From the moment you step foot inside Cross Creek Dental Care, youll know that your health and happiness are our top priorities. We put the personal touch back into dentistry by greeting every patient with a smile and getting to know them beyond their teeth. That way, Dr. Dunker can completely tailor someones care based on their unique needs, wants, and concerns.

Whether youre looking to maintain, repair, or enhance your smile, you can trust that our team will always have you covered. Biannual checkups and cleanings will take care of small problems before they can turn into big headaches, and should you develop a cavity or missing tooth, our custom-made restorations can practically turn back the clock for your smile. No matter the procedure, youll experience comfort and quality in equal measure, and the end result will always be a gorgeous smile.

One of the first things we do when a new patient comes to see us is ask what is most important to them about their dental care. Is it comfort? Speed? Do they simply want to have a smile they never have to worry about? Whatever the answer, well use it to shape our approach so a patient can get the most out of their time with us. Nothing we provide is ever cookie-cutteryour smile is 100% unique, so we believe your dental care should be as well!

Most dentists are happy to leave you in the dark when it comes to your oral health. They just give you an exam, recommend treatments, and never really explain why you might need something or how the procedure actually works. This leads to confusion, and in many cases, anxiety that discourages follow-up visits. At Cross Creek Dental Care, however, each of our dentists and every member of our team will make sure you know everything we do about your smile. That way, you can make fully informed and confident treatment decisions, plus youll always know what to expect from your visits.

Modern-day dental instruments enable our team to find problems in less time, diagnose them more accurately, and treat them faster than ever before. And, the latest materials help us replicate every aspect of tooth enamel down to the finest detail when restoring or replacing a tooth. Whenever you come to see us, youll benefit from some of the most advanced technology available today, which will make getting the healthy, beautiful smile you deserve as easy and convenient as possible.

Each of our dentists has years of experience, is constantly training and researching, and share a passion for building long, trusting relationships with our patients. Dr. Dunker will completely personalize your experience starting on day one, and thanks to our clinical director, Dr. Buck, you can trust that your time here will always be comfortable and productive. To start getting to know our fantastic dentists, click on the images below.

Ever since she can remember, Dr. Dunker has loved working with her hands. Her maternal grandfather is an artist who paints traditional Chinese paintings, and she grew up with a similar love of drawing and creating new things from scratch. In fact, after taking a robotics class and competing with a team in the 10th grade, she began working towards a machine tool technology degree at a community college in Albuquerque before graduating high school, completing roughly half the coursework. She also worked as a machinist at Continental Machining Company in Albuquerque, fabricating and designing precision devices for aerospace companies and the United States Military, as well as the Cleveland Clinic, where she created prototypes of medical devices and refurbished instruments used in research and surgery.

Dr. Dunker began her undergraduate program with the eventual goal of applying to medical school, but she soon discovered that dentistry was a better fit for her talents and passions because of its hands-on nature. However, once she began practicing, she realized that this aspect of the job wasnt actually the most enjoyable part! Instead, she loved getting to know so many people and developing wonderful relationships with them through her work. Today, she cant imagine doing anything else.

Dr. Dunker obtained both her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her Doctor of Dental Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Since then, she has taken several classes on advanced clinical subjects like bone grafting, sinus augmentation, and dental implantology in order to expand her skillset. She is currently in the process of achieving Fellowships through the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and the Misch Implant Institute. She is certified in Invisalign and has extensively studied Wave One endodontic treatment. She is also a member of the following organizations:

Dr. Dunker is originally from China and emigrated with her parents to the United States when she was a young child. The government sponsored her father to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry, and they moved around every few years due to him taking contract jobs as a chemist at various universities. She became a naturalized citizen in 2012! Today, she is married to her husband Phil; they met at Case Western while he was getting his Masters in Mechanical Engineering. She also has a younger brother named Raymond who is currently in dental school at UT Houston and a younger sister named Annie who just started college at WSU.

In her free time, Dr. Dunker loves cooking her way through various textbooks and cookbooks; she especially enjoys making French, Chinese, German, and Latin cuisine. Shes played the violin since the age of eight and still picks it up now and then for fun. Her other hobbies include going to bible study, traveling, finding new restaurants and breweries to try in the Columbus area, and going to orchestra concerts.

Heres an interesting fact about Dr. Dunker: she and her best friend had a rock band in high school she was the drummer (self-taught from YouTube) and her friend was the guitarist/singer. They never played any shows, but they definitely made plenty of noise in her parents garage several times a week. The neighbors were pretty annoyed!

Over time, many patients have come to expect that going to the dentist means youll be treated like just another set of teeth. Dr. Hamza was inspired to become a dentist to change that. For him, building genuine relationships with those in his treatment chair is one of his favorite aspects of his job! Hearing their stories on their journeys to healthier, happier smiles brightens up his day.

An Ohio native, Dr. Hamza naturally chose to pursue his studies at The Ohio State University. After earning his undergraduate degree in Chemistry, he earned his dental doctorate from the same establishment. Shortly after, he underwent a General Practice Residency at St. Elizabeth's Dental Clinic in Youngstown, Ohio. Working in a hospital setting with emergency dental conditions and an on-call rotation was truly humbling and a period of immense growth. Now, he has the solid foundation needed to treat patients with the highest level of care whether they are coming in for a routine checkup or treatment for a sudden dental injury.