Would a warm paraffin hand treatment during your dental cleaning or dental treatment put you at ease and make the process more bearable? That is the idea behind the new “dental spa” services opening in major cities throughout the United States. Beyond calming music and comfortable chairs and flat-screen TVs mounted on the ceiling with sound from the noise-canceling headphones that block unpleasant dental noises, at the same time foot scrubs, pedicures, or other spa services are sometimes possible. Two major trends have helped fuel the growth of dental spas: lessening of the painful associations of dentistry and the increased cosmetic focus of dentistry that goes along with other spa treatments.
Questions What are some of the main areas of complexity and divergence in this kind of operation relative to the standard dental clinic?