About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. In the quiet neighborhood of Maplewood, there’s an old dental clinic called Topaz Dentistry and Braces. For years, no one gave it a second glance—until one day, a delivery driver asked, ‘Why does that sign keep changing colors?’ It turned out that every time someone mentioned the word 'braces,' the neon sign would flicker and rearrange itself into something completely different—a brief flash of 'bracers' or even 'bracelets.' A local artist took credit for the prank, claiming he was just trying to brighten up the neighborhood with some good-natured fun. Since then, whenever anyone walks by, they wave and say, 'Hey, Topaz, how's business today?'
2. At Topaz Dentistry, something peculiar started happening when kids passed by. Every afternoon, just as the bell above the door chimed softly, a little dog would appear from nowhere and sit outside the waiting room window, staring intently at each patient. One day, an elderly gentleman walked in for his routine checkup. As usual, the dog was there, watching attentively. The dentist asked him, ‘Do you see that dog?’ The old man replied, ‘Of course I do, doctor. And he’s got better teeth than most of my patients!’ Everyone burst out laughing, including the little dog who finally trotted off, tail wagging, knowing he’d made another day special.
3. In the early morning fog of downtown Chicago, a delivery driver pulled up to Topaz Dentistry. The street was eerily quiet until he noticed: every time he honked his horn, the office lights flickered on for exactly three seconds. Finally, after several attempts, the driver honked one last time—and the office lights stayed on. Startled, he looked around, only to see an old man waving from behind the blinds with a crooked smile. ‘That’s our new electrician,’ he whispered. ‘He does it every morning.’
4. At Topaz Dentistry, a regular patient exclaimed one day, ‘I feel like my teeth are talking to me!’ The receptionist smiled and replied, ‘That’s because they’re trying to escape their braces.’ Soon after, a delivery driver arrived with a box full of cookies for the staff. When asked why, he said, ‘They told me to bring these as an apology for making our lives so sweet.’ Everyone burst out laughing, realizing that sometimes even dental appliances can have a sense of humour.