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The present of a different future
The Kersenbrocks’ plan is for Dr. Mary to take over the practice eventually, and they have a vision for that, too. Adding the seventh chair, Dr. MJ said, will set them up to bring on another dentist.
"The plan is to get to two and a half dentists, and I’ll be the half," Dr. MJ said. "Where I was at before there was absolutely no potential for that. Zero."

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Dr. MJ said his attitude is different now that he’s at the new clinic, and with a second dentist. His stress level is lower because Dr. Mary is able to relieve some of the pressure that he felt during the first 28 years in his practice.
"Now he can have that freedom and he deserves it, because he has worked his whole life providing," Dr. Mary said. "He can really spend a lot more time doing the things he loves, spending more time with his family and enjoying life."
After many years of being the first one in the office in the morning, Dr. MJ has passed that torch to Dr. Mary
now – and she was happy to take it. Some days it’s not much later that he gets in, but usually it’s enough."Thirty minutes doesn’t seem like a lot. But it‘s time in the morning when he gets to do what he wants," Mary said. "He and my mom have breakfast every morning together, and he never used to be able to do that. Thirty minutes is a lifestyle change."
There are many reasons the new office has been a lifestyle change for Drs. MJ and Mary, and they’re overwhelmingly positive. He offered a piece of advice to dentists looking at building new: "I would say, don’t be afraid to get professional advice. When you deal with companies like Mercer and Patterson, the money that you spend for the advice and professional knowledge is money well spent."
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