going to the dentist in Paris

So I had my first dental experience here in Paris today. I was babysitting the two little boys and one of them had to go get his retainer fixed at the orthodentist. So his brother and I accompanied him. We got to an apratment building, buzzed in, and then headed up to the 6th floor. We rang the door bell of a normal apartment door and the receptionist answered and let us in. The first odd thing, was that she complained that we were early and we were going to have to sit in the waiting room and wait. Obviously we were going to have to wait, but would she have rathered we were late instead of early. This being France, probably. Secondly, the fact that the dentists office was in an apartment. It literally had a bathroom, which was just off the waiting room (which is about the size of a large bedroom), the receptionists desk which would have probably been the old kitchen, and then the dentist' actual office which had a raised floor on half of the room which is where the dentist chair was and all the equipement. When the boy had to go in, his brother and I went with him and sat in chairs on the office side of the room. It was an odd experience. It is like the doctors offices out here, most of them are in apartments too. I guess in Paris that is the only real estate that is available. Oh well, there is always a first for everything, this was my first dental appointment, Parisien style!