Dillon William J DDS

Selecting a dentist was part of the «you are an adult now, it’s time to grow up» chat I had with my wife many years ago. You know the talk — after which you end up throwing away your movie poster collection, getting married, buying a house, life insurance and saving receipts for tax purposes.
It was years after I had moved to Albany and stopped going to a dentist simply because it was not a priority. We had no real information to go by when making the selection, so I looked at the list and found the closest one and made an appointment. My wife and I have been going ever since.
I had my six month cleaning today and I was reminded just how lucky I ended up getting. Dr. Dillon and his staff go a long way to making a quick and easy visit. I was in and out in 20 minutes, no muss and no fuss. I was talking with the dental hygienist, Pam, about how I appreciated her being back from vacation. While the lady who did the cleaning the last time did it well, I was no where near as relaxed. The scraping thing used to drive me nuts, and apparently still does when I am not comfortable with the person doing the cleaning.
Dr. Dillon also respects my decisions without a hassle. I had a lot of x-​rays as a kid so my mother never allowed x-​rays as a part of a regular visit. I seem to have adopted the same attitude, if you see something that warrants an x-​ray, I have no problem getting it done. But if it’s not necessary then I’ll do without the radiation bombardment. In the 10 or so years we have been going Dr. Dillon asked for x-​rays once and that was because I was having headaches at the time. When he ruled out anything dental related, it was never pushed again. After 37 years without so much as a single cavity, I must be doing something right.
And while I cannot really think of anything that has bothered me in any of my visits, I find it really hard to give five stars to a dentist. It is just too hard to think of the whole dental thing in that light.