Jenny Gandhi

Hi! Meet Jenny of Pearl Dentistry. Let me be honest here. I’d rather take all my clothes off in front of someone then give someone a peak inside my mouth. It feels so personal. Is that weird? So inherently this makes finding a dentist that I trust or would ever trust about the hardest thing ever and i’m sure i’m not alone here. What I love about Dr. Jenny is I truly believe she get’s this. She understands everything is built on relationships, community and the experience you give people. We didn’t meet because of Pearl. We met because she showed up to a #WeLoveCLT event and acted like a real human. Total kudos for being the first dentist I’d actually like to have a beer with. I think that’s awesome. I think she’s awesome.

Full Disclosure. I’ve never been to Pearl Dentistry and can’t vouch for the supposed awesomeness that happens to your teeth when you walk in there. If the talk of awesomeness is absolutely true then my teeth need Pearl. They are ready. It’ll happen soon.

What are you passionate about?

The obvious would be teeth or dentistry but there’s so much more than that. Whose passionate about teeth, right? But I am. I’m passionate when I meet someone that tells me they hate going to the dentist. That it’s the worst thing in the world. That they are scared. I want to change that perception for that person. I’m passionate about the way I make someone feel through what I do. When they smile for the first time after they see it and say that was not horrible. That it was actually fun. At the end of the day that’s what keeps me going. People.

What is your least favorite trait about yourself?

You wouldn’t think this because most dentists are not this way. Most of them are Type-A personalities but I have an issue with focusing. I have twelve hundred things going through my mind at all times except when I sit down and work on patient. In that case that’s all I think about. Though once I walk out of that room i’m a business owner. There’s so many things going on and I find that sometimes I really have to make lists and make myself more efficient because it doesn’t just come naturally to me. I wish I was one of those people that could sit down and focus on one thing and then move on to the next.

If you had the ability to change one thing about Charlotte what would it be?

We moved hear a year and a half ago and moved into uptown. When we moved here I felt that until I found things like #WeLoveCLT or #instabeerupCLT that it was missing the community feel. Now that i’ve been exposed to that I think very differently. I love Charlotte and how the people support each other but I wish there was a way I could have found out about it earlier before I met Torrie and Paula and it comes up during our marketing meetings. What i’m saying is more support and marketing from Charlotte itself to expose people to the cooler more niche things happening. I wish it was put right in my face.

Tim Cheadle asked if you could make your own ice cream what’s in it and why?

I am a chocolate freak. Obsessed with it. It would be vanilla ice cream with chocolate in it. The perfect amount of both. Not straight up chocolate though. There’s that balance when you have vanilla that allows you to really taste every bite of the chocolate. It’s so good.

Dee of Uncommen asked what was the greatest moment you’ve had with your dad?

My dad was very sweet or sour. There was no middle. He was either really stressed and not super fun to be around or the most loving person in the world. There was a moment growing up when I became a teenager where he grew this incredibly outward expressing soft spot for his children. It felt like the rules switched at some point. I stopped feeling intimidated by him. That I had someone to go to with anything. That he was my biggest advocate and that he loved me no matter what. Something changed in him. I remember it very distinctly. It’s crazy.

What is one thing your truly unhappy about?

You know what makes me truly a little unhappy inside? I’ll be honest. It’s just me and my husband here in Charlotte. We have no family here and we hate it. I feel like with nieces and nephews because we have siblings with new kids that we are missing out on so much. We see them every couple months and I think so much is happening in their lives and we’re missing all of it. It makes me so sad. Truly. But what do I do? We don’t live by either of the families. It’s just making the time to get down there so it’s both easy and easier said then done to make all this happen. We can’t just make trips to see family, have dinner and come home. It would have to be an ordeal.

Learn more about Dr. Jenny here or on Twitter at @PearlCLT. Also, get in there and check her new office out. It looks bad ass. I’m hoping to get in soon.