You have relocated to a new town, or you have moved within a city to a new neighborhood, or you want to change your dentist. Regardless of the situation, the question that you face is inevitable, how do I select a dentist?

This is an essential question as your oral health provider, your dentist, is a part of your health team that includes a physician and sometimes other healthcare providers like a chiropractor, for example.

Some people have a fear of going to the dental office. The images in their mind are those of needles and sometimes pain. The sights and sounds of a dental office can by themselves create anxiety in some patients.

This anxiety can be overwhelming, especially if you have dental surgery to look forward to at your forthcoming dental appointment.

So, given this elevated level of anxiety associated with a dental office visit, how do you choose the dentist that you are going to trust with your oral health and that of the family.

Yes, the dentist needs to be personally likable, but beyond that, we think that there is a list of 17 questions that you need answering to yourself.

Satisfactory answers to these questions will help you be sure that you have made the right choice in selecting the dentist.

Seventeen questions to ask that will determine that you are selecting the Right Dentist!