The mission of Cantrell West Dental is to be the finest dental practice serving Little Rock and Central Arkansas.Every day Dr. Don Deems and the entire Cantrell West Dental team combine superb technical ability with artistic creativity and listen carefully to the concerns, needs, wants, and values of patients.
Dr. Don Deems, DDS, FAGD,is a leading Little Rock dentist serving families and patients of all ages in Little Rock and Central Arkansas. He has been recognized by a number of publications as a Top Dentist and among the Best Dentists of Arkansas.
Dr. Deems received his DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas, where he earned the top award for Outstanding Clinical Excellence in General Dentistry, the Munksgaard Geriatric Dentistry Award, and was on the Deans List. He began private practice in 1987 in Little Rock.
He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, with a minor in Chemistry. His honors in undergraduate school included the Chancellors List, National Register of Outstanding College Graduates,Whos WhoAmong Students in American Colleges and Universities, Chancellors Leadership Scholarship, and Ottenheimer Leadership Scholarship.
Dr. Deems has been awarded the prestigious Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry, Diplomate in the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and Diplomate in the American Academy of Pain Management. He holds memberships (past and present) in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, the American Academy of Periodontology, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Dental Association, the Arkansas State Dental Association, and others. Dr. Deems also speaks to state dental associations, national associations, dentists and their teams, and study groups across the U.S., Europe, and Canada.
Dr. Deems has also been awarded the distinction of being one of the Top Leaders in Continuing Educationevery yearsince 2005 byDentistry Todaymagazine, a leading professional dental journal, the only Arkansas dentist to ever accomplish that. He is a published author for professional dental publications, such asDental Economics, AGD Impact, Dental Practice Report, Dentistry Today, Dental Tribune, DentalCompare, DrBicuspid, and others, and has produced online CE programs for professional dental CE websites.
In 2003, Dr. Deems was the first dentist to receive the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award given by a state psychological association. In 2004, he became thefirst dentist in the U.S.to receive theNational Best Practices Honorsby the American Psychological Association, one of only 10 businesses nationally chosen for the award (from 180 businesses nominated by state associations).
In addition to his dental practice, Dr. Deems writes or has written forArkansas Life and Fitness,Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Arkansas Health and Living, Active Years, Mature Arkansas,and others. He has made several TV appearances onGood Morning, Arkansas, Business Talk Arkansas,andPositively Arkansas,and is a guest lecturer at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences School of Dental Hygiene. He is often asked to speak on dental topics of interest to civic and professional groups, such as study groups and dental associations (contact him to speak to your group!).
Dr. Deems volunteers for the Arkansas Mission of Mercy and The Harmony Clinic. He also enjoys music, cycling, fishing, backpacking, art and history, watching basketball and baseball, and playing the guitar.
Dana Kordsmeier, RDH: Dana is a native Arkansan who graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, where she also resides with her husband and daughter. She had two majors in undergraduate school, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and graduated from UAMS School of Dental Hygiene. Youll find Dana to be a bright, informative, and skilled dental hygienist who is gentle and very thorough. And if you ever go to the community theater in Conway, you might just recognize her on stage, as she loves singing, dancing, and acting!
Lucy Hagberg, RDH: Lucy is originally from Alaska and has been practicing around 16 years. She is extremely knowledgeable, thorough, gentle, and has a very nice chairside manner. Lucy is married and has two sons, and when she can, she loves to be on or in a lake!
Donna Fagan, RDA: Donna is a Registered Dental Assistant who brings extreme energy and enthusiasm to our practice. As Dr. Deems right-hand-person, she is one of the few people in Dr. Deems career to be able to stay at least one stepif not twoahead of him, making the treatment he provides flow smoothly, seamlessly, and easily. She has been a dental assistant since 1990, and has nearly seen it all, which is why she loves working in our practice and considers it the best place she has ever worked (and feels it is the first time she has been part of a true team)!
Any problem you consider a dental emergencyisa dental emergency. Please give us a call at (501) 664-3279. We will do everything possible to care of your problem as soon as we can. Dr. Deems provides emergency care whenever possible to patients of record only. If its after-hours, call our office and follow the instructions to contact Dr. Deems. If it is a serious problem, call 911 or get to the nearest emergency room.
Our financial options are flexible and friendly.Dr. Deems is a Delta Dental and Blue Cross/Blue Shield provider, as well as Aetna, Always Care, Ameritas, Careington, Cigna DDPO, Connection, Guardian, Principal, Sunlife/DHA, United Concordia (UCCI), and United Health Care (UHC). Others will soon be approved, so please contact us for the most up-to-date information.
Fees vary among individuals, complexity of procedures and treatments, and the types of materials necessary to achieve desired results. Once a course of treatment is decided, we provide a written best estimate of what the procedure will cost.