury fillings in my mouth that it was having an effect on my overall
health. Dr. Dave eventually replaced all of those old fillings and helped me get on track and now almost
30 years later, I travel a mere 100 km to visit him whenever I am in need. He greets me with, “How’s it
goin' teach?” and is always smiling and singing and dressed in wildly patterned doctor greens that his
wife makes for him. He’s simply the best!
I reached my 30’s, I had so many mercury fillings in my mouth that it was having an effect on my overall
health. Dr. Dave eventually replaced all of those old fillings and helped me get on track and now almost
30 years later, I travel a mere 100 km to visit him whenever I am in need. He greets me with, “How’s it
goin' teach?” and is always smiling and singing and dressed in wildly patterned doctor greens that his
wife makes for him. He’s simply the best!
Dr. Warwick still gives back to the community too. When my daughter was in her first year at University
and living even further from our dentist, she was in need of care and so I asked him if he could
recommend someone. He told her that if she was able to wait, she could go to a shelter on a certain day
of the month, and he would work on her because once a month he conducts pro bono work there. With
that, my sweet little girly sat nervously in a crowded basement room in a part of the city she wouldn’t
typically be in, wondering if she was even in the right place, when she heard this guy singing and talking
kindly with respect for all, causing her to smile warmly knowing, “That’s my dentist!”
and living even further from our dentist, she was in need of care and so I asked him if he could
recommend someone. He told her that if she was able to wait, she could go to a shelter on a certain day
of the month, and he would work on her because once a month he conducts pro bono work there. With
that, my sweet little girly sat nervously in a crowded basement room in a part of the city she wouldn’t
typically be in, wondering if she was even in the right place, when she heard this guy singing and talking
kindly with respect for all, causing her to smile warmly knowing, “That’s my dentist!”
Spending three hours today was not what I had planned for nor had my dentist, but he knew that I
would have to make another trip and another if he didn’t just get down to it and do all the work today.
For this and so many other things, I am grateful for you Dr. Dave. Wow!
would have to make another trip and another if he didn’t just get down to it and do all the work today.
For this and so many other things, I am grateful for you Dr. Dave. Wow!
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| Dr. Dave Warwick |
~ Ellyn
