Dr. Joe Nguyen has been a fan of ours for many years now. He first contacted us in 2014 to get a few brushing mirrors and a mural. Since then he has themed 3 of his locations from top to bottom, creating some of our favorite underwater themed offices. This video shows off the latest install as well as the inside scoop on IDS from Dr. Joe himself.

Watch the video to hear from Dr. Joe and see a tour of his undersea office decor. 

Tour an Underwater Themed Dental Office

My name’s Dr. Joe, I opened three clinics here in Houston. Started in 2014, knew I wanted something different, unique, definitely want that wow-factor when patients step through the door. Did a little research online, stumbled upon Imagination Dental Solutions (Imagination Design Studios). Picked up the phone, gave them a call and been doing business with them for five years.

The thing that jumps out right away is the different characters that they use, the colors, it’s vibrant. It feels like they’re jumping out at you, it feels really real, feels like you’re going to a theme park and all kids love theme parks!

So you can bring that to your dental office, they’ll definitely come through the door. My first reaction to the final product I was filled with joy! They exceeded all my expectations, the process was very smooth, and everybody was really helpful! They answered all my questions.

Getting into this project, I knew it was a big risk, but after seeing the result of the first practice the second and the third was a no-brainer. It’s a really safe investment, you’ll get your return plus a lot more in return! You truly get what you pay for. Their quality is really good, service is great, it’s not like once they install they’re done. They follow up with you, want to make sure you’re ok. If you have any issues, they come back & fix it for you.

Even though they’re not located in my city, the communication was really good. I don’t want to let that be something that deters you from using them.

Also, with the price too, because you can see the difference in the quality. Just everything, you can tell they’re at the top of the game. There’s other people out there who try to copy them, but it’s totally different, you see it. 

So if you’re looking for something that is truly unique and has that wow-factor, and captures people’s attention when they first some though the clinic, without a doubt, don’t hesitate. I definitely would recommend using Imagination Design Studios because it’s worth every penny!

You can see Dr. Joe’s second Atlantis themed dental office and his third over the top ocean themed office.

Dr. Joe, as his patients like to call him, is a caring and dedicated dentist. He has three dental offices themed by IDS.

Interested in learning more about themed environments? Check out these related resources on IDS customers:

See more examples of underwater theming here.

Hear more great stories of happy IDS customers here.

Contact Imagination Design Studios (IDS) to get started transforming your office from a mundane to magical patient experience. Or download our inspiring look book and start imagining the possibilities in your office.

Scott Savel owns several successful dental offices. IDS has themed three of those locations – you can see his first space themed family dental office and second space themed pediatric dental office in our gallery. On our most recent install, we sat down and chatted with Scott about what he thinks about theming. 

Watch the video to see a tour his two space offices and see some snippets of the full interview we have transcribed below. 

Tour an Out of This World Space Themed Dental Office

IDS: How many themed offices have you done with IDS?

Scott Savel: This is my third IDS office.

IDS: Do you have more plans for expanding into new locations with more theming?

Scott Savel: Yeah, we found that theming has been instrumental in our success, we’re definitely planning on opening multiple offices and using theming for all of them.

IDS: Is the IDS theming helping you expand faster?

Scott Savel: Tremendous difference. We found that by making the investment, that it sets us apart, especially in pediatrics. We walk into an area and we’re a “category-killer” in that area.

IDS: What’s your favorite part of your office? Favorite prop, room, etc.?

Scott Savel: You know it’s hard to say, all the stuff they do is so cool. I mean every time I do it, it’s amazing, but we tend to center and focus on the game room and the front desk, so I would have to say the game rooms are always the coolest.

IDS: Have your patients or their parents commented on your theming? What have they said?

Scott Savel: They can’t believe it. They’ve never seen a dental office like this before and they wish they had something like that for them. In fact, we’ve used the IDS concept in order to bring in adult patients. So, we market to the children but, we hopefully are able to book the parents when they come in as well.

IDS: How do you like working with IDS, what do you think of IDS?

Scott Savel: Hands down IDS is an incredible company. They’re reliable, they’re super, super organized, they’re incredibly creative, they can handle any need you could possibly want. I’ve always been amazed how they could be out of state or even out of the country in this case and be able to coordinate this job to such perfection. Hands down, they have it down completely, it’s always seamless.

IDS: What do you think are the benefits of office theming?

Scott Savel: Office theming as I said previously, sets you apart. It gives you something. If you look at dentistry as a whole, most dentistry offices are always the same, but the theming sets you apart, it definitely jumpstarts the business.

IDS: Would you recommend IDS and theming to your friends?

Scott Savel: Well no one that’s local, I don’t want any competition! But if you’re gonna open up out of state, I would definitely recommend IDS.

IDS: Do your employees get into the theme, and have they enjoyed their work in that environment?

Scott Savel: Every time I open a new office, every one of my employees wants to work in the new office. They’re always so cool and so different and every time we do it, it just gets better and better. We work off of our original idea, and we go from there.

IDS: How do you feel about the quality of the product IDS provides you?

Scott Savel: It’s hands down incredible. The way they actually manufacture the products and if you really look at what they do a lot of it is just hand done. It’s almost like they’re artists. Of course, the installation teams that come in are incredible as well. Literally, no stone is left unturned and they work with you to make sure you’re completely satisfied until the job is done.

IDS: Have you ever received patient referrals from current patients due to the new IDS theming?

