Office Amenities

The Best Entertainment in Dentistry!

Movies in our Theater Room, AND Over-the-Chair

Probably the most unique quality of this dental practice is its use of visual  entertainment to enhance your dental visit.  From the on-site movie theater, to the “over-the-chair” personal entertainment system, our patients have several options and opportunities to distract them from the anxiety of the dreaded “dental visit”.

It may be surprising to you but, since we installed this unique “over-the-chair” system over 3 years ago in our Texas City office, we have witnessed that more than 75% of our patients choose to watch or play something during their dental visit.  This includes both kids and adults.  If there is one aspect of this office that makes our patients less apprehensive about scheduling a future appointment, it is this.

Just outside the doors of the movie theater is a real video arcade system.   It is tucked neatly away from the rest of our comfortable reception room.  While in our domed-ceiling reception room, a wall-mounted 32” plasma screen-monitor is playing a visual program of dental education slides or, if we are lucky, a Houston sports team play-off game may be piped-in.

Movie Theater

Our League City office is probably the first dental office in America that has an actual Cinema.  Our version of the silver screen is a high definition display that can be viewed from authentic movie theater seats.  They are arranged in a stadium-seating configuration in a comfortable, custom-designed viewing room.  A large list of movie titles is available to be viewed at any time.  This is great for families that come in together and for the mom who has to drag the whole crew in for little Johnny’s dental appointment.

Dr. Patterson chose to design the office with this unique feature because he has found that one of the most difficult dilemmas facing a family when scheduling for dental visits is “What to do with the rest of the family”.  He hopes that this concept will help the family member ‘in-charge’ manage the entire family's dental visits with ease and efficiency.  He also hopes that all of our patients will find that the movie theater setting brings a relaxing break-from-reality!

Over-the-Chair Entertainment System

Designed by Dr. Patterson, this unique technology has been our patients' favorite for nearly four years.  This first-of-its-kind system incorporates DVD/VHS, cable television, an intra-oral camera, a dental education system, and home video gaming with wireless controller - all viewed on a crystal-clear, flat-screen display positioned at a perfect viewing angle for the patient while laying back in the dental chair.  The overall design gives the patient a comfort level never experienced before in a dental chair.

Some of our first-time patients do not think that this feature will be useful to them during their visit, but most are quite surprised by the comfort and normalcy that was gained by the use of this visual distraction.  We can absolutely say that this technology has a profound impact on the perception of our patients' dental visit here in our office compared to other dental experiences.

The most striking comments we hear from our patients is that the kids ENJOY coming to their regular dental visits. And if they need dental work, they can be convinced much easier if they are reminded of the “NEAT” things that we have at THEIR dental office.  We get quite a few new patient referrals based on the “playground-bragging-rights” of our young patients’ dental office!  Even more striking is the ADULTS' reaction to their dental experience.  We give our patients a long list of reasons to brag about THEIR dental office.  The personal treatment and level of comfort felt during the dental experience is the utmost importance of our team.

We are convinced that if you hate going to the dental office, we can, in one visit, significantly change your perception of the whole dental experience.

Video Arcade

In the “lobby” of our theater is a video arcade.  A Dr. Patterson’s Kids’ favorite, this authentic “Ultracade” is a stand up multi-arcade machine with 30 classic video arcade games.