WELCOME DR AMY HALDEMAN! We are beyond thrilled to announce the addition of Dr. Amy Haldeman to our Gillespie Dental staff! Along with 17 years of dentistry experience, Dr. Haldeman brings a bubbly and caring personality to our office. You will notice how quickly she can light up a room! Originally hailing from Rockford, Illinois, Dr. Haldeman now lives in Asheville with... read more »
On the morning of September 23rd, the parking lot of Gillespie Dental Associates was a warming picture of good folks having a good time and doing an even greater thing: donating blood to the American Red Cross! Together, we donated 29 units of blood and saved up to 87 lives! Our office wants to say specific thanks to our event... read more »
A New Year, A Fresh Perspective! This January, our staff visited the Biltmore Estate to attend a “Cultivating Change” workshop at the Biltmore Center for Professional Development. During this eye-opening session, Biltmore shared with us many changes within the history of their organization. They explained that while these changes were challenging, embracing them allowed Biltmore to stay ahead of the... read more »
We are pleased to announce the birth of our newest family member, Lily Kate Peterson. Lily was born to Dr. Jaime Peterson and her husband, Joe, this past Thursday, November 12th. While everyone said their son, EJ, was born looking just like Joe, Lily Kate is a spitting image of her mama! We are so excited for you guys and... read more »
I know my eighth-grade prom is this weekend, but I was too shy to ask you before now. I just picked you up in my brand new car—a Pinto! We went to a movie and then got some ice cream. I hid the engagement ring in a box of Russell Stover chocolates. Though I can tell you saw it coming,... read more »
Social media has changed the rules of the game in how businesses attract new clients. That’s not news, but in dentistry, where most practices still rely heavily on word-of-mouth referrals, we are just recognizing the amplified effect of this new type of exposure. And that’s a good thing. Although the ability for a patient to post a review of our... read more »
We lost a good one today. Colene House has just completed a 41-year run as a Registered Dental Hygienist—an ultra ultramarathon in the practice of clinical dental hygiene. We were proud to have her for 23 of those years in our office. And it wasn’t her choice. Over time, Colene unfortunately developed a carpometacarpal (base of thumb) condition that ultimately became... read more »
When someone stays in a dental office for 20 years, they’re committed—or should be! Dentists are notoriously picky types, who can’t have anything done for them fast enough, and if something isn’t accomplished quickly—they change their minds. It’s kind of like working with an unstable radioactive isotope that either blows up or fizzles out…and you don’t know when either is... read more »
Dentists are gadget people. We just can’t help ourselves. If there’s a seminar on new techniques or technology, we flock to it; if it’s a seminar on practice management, you can almost hear the crickets chirping over the speaker’s voice, it will be so empty. My instructors always taught me never to be the first to adopt new technology, but... read more »
I was preparing two crowns on a friend of mine that Tuesday morning when an assistant told us that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Dismissed right out of hand by us as an accident, I remember my friend’s face going pale—his mother lived close to the Twin Towers—when we found out there were two planes with... read more »