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HE SCENT OF FRESHLY BAKED COOKIES warms the
lobby of Beyond Exceptional Dentistry. Sun filters
in through vaulted skylights. Chilled water arrives in a
gold-tipped, stemless glass. Refreshments are on offer
for patients to ease anxiety. Smooth jazz plays in the background,
and everyone is friendly.
This is not your typical dentist’s office. The customer
experience at Beyond Exceptional Dentistry is unlike anything
in the industry. Nerves are calmed, patients are listened to, and
lives are changed. The staff tends to patients like they’re clients
at a spa. And this is all before clients even begin their new patient
intake session — a signature of their unprecedented process.
For patients who’ve struggled with dental issues their whole
lives, the sessions can be life-changing. They take place in a
serene exam room with custom-made chairs, natural lighting and
tall, sliding doors that open to a lush courtyard — all intended
to reduce discomfort and stress. Jenni Moseley, the new patient
coordinator at Beyond Exceptional Dentistry, has perfected the
process.
The session begins with a consultation where Moseley talks
through what patients want. “Our visits are very eye-opening
and sometimes overwhelming,” Moseley says. She takes
“before” and “after” pictures, using spacers and dental wax to
gently manipulate patients’ jaws into alignment. The images
are then photoshopped in real-time, so patients can see their
new smile — one they’ve been waiting for their whole lives. It’s
not uncommon for patients to get emotional. “We learn about
“The results have been
nothing short of a miracle.
My friends said I looked
15 years younger but they
were not sure why.”
SMILING STYLE
Dr. Ryan Reeves has revolutionized
the aging process. He has created a
technique that truly is nothing short of
Beating
Father
Time
WRITTEN BY MOLLY CLANCY / PHOTOGRAPHY BL AKE CROSBY
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the health of their mouth, the level of prevention they want to
achieve, their smile and any concerns they have,” Moseley says.
“We decide together where they want to be, then we use that to
drive our education. This is where all of the decisions are made.”
The “after” photos also take years off — a ground-breaking
way to think about dentistry, pioneered by Dr. Ryan Reeves.
Reeves, a relative newcomer to Savannah, continues the legacy
started by Brad Durham, taking aesthetic dentistry to new
heights and drawing clients from across the country. “You
have to start asking, ‘why?’” Reeves says. “As dentists, we’re
trained to focus on the problem, but not why that problem is
happening. Patients have come in who’ve been told they need
to have all their teeth removed. It didn’t make sense to me.
It couldn’t be the only option. I started doing research, and I
realized it was going to be a game-changer. We could help a lot
of people.”
That game-changer is Reeves’ holistic, physiological, “beating
father time” approach. “If treatments need to be done to correct
functional problems and the byproduct is a younger-looking face,
it’s a win-win,” says Reeves.
Reeves explains the philosophy behind his approach, “When
things are out of balance — joints, muscles, nerves — then
problems happen. What I’m doing is looking at the underlying
problems. We see a lot of people who’ve had other dentists tell
them they need to have invasive surgery. We are usually able to
fix the issue and get them to a much healthier place in ways they
never expected.”