We take the responsibility of providing advanced dental care to our Juneau friends and neighbors seriously. But it is not only our duty, it is also our pleasure. We love seeing lives transformed through the power of comprehensive dental care. We seek excellence everyday.
While our relationship style may be old fashioned with small-town warmth and personalization, our dentistry certainly is not. Because we believe in doing more than just fixing teeth as problems arise, even your routine care gets focused attention.
We know that prevention is the best medicine and our thorough cleanings and exams support that tenant. We never rush through your care. Instead, we listen, educate, and work with you to get the strong, beautiful smile you have always wanted and wished for. Working with you means making you a part of your own healthcare team: You make the decisions, you set the pace, you approve the treatment plan. High-pressure dentistry is just not our style. Ultimate health, relaxed comfort, and clear and friendly communication is.
Dr. Benjamin Pinney and his team focus on providing quality, comfortable, evidence-based dentistry to the families and individuals of Juneau and Southeast Alaska. We encourage you to ask questions and participate in your treatment while keeping prevention as the top goal for you and your family. We look forward to finding out what your dental desires are and serving you in the best possible way.
Dr. Pinney grew up on a Llama farm on the eastern peninsula of Wisconsin and earned an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned a doctorate in dentistry from Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, graduating in 2008. He then completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency through Lutheran Medical Center at the SEARHC Dental Clinic in Juneau, Alaska.
Dr. Pinney is passionate about continued learning and is a proud graduate of the Kois Center in Seattle, Washington. Even after graduating, Dr Pinney continues to train at the Kois Center as well as many other continuing dental education programs. Outside of dentistry, Dr. Pinney enjoys spending time with his family, hunting, fishing, and almost any outdoor activity.
And if that isnt reason enough to choose a Kois-trained dentist, try this on for size: The Kois Center is the only continuing education program in the country conducting and publishing independent dental research. Every course is updated each year based on new scientific evidence. And because Kois graduates can return to attend an annual symposium, they continue to benefit from the expanding knowledge base as they continue their professional growth.
Maria is a graduate of Eastern Washington University and has well over a decade of experience in dentistry. As your dental hygienist, shes responsible for helping you reach your goals in a way that fits into your life. She supports patients who seek oral and whole-body health. Maria says shes also here to help her fellow team members. Maria is proud of our work because our goal is to do the least amount of dentistry as possible throughout your lifetime and cut down on emergencies or urgent, unexpected care. Maria and team do this by looking at your mouth with the next 20 to 30 years in mind while considering your whole body health. She loves that the team also has extensive extra training and full mouth reconstruction, smile design, implants, and gum health. Maria is patient, kind, curious, hopeful, and always growing. When shes not busy as a dental hygienist, Maria says she loves exploring the world together with her husband and daughter, who always make life fun. She also likes fishing, playing games, bullet journaling, spending time outside, learning new things, and adding them to her mental toolbox.
Karen is a graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and has been working in dentistry for nearly a decade. What she loves best about being a dental hygienist is keeping people smiling and helping others achieve their optimal oral health. Karen enjoys teaching people about oral health and the connection to the body and seeing the positive impact routine dental care can have on a person. She became interested in dentistry due to a lifelong fascination with teeth and a love for visiting the dentist as a child. Karen loves being a part of our team because of the profound level of care, coupled with Dr. Pinneys solid, honest, and unique approach to helping patients reach their tooth and smile goals. She admires the excellence Dr. Pinney and the team seek every day. When you work with Karen, youll find shes interested in your needs, curious, kind, and an excellent helper. When shes not taking care of smiles, Karen loves going on outdoor adventures, hiking, running, skiing, camping, traveling, reading, yoga, and soaking up sun rays any opportunity she can get.
Julie is another of our talented dental assistants who work closely with Dr. Pinney to ensure youre comfortable and cared for when you are in the dental chair for any type of treatment. She chose a career in dentistry because it provided a new, exciting learning experience, and, in the end, her job is all about helping and making people smile. Julie says working alongside Dr. Pinney is rewarding for both herself and his patients due to his clear vision to deliver comprehensive dental care to all patients. Before dentistry, Julie worked in hospitality and film production. When you meet her, youll find that Julie is curious, creative, caring, and charismatic. Outside of the office, Julie enjoys hiking, fishing, foraging, and embracing all things Alaskan. She also loves ballet, horses, traveling, and watching movies.