06/12/2026
Yesterday, after we finished our morning Jail Dental Clinic at RSW Front Royal, we arrived at our jail clinic in Orange, Virginia where we met a young lady inmate, who was quite hilarious!
Even though she was feeling a bit nervous and apprehensive, facing the prospect of having to lose her tooth, she kept her spirits up, as she kept us cracking up, from the moment that she first sat in the chair, til she left! 🤣 (She also happened to be 6’4” tall, so we talked about that anomaly first, as an ice-breaker). Anyway, she was cracking jokes the whole time, and so were we! Just people enjoying some back and forth banter.
After Terry got her numb and she was resting, (‘comfortably numb’-haha) prior to her extractions, he decided to check on a patient he was waiting to hear back from, to see if we needed to meet her at our office on the drive home, and also, maybe he’d have time to play one round of the “Candy Crush” game on his phone, just to kill some time (only a few minutes) in order to let the lidocaine set in, so it could ‘do it’s thing’ before we could start, as standard procedure….
This quick witted, hilarious inmate/patient of ours looked over at him, saw him on his phone, and asked him if he was “Googling the best way to get her tooth out”!!!🤣 OMG, We all just erupted in laughter! Doctor B gave her props and high praise regarding her humor skills. He said, “I like this one a lot, she’s hilarious!” I agreed.
Good moments like these remind us why we’re here, and why we love doing these clinics, and they help to keep things light, as we work in an often ‘dreary’ jail setting.
Laughter is the best medicine, they say.
It definitely doesn’t hurt! 🤗
I was grateful to have witnessed this lively interaction/exchange, and I’m grateful every day to be able to help people, and do what we love to do together, side-by-side in our family dental business.❤️
*Today, Dr. Butterfield and his daughter, our assistant (Mariah) finished up this week’s rounds of bi-monthly Jail Clinic visits in Wi******er.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!
Stay cool!
Sincerely,
-Butterfield Staff/Team/Family😊