Interviewer: Dr. Hulsey, what's one thing you want new patients to know when they come to see you? Dr. Hulsey: Well, first thing I'd like my patients to know is when you come to see us, we're going to treat you like our own family because you become our extended family. We've seen patients here, me for the last 30 years, Dr. Gangwisch for the last 46 years. I've gotten to know our patients well, know their kids and their grandkids. And so we going we going to treat you guys like you're our family. On top of that, we're not going to recommend any treatment you don't need. If Dr. G or I or Dr. Cao diagnose something that you need, that means you really need it because we're very conservative. Interviewer: Dr. Hulsey, if I'm scared of the dentist, what's your best tip? Dr. Hulsey: Well, you're not alone. Millions of people are scared of the dentist and we're used to that. It might be all new to you, but we've seen lots of patients who have had dental fears and it's perfectly natural. Whenever I go into my physician's office, I know that when I put my foot over the threshold of their office, my blood pressure goes up and they're not going to get an accurate blood pressure for me. And so same thing when you come to the dentist and we'll treat you like family and we have things for anxiety such as nitrous oxide gas and oral sedation pill that you can take. Dr. Gangwisch even offers IV sedation here. So under one roof, we've got you covered. And we're really good with working with our patients and making them feel comfortable too. So once you meet us, you'll you have to just see for yourself. Interviewer: Dr. Mr. Holy, how often should you really replace your toothbrush? Dr. Hulsey: About every 3 months. We supply you with one every 6 months if you keep your six month checkups, but about every 3 months, we recommend replacing it because the bristles lose their ability to clean without damaging your teeth. One little extra tip on that is if you are brushing with your toothbrush regularly, if your toothbrush bristles look like this, splayed out instead of straight up and down like you get with a new one, then throw that toothbrush away. The cause of that is for fact brushing too hard. So you don't have to bear down too much. Those little circles around real light pressure does the job. It will get all the surfaces covered and floss every day also. So brush twice a day, floss once a day. That'll keep the old dentist away. Interviewer: So Dr. Hulsey, what's your favorite hobby outside the office? Dr. Hulsey: Well, my number one hobby would be um playing music. Now I've moved on up to playing just the ukulele for my own entertainment. But I used to be in a little band that I played in when I was younger playing the upright bass. And it's good, clean, fun, and that's my favorite thing is music. Music makes the world go around.