Our #commitment in 3 words?
Prevention. Prevention. Prevention.
CHD’s DNA is to make dental hygiene and prevention accessible to everyone.
Pioneers in preventive dentistry
Prevention has never been so developed as it is in general medicine. It is a way of limiting the onset of disease and preventing it from developing within a population. However, one area of medicine remains untouched by prevention, and that’s ours: Dental medicine.
To date, no concrete public health objectives have been defined in the dental field, and the figures speak for themselves:
After the introduction of fluoride toothpaste and salt in the 1950s, there was a marked improvement in the rate of tooth decay. However, despite an increase in the density of dentists since the 2000s, the caries rate has not fallen any further, and even rose slightly in the early 2010s.
While we know that there is no single cause of this stagnation, it is clear that the way in which dental care is approached needs to change: dentists need to change the way they work, so that hygienists are no longer relegated to a secondary role of “tartar cleaners”. And if they don’t, we will! All the studies have shown that most diseases or complications of oral pathologies can be avoided through prevention and the maintenance of appropriate oral hygiene. So it’s time to give patients the keys to their oral health so that they never have to go to the dentist again: a preventive rather than a curative approach. It was with this approach and a clear public health objective in mind that we founded CHD in April 2016.
CHD’s approach to this issue
Prioritising preventive care
By putting hygienists at the heart of dental treatments: less tartar means less bacteria, which means fewer problems!
Reconciling patients with dentistry
By offering them clear, rigorous care that they understand, in a warm, relaxed environment, by dusting off the usual style and even breaking the codes of the sector: cosy decor, relaxed atmosphere, lots of attention for patients… we’re passionate about all these details!
Who are we?
We’re not investment funds or financial specialists, just Thainara, Sofian and Robin, a dental assistant and 2 dentists (you’ll see us every day at the clinic), who are passionate about prevention and epidemiology.
We are convinced that dentistry has more to offer than austere clinics based on the repetition of assembly-line treatments.
Needless to say, this different vision of dentistry was difficult to explain to the banks when we had to find the financing for our first clinic!
Our history
Geneva
Student loans and organisations such as the FAE (Fondation d’Aide aux Entreprises) thus enabled the adventure to get off the ground on 8 April 2016 at Rue de Lausanne 65, Geneva.
Lausanne
Thanks to the many patients who responded positively to this preventive concept, we got off to a flying start: after just 2 years in business, we were already ready to open our second clinic in 2018, in Lausanne!
Meyrin and Yverdon-les-Bains
Then again, 2 years later, with the opening of CHD Meyrin in 2020 andYverdon-Nord Vaudois in 2021.
Lausanne Bessières and Geneva Eaux-Vives
The year 2024 was not to be outdone, with the opening of the 5th(Lausanne Bessières) and 6th(Geneva Eaux-vives) clinics in the CHD Group.
And because we like to do things differently from the norm, we’ve accompanied this lightning expansion with an unprecedented protocol for verifying the treatments given at the clinic:
Every month, all our practitioners’ consultations are checked one by one by the clinic manager and… by us! This “quality control” enables us to offer you clear, transparent and standardised care. It doesn’t matter how time-consuming this check is, because we want our patients to benefit from a treatment plan tailored to their needs and financial means.
And if there are still imperfections in this principle, we’re always looking for improvements, so we encourage you to send us your recommendations: it’s up to us to adapt!
Our commitments
At the same time, we are committed to associations with which we share common values or which support prevention initiatives.
Pink October
Every year, we donate part of our profits to the Ligue Vaudoise contre le cancer (Vaud Cancer League) during the month of October (known as “pink October“), and all our teams come in new uniforms to raise patients’ awareness of prevention, whatever it may be.
Red Cross
We have also created t-shirts with a quirky tone to raise awareness of prevention among patients, with part of the profits going directly to the Red Cross.
Blood donation
Finally, we’re in the process of finalising a collaboration with the HUG in the field of blood donation, which we’ll be telling you more about shortly!
Patouch
In collaboration with the Patouch Association in French-speaking Switzerland, CHD is committed to preventing violence against children. We donate 5% of all our CHD KIDS fees to Patouch.
And don’t hesitate to ask us for any suggestions you may have for supporting the charities of your choice: we’re always on the lookout for new philanthropic projects!
As part of its quest for excellence, CHD has been certified as a member of the “Slow Dentistry Global Network“, which rewards dental clinics that aim to offer the highest quality care and services, taking extra time for each clinical procedure.
The standard imposed concerns the time allocated for each treatment, the protocols drawn up, but also the service and patient safety.
We are very proud to be part of this worldwide network, which belongs to the Foundation for Excellence in Dental Medicine and has only 3 clinics in the whole of Switzerland!
It’s true that public health is a field that doesn’t really appeal to the general public, but if we manage to have even a minor impact on the community, we’ll have succeeded in our aim: to help dental medicine evolve by favouring a preventive rather than a curative approach, as is already the case in human medicine.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our patients, without whom this adventure would not have been possible, as well as all the clinical teams with whom we enjoy working thanks to their professionalism and boundless enthusiasm!
See you soon,
Teeth & Love
