Comments on: Teeth whitening and the usual error

By: Mantic-Angel

Mantic-Angel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:51:02 +0000

A very nice, concrete example! I would have thought of it more as a cleaning/brushing, not a medical procedure – I’ve never even thought about the safety of that sort of thing!

I’ve really found that understanding someone’s priorities helps a lot in communication; it lets me give the information they need and leave off extraneous information :)

I’d also expect safety-conscious people just wouldn’t be interested in a product like this; it’d cost a lot to convince them that yes, it really is safe. The things they’re advertising are much cheaper to demonstrate!

By: Pace

Pace — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:56:20 +0000

Timothy,

I think it was called “Teeth Whitening.” Whether that’s more or less confidence-inspiring than “Glitzz” I’ll leave up to you. (;

By: Timothy Coote

Timothy Coote — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:55:06 +0000

Is that place called “Glitzz”? I wouldn’t let anyone from a business ending with two “z”s into my mouth.

By: Hayden Tompkins

Hayden Tompkins — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:47:25 +0000

Yeah, I thought those in-mall ‘dentists’ were pretty amusing too. I saw one for the first time two weeks ago and Chris and I laughed at the faux walls they had erected.

By: Pace

Pace — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:59:24 +0000

@Sheila: Right! Of course you wouldn’t! And my attitude may even seem ridiculous to you given your perspective. But that’s because you’re in your shoes, not mine.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:34:08 +0000

Well, except that given that you can get at-home teeth-whitening kits at the drugstore, which aren’t quite as effective, one presumes, but are nevertheless available, I wouldn’t necessarily associate “teeth whitening” with “must be performed in dentist’s office by professionals”.

By: Green

Green — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:56:04 +0000

Yes, but as someone who thinks that getting your teeth whitened in a mall is icky… you’re not part of their target audience, right? Not that I disagree.. there should be some kind of safety reassurance.. and the overall ppint is a good one. But it seems to me that the target auience of this place is people who aren’t bothered by the idea of a mall dentist in the first place.