Hutcheson Phillip E, DDS MSD

If a Unilocaler ever wants to feel like a rock star, visit this dentist’s office and tell them you are checking in on Unilocal.
I admire businesses that try to keep up with the times and market themselves in new and different ways — and Dr. Hutcheson’s staff is definitely trying.
I’ve been a patient here for a long time. Initially, about 20 years ago after a recommendation from a friend. Then we moved away, came back but I tried some other dentists closer to home… then I came running back here.
If you’ve ever been to a dentist that brings out the finance paperwork touting all the stuff they want to do to you, you are not alone. They don’t do that here.
If you’ve ever been to a dentist where you are taken to a huge room and you feel like cattle being brought before the veterinary students, you are also not alone. They don’t do that here, either.
I don’t have great teeth. Partly because I had chickenpox at 18 months old, and the high fever caused some crazy stuff to happen. Partly because I hate flossing. And partly because I looked at brushing teeth as optional when I was in primary and elementary school, and my parents didn’t figure that out for a LONG time.
These guys are the type of dental practice that will work with what you’ve got, and help you baby-​step towards getting better. Cleanings are always entertaining, mostly because my hygenist Jeannie firmly believes that she should make every attempt to make you laugh or want to sarcastically respond to her when she has sharp pointy things in your mouth.
The office is clean, and I don’t think I’ve ever had to wait. Like, ever. They have all these great magazines in the little lobby, but I can’t even crack open the Nashville Lifestyles until my tormentor is popping around the corner ecstatic to see me. (That’s my story, she’s ecstatic to see me. When Jeannie reads this, and I know she will, I’ll hear about this for months!). There is another hygenist there that I had once, I can’t recall her name — but she was fine.
Dr. Hutch himself is an understated, polite guy. He doesn’t joke around like the hygenists and front office staff — but really, you kind of want that from the guy who might be poking needles into your mouth or high speed drills inches away from your eyes. He does implants and dental surgery, so if you’ve got BIG problems — your regular dentist might send you to him for the big stuff. But they do the everyday stuff… so for my book, I’ll just go there.
Their office is in a cute little shaded paddock in Maryland Farms in that Virgina Way/​Ward Circle area. It’s not too congested, and if you work in MF then I can’t imagine why you’d go anywhere else.
The open-​minded, becoming guerilla marketers that they are, they offer a Unilocal special if you need implants (and sorry for you if you do, yikes!), and I bet my experience today has never happened to you. They sent me home with a little gift bag of toothbrushes and coupons, placed atop chocolate candies and Famous Amos cookies, for me to share with my co-​workers. They even created their own little logo that reminds me of the Anne Klein lion head door knocker earrings we all wore in the 1990’s in college, but the lion has a toothbrush in its mouth instead of the ring. OK, that’s just cute — I don’t care who you are.
If you’d like a toothbrush from my goodie bag, just let me know.

I’ll be honest. My family considers the Hutchesons as friends but he is also a great dentist. The staff is always smiling and good natured and I’ve never had a problem or issues using them even after I’ve been gone for years at a time.