text: Dr Thomas Durisek and his crew at Open Wide Dental OWD rock I first came to Dr Durisek a few yeas ago after seeing his ads in the local gay publications I have been a patient ever since because Open Wide Dental does such a great job The Open Wide Dental web site states Our commitment is to provide you the highest standard of personalized dental care with a gentle efficient and professional manner We trust you will find the atmosphere calming the staff friendly and our dental services exceptional I am pleased to report that OWD delivers on their promisennYou know your dentist is gay when you can compliment the decor of the office Dr Durisek remodeled the space his practice now occupies and it is stateoftheart The waiting area looks more like the living room of a gay couple who subscribes to Dwell magazine and shops at IKEA than the usual dreary dental office The two massage chairs from The Sharper Image also get lots of use Check out the photos on the OWD web site as I did not know you could get dental office Glamour ShotsnnBeyond mere appearances it is the people who make the difference at Open Wide Dental Theresa is by far the best dental hygienist I have ever encountered My teeth form lots of tartar and she does an exceptional job cleaning them She is extremely gentle and the only hygienist who has not caused me pain while cleaning my teeth The new office set up is nice as flat panel monitors are mounted to the ceiling over the treatment chairs so you get to watch calming DVDs while they work on your teeth Dr Durisek told me some patients have asked for TV shows or movies but they have kept it to nature scenes and the like so far nnDr Durisek himself is great He is friendly kind patient gentle and professional On my first visit I filled out a form and one of the questions asked why I went to Open Wide Dental and I responded My previous dentist was a jerk I really appreciated that Dr Durisek had the balls to ask me about the previous dentist based on my comment Right then I knew we would enjoy mutual respect going forward In fact I trusted him enough to follow his advice of filling a small cavity without any local anesthetic He assured me that the cavity was small enough that I did not need local anesthetic and if I started to feel any pain at all during the procedure all I had to do was raise a hand and he would hook me up with some Novocaine I have found that the injection of Novocaine for previous dental work was an awful experience on its own and Dr Durisek was right on the money He was able to fill my cavity without any anesthetic and I did not feel any pain at all nnIf you have got teeth then Open Wide Dental is the place for you to take care of them