We've been here for about 60 years. Original, my wife's grandfather started the practice
and there used to be a house out front and they practiced in that until we built
this building in the early 70's and the practice just kind of continues to evolve.
We have families that come here. I have grandparents and grandchildren that I'll see in the same week.
We have literally generations of people that we've helped
I hear on a regular basis that "I wish I'd found you sooner."
We are here to take care of them in a way that maybe they haven't been taken care of in the past.
When you come to visit an office like ours that's family owned
versus somewhere that you might see advertised on the internet
or on television, we don't have quotas to meet each month
so that when you come in as a patient you're getting the care that you deserve
and not the care that we have to meet on some sort of quota.
We're interested in you, we're interested in your health.
We're kind of a family of people here that's meant to take good care of you.
That's really our only goal.
Our team here at Akron Smile - it's really the best of the best.
I mean, you do not work here unless you are absolutely perfect at your job.
As soon as a patient walks in the door we know who's walking in our door
We remember their faces, we remember their names
we are interested in, not just their health but their life.
That's why people really enjoy coming here and that's why people bring their families here.
One of my favorite things about working here is our patients.
They realize we care about, not just their teeth and coming in and getting a filling done
but we care about their whole health. I think
unlike some practices where it's get them in, get the work done, money, money, money.
The doctors have told us to always put the patients first.
We don't feel like we're under pressure to produce, produce, produce.
Our number one goal is to make sure our patients are healthy
that they're relaxed, and they want to come back for continuing care.
I am the first person that all of our new patients see
welcome them to the office and get them familiar with our practice.
We want to make sure they know that we care about them and we start with their mouth
obviously, but the link between oral health and the rest of the body is huge.
Complete health dentistry means not only making sure that the mouth is healthy
but anything that effects the mouth can effect the body and vice versa.
A lot of times if we see a patient for a few years in a row and all of a sudden
we see a change and nothing has happened with their diet or anything at home
it's usually an indicator we have something happening in their body.
A lot of people don't realize when their gums bleed, it's an infection.
So, anytime you have an infection it wears on your body, your whole
body is trying to heal that. So when people get their mouth healthy it is
that they're like "I fell so much better overall."
We also really like to educate the patient. Inform them
on what's going on. We don't like to just take a quick x-ray
bring the doctor in and, OK, here you go, this is what you need.
We really like to sit down and discuss with them what is going on.
Empowering a patient really gives them total control of their body
knowing exactly what could be effecting their so they know how to properly take care of it.
And it really, really brings joy to us here knowing that we helped someone make a
conscious health decision too. Both Doctors Petry and Dr. Walton
really want you to meet them and not have to meet all these different specialists.
Occasionally, yes, we have to refer out for certain things
But for the majority of the time we're able to treat all of our patients here.
We do root canals here, orthodontics, pediatrics. It's really, really convenient
and patients really gravitate and pull towards that so it's really nice.
We try to make the time that our patients spend here convenient
for them and also make those times go by quickly. There's a couple days
we're here really early. We're here at 7 a.m. for people who have jobs that start early.
We have a lot of people that like to take advantage of that opportunity.
We try to create really good relationships with our patients.
We started to see Lauren five or six years ago.
She was a young, little girl and now she's a young woman.
That's one of the cool things about being in a family dental practice is that
you get families, you see people when they are kids
you see them grow up and get jobs.
I think you take better care of someone the better you know them.
But it's really nice to reach out to a community and really help them
and get them involved in making sure that they stay healthy and I love
that Dr. Petry and Dr. Walton give all of us the ability to do that.
The Akron Smile is phenomenal. It is the best team I've ever worked with.
Working at Akron Smile really has changed my life. Not too
be corny but it has. It's a different kind of office. It's really like a second home.
I do believe that we have a team of people here that is
really, really skilled at working together and they're all highly trained.
So, if you want somebody to be your dentist who has awesome people behind them
then this is really going to be the place for you.