Scott Savel: Of course. People see it all the time. Not only that, but IDS helps us with our marketing. You know, a lot of people advertise in newspapers or look to radio, but we’re a real visual concept now. We’ve developed television commercials and certain kinds of billboard advertising that really shows the visual concept and how it sets us apart from everybody else.

IDS: Has your practice increased due to passersby, foot-traffic, and vehicles seeing your theming and bringing new kids to you?

Scott Savel: It’s not even close, absolutely. Every time we open up an IDS themed office, we are jump-started from the get-go. Right away people see it, they walk in, they’ve never seen anything like it, they’re blown away, they can’t even believe it’s a dental office.

IDS: Did you get good value for your money?

Scott Savel: Absolutely. You know, it’s all relative, no one can build what IDS does, no one can do what they do. So, it’s definitely good value because even though the upfront costs are sometimes not small, depending on how deep you wanna go and there’s no end to what you can do with these guys, they can do anything. The point is that when you’re a dentist, you’ll be in business for 15, 20, 30 years, so if you amortize those costs over that time, it actually comes out very cheap compared to how fast you’re building your business.

IDS: If you could plan a whole new office, what theme would you go with?

Scott Savel: Well it’s interesting. I’ve been working with IDS for a while and I’ve done jungle themes and I’ve done space themes. But I gotta say, at the end of the day, our company is called Super Smiles and I like the space theme personally because it transcends to adults and to children, everybody loves it.

IDS: Last question here, if you could get IDS to make anything: the sky is the limit, doesn’t matter cost, your imagination, what would you get them to make?

Scott Savel: They have some people outside the New York area, where obviously real estate is a lot cheaper, where they’re taking large buildings and warehouse space. I’m dying to do an office where I could do the outside of it, because I just believe that is the coolest thing ever that they do. I haven’t done that yet, it’s all been interior work, but if I could own a building and do a complete outside job, which brings people in, inside and out, that would be something I would love to coordinate with them.

Scott Savel is a successful business owner and dental consultant. He has owned 3 offices themed by IDS including a jungle and 2 space themed dental offices.

See the full spaceship office theme here.

See the full outer space office theme here.

Interested in learning more about themed environments? Check out these related resources on IDS customers:

See more examples of space theming here.

Hear more great stories of happy IDS customers here.

Contact Imagination Design Studios (IDS) to get started transforming your office from a mundane to magical patient experience. Or download our inspiring look book and start imagining the possibilities in your office.

After creating this amazing 1920s style train themed office we returned to have a chat with the owner, Dr. Jed Snatic, to see how he and his patients feel about their new IDS pediatric dental office decor.

You can see clips of the interview in the video or read the full transcript below.

Tour an Incredible 1900’s Train Themed Dental Office

IDS: What have your patients and their parents said about the decor?

Dr. Snatic: Well when we were working with IDS to design this, we struggled with whether to go for a younger age or an older age, and as it progressed we decided to go for a more authentic train station, 1920s-era, and when we did that we found that everybody liked it, from grandpa right down to the one-year-old. They all love it!

IDS: And what do you personally think about the theme of the office?

Dr. Snatic: My partners and I couldn’t be prouder of the way it has come out. It’s so unique and it’s such a blast from the past, it’s almost like a tribute to the railroad days in early Alberta. Our shopping mall here is a train-themed (area), and it’s called Chestermere Station, so we couldn’t be happier with our investment.

IDS: What’s your favorite part of your new themed office?

Dr. Snatic: The train! I would say when we originally designing the office, ‘There’s no way you can make a train station without a train’ so really the engineering marvel was to put it up against the windows to allow room for it to fit into the space without it eating up all of our waiting room. As you may know, real estate is expensive here in Chestermere so I think the train is the bomb.

IDS: You recently moved into this space. Can you talk about expanding into this new location and how this encouraged you to theme your new office?

Dr. Snatic: Yes, well it was probably 2-2.5 years ago when it started to come to critical mass at our former office and we knew that would be running out of space. So we went looking and found this larger location. We wanted to attract a lot of specialists to work out of here, so spending extra on the waiting room, for the ‘pop’ to get the kids and the moms in and to enjoy the place, seemed like a worthwhile investment. In one year we’ve gone from, you know, a startup, to full-on busy and I’m sure we’ll have that same issue [with too many patients] within 2 to 3 years.

IDS: How do you think that the theming has helped your office?

Dr. Snatic: Oh, I’m sure everybody here thinks it’s been a huge success for the town of Chestermere and the area. The staff like it, the parents like it, and the kids love it the most.

IDS: Any final thoughts?

Dr. Snatic: Yup, I’d just like to thank the team at IDS for delivering just such a beautiful, beautiful place and something so unique and fun to work at that you actually enjoy driving to work every day.

That’s a huge feather in our caps and we couldn’t be happier with our investment, and so are our patients.

Dr. Snatic is a father, lifelong learner, entrepreneur, and passionate professional. He prides himself on being able to treat most dental issues under one roof at his clinic.

See the full train themed office here.

This interview has been edited for clarity.

Interested in learning more about themed environments? Check out these related resources on IDS customers:

See more examples of travel theming here.

See more examples of city and town theming here.

Hear more great stories of happy IDS customers here.

Contact Imagination Design Studios (IDS) to get started transforming your office from a mundane to magical patient experience. Or download our inspiring look book and start imagining the possibilities in your office.