First Impressions
Dr. Lamboy put his special touch on the practice’s interior design elements, including yellow, green and blue colors to brighten the space. Bolder hues fill the waiting area and more subdued tones color the treatment areas. Dr. Lamboy selected stone and cedar wood for accents on the walls and ceiling, and landscaped outside the treatment area windows. “If I was a kid, I’d be scared [going to the dentist], so I had the idea to create a place with the Disney Channel playing all day long, and video games and calm colors that make me feel like I’m in a home, not an office,” he says.
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Dr. Ayala Rubio used elements from her efficient Atlanta practice to get the floorplan of the High Point space just right. The practice is physically separated into clinical and business departments, almost as if to create two worlds – one for patients and one for adults. Patient guardians and business office staff are located on one side of the practice; the doctors, patients, hygienists and assistants are on the other. This way, says Dr. Lamboy, the doctors have more control over the patient environment.
On the clinical side of the practice, the doctors installed a half-wall and large glass window outside of the treatment area so that waiting patients can look in on those having procedures done and “see how much fun they’re having,” Dr. Lamboy says.
There are patients, of course, who need more privacy because they are upset or require a lengthy procedure. For these cases, the doctors had two “quiet” operatories built toward the back of the practice, away from the other children and isolated for sound.
Located behind hygiene is the state-of-the-art sterilization center. Assistants have access to it from both the treatment and hygiene areas yet don’t have to travel through the hallways with sharp instruments.
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