Our office is dedicated to making your routine and emergency visits as comfortable and convenient as possible. For this reason, we have a generous facility with professional staffing 5 days a week and some Saturdays as well. The following will give you some guidelines on our philosophy of emergency care.

Taking Calls: Dr. Armel and his partner take calls for each other, so there is always someone available in case of emergency. Both doctors have after hours calls routed automatically to their homes and Dr. Armel is available by pager. If both doctors are away at a professional meeting at the same time, a dentist from the Marin County community will be available to assist you.

Toothaches: When you come to see us, we will treat you with the utmost care - being gentle and careful not to unnecessarily upset a toothache that is already painful.

Nitrous oxide: Nitrous oxide is available on a routine basis in our office. About 1/2 of our patients use this light form of sedation (eat before using nitrous please).

Music on headphones: To help you relax, you may want to listen to a music tape from our extensive and varied library. You can also bring in your own audio cassettes if you wish.

Eat before coming in: Please have something to eat before you come in. We find that patients do better on nitrous oxide and medication if their blood sugar is normal. Also if you have work done, you may not be able to eat immediately after treatment.

Emergency time in schedule: We usually have time each day for emergency visits. With the size and capacity of our office, we can usually fit you in on the day you call. We don't want our patients waiting to be seen by a dentist if they are truly in an emergency condition.

After Hours Emergencies: when necessary, both doctors will treat after hours emergencies.

Emergency contact numbers:

(415) 927-4000 - Follow the prompts to reach the Dr.

(415) 927-7686 - office fax

wefxsmiles@aol.com - general e-mail box for office.