Was Jerry a good dentist?

Not to be overly technical, but Jerry was actually an orthodontist and they will invariably be expensive. Those were the days when being a "metal mouth" was just about your only option for teeth straightening. Remember, this was decades before invisible braces and Invisalign. (Just as an aside, I can recall seeing adults wearing full banded braces when I was a kid.) Anyhow, I would guess that, yes, Jerry was good at what he did or he wouldn't have had the clientele to afford the office space in the building. My dad was an administrative officer in an army reserve medical unit during the 70's and 80's. He said that there were several "Jerrys" he knew over the years - shameless skirt chasing egotists but excellent at their professions.