Dr. Frank started his practice to make your experience with oral surgery office a more pleasurable one. We specialize in bringing you top care with procedures like implants, wisdom teeth extractions, regular teeth extractions, and sedation dentistry. Over the years we have become a practice of a specialized specialist, which means we focus our practice on a limited number of specialized procedures executed with outstanding care.

Dr. Scott Frank was born and raised in Chicago. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from Northwestern University in 1987. He established North Shore Smile Surgery in 1988 and has provided quality surgical care to thousands of patients over the last 30 years.

Dr. Frank has also served as the Director of The Elite Dental Group since 2004. The Elite Dental Group is recognized as one of the most advanced and interactive dental continuing education groups today. He looks forward to continuing to serve Buffalo Grove and the surrounding Chicago suburbs with exceptional care and a top-of-the-line dental surgery experience.

At North Shore Smile Surgery, were dedicated to giving you the beautiful smile you deserve. Dr. Scott Frank and his experienced staff are experts in oral surgery, and our #1 goal is to make you feel relaxed, informed, and confident during your visit.

From our use of 3D scanners to our use of the first robotically assisted dental surgical system, we're committed to offering our patients top-of-the-line dental technology. This allows us to be more efficient and accurate whether you're getting an implant placed or a tooth extracted. Contact us to find out why you'll have a better patient experience and a better outcome when you take advantage of our dental technology.

At North Shore Smile Surgery, we know that our success is due in part to our wonderful staff members. With a commitment to using innovative technology and providing our patients with a welcoming atmosphere, we couldn't be more proud of the work we're doing. See more about each of our team members below!

Lela is also the treatment coordinator at North Shore Smile Surgery and study club coordinator for Elite Dental Group. She takes much pride in providing the best possible experience to our patients and referring doctors. Lela was born in Serbia and moved to the Chicago area in 2012. She completed her education in economics and plans to pursue an MBA degree. Favorite activities include working out, travel, and spending time with friends.

Lora was born and raised in the Philippines and came to the United States in 1990. She started her career in dentistry and has been in the dental field for 29 years with 7 of those being in oral surgery. Lora is married and has 3 children.

Tara has a certified dental assistant certificate as well as over 10 years of experience in the field. She has been an assistant in orthodontics and general dentistry and is excited to expand her knowledge into the field of oral surgery. While Tara truly enjoys her job, she is a mom of two girls and loves to spend her weekends with family and friends.

Jorge is new to the team at North Shore Smile Surgery and to the field of oral surgery, but has been working in general dentistry for the past two years. He recently graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He's excited for what's to come next!

Jasmine has four years of experience in pediatric dentistry. She is a certified medical assistant with certification in phlebotomy and CPR. She enjoys art and can be found face painting at children's parties on weekends and customizing ornaments during the holidays.

Carolann has been a member of the North Shore Smile Surgery team since 1999. In addition to her office administrative responsibilities, she assists patients in determining their benefits for their oral surgery. Her expertise allows her to give our patients the highest level of service. Her organization skills and professional demeanor make her a valued member of our team.

Kelly has worked in a dental office for over 15 years. She has both front desk and surgical assisting experience. Kellys extensive knowledge of how dental practices are run helps her relate to all of our patients concerns and questions. She is married and has two energetic boys.

Natalie has 10 years of customer service experience and loves using her skills to assist patients. She especially enjoys helping people accomplish their dream smiles. In her free time, she enjoys going on vacation and spending time with her boyfriend and family, especially her two nieces.

Ana has been in the medical field for about six years. Her passion is to help those in need and to bring a smile to the patients she works with. She enjoys going to country music concerts, traveling, and discovering delicious foods from around the world.

Ashley is responsible for marketing at North Shore Smile Surgery. Her goal is to reach patients and doctors who would benefit from our services, whether thats a wisdom tooth extraction or participation in our study club. With nearly 10 years of experience, shes excited to get the word out about all we have to offer here. Ashley received her Bachelor's Degree in English Creative Writing from Knox