Dental Care Associates of Buffalo

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver asked his colleague in the parking lot: ‘Did you hear that the receptionist here talks to herself in Russian?’ His friend shook his head and laughed. ‘No, I didn’t,’ he replied. ‘Maybe she’s just practicing her lines for when we get too many patients.’ They both chuckled, imagining the poor receptionist talking to herself in Russian while trying to manage an overflowing waiting room.

2. In the waiting room one day, an anxious patient noticed something peculiar on the reception desk—a small plastic model of a toothbrush, waving its bristles as if dancing. No one else seemed to notice it. Soon enough, another patient—a delivery driver—walked in and started humming along with the toothbrush’s ‘dance.’ The receptionist finally noticed the commotion and smiled, saying, ‘I guess our little toothbrush DJ has found his audience!’

3. In the waiting room one day, an anxious patient noticed something unusual hanging from the ceiling fan—a tiny toothbrush with a note that read, ‘For your next cleaning!’ Curious, she asked the receptionist who smiled mysteriously and said, 'Oh, that's just Mr. Johnson's idea of a joke—he’s our most punctual patient.' Later that week, a delivery driver found another toothbrush hanging from the door handle of his truck with a note reading, 'For your next delivery!'

4. One afternoon, while patients were nervously flipping through magazines, the receptionist announced over the intercom: 'Please be advised that our dental hygienist has just discovered a new species of microorganism!' The room fell silent for a moment before erupting into laughter and jokes about new bacteria causing cavity outbreaks. The hygienist later admitted it was just an unusual strain of Streptococcus found on a regular's toothbrush—nothing to worry about.