At Distinctive Dental Solutions, we first work with you to discover your unique dental goals and then establish a master plan to advance these goals toward lasting health. In doing this, we grow a relationship that allows you to feel fully informed, involved, and committed to your dental health plan. This is the distinctive difference. Allow us to be a pro-active partner in your dental care and we promise to protect your healthy smile.
Our goal is to redefine your expectation of how dental care should be delivered. The core of the DDS approach to dental care is education and individualized attention and treatment planning. We invite you to be an active, knowledgeable participant in your care, and by first understanding your unique goals, we believe we can form a partnership to provide you with the proper education and tools to maintain lasting health.
DDS has dedicated time, talent, and effort into ensuring we offer a variety of options to help our patients reach their dental health goals. Because we decide together the amount and type of dentistry that is right for you based on your goals we are also able to provide a plan that can be phased over time to achieve those goals. Our financial coordinator will sit down with you, listen to your needs, and work together with you on a financial plan that allows you to feel comfortable with this investment in your health.
This is hands down the most welcoming, happiest, place to go for dental needs, every single person you come in contact with from the front desk to the hygienist and doctor are just amazing! My 4 year old
My family has had the best experiences throughout the years with Dr.Bologna and staff. Been going there for about 15 years!! My most recent procedure (still in progress due to the step by step process) is an implant
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Dr. Bret A Bologna grew up in Michigan City, Indiana where he attended grade school and high school playing sports and being involved in many clubs and organizations. It was during those early days he developed a love for baseball and specifically for the Chicago Cubs. He transplanted to Indianapolis, Indiana to attend Marian College (which is now Marian University) where he attained Magna Cum Laude distinction in the field of Biology. He stayed in Indianapolis to attend Indiana University School of Dentistry where he was the President of his Dental School class.
Dr. Bologna and his wife, Katie, decided together to move back to The Region to live their adult lives and for Bret to establish his practice life. After short stints as an associate dentist, Dr. Bologna was able to find the right practice and the right place to put down roots in Crown Point, Indiana.
Fast forward 21 years and Dr. Bologna and Katie have two sons, Jackson and Everett, a wonderful home and home town, and a beautiful dental practice. Jackson recently graduated Cum Laude from Crown Point High School and is headed to Wabash College to study Financial Economics and continue to perform in the Glee Club at Wabash. Everett is a Junior at CPHS and was recently elected to the Treasurer position for the Student Council. Being proud parents is a great job to have and Dr. Bologna and Katie love to be there to watch their boys grow into men.
Dr. Bologna has a great deal of interests outside of the office setting. As mentioned above, he is an avid Cub fan. He loves to golf in the summer time. He is even an amateur sailing captain in both the Great Lakes and in the British Virgin Islands. But, by far, his favorite thing to be is a husband and dad.
Brandi has worked as a dental hygienist at DDS since 2005. Graduating from Indiana University Northwest in 2000. She lives in Crown Point with her husband and 2 daughters. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, camping, sports, traveling and volunteering at her childrens school.
Brandi has significant experience in the dental hygiene field and is the head of the hygiene department at DDS. She is dedicated to providing her patients with the most current education and technology. Technology has changed over the years and made dentistry more exciting for myself and patients by improving quality, putting greater emphasis on prevention that will translate into fewer cavities and less periodontal disease and shorter treatment times. One of the biggest tools we recommend today is the power toothbrush. At first it might feel strange, but the Oral B makes brushing easier which helps to maintain oral hygiene and prevent plaque or cavities. Brandi enjoys visiting the local schools to teach children about dental health. The Intra-Oral and Cari-Vu Camera has been another game-changer in dentistry. It allows the patient to see what I see in their mouth. The Cari-Vu uses non-ionizing radiation but uses trans-illumination technology to see cavities and cracks, making it ideal for children and pregnant women. The Piezo Scaler has revolutionized periodontal therapy by decreasing patient time, providing a higher level of patient comfort, more efficient removal of plaque and calculus, less tissue trauma and decreasing our hand and wrist fatigue. Technology is amazing, but in and of itself, it is only a tool wielded by a knowledgeable user.
We at DDS value technology, but we value the relationships we create and foster using our skill, technology, personality, and one on one mentality to create an ideal environment for the patient. I am so excited to see what else is developed over the next decade and am excited to share it all with you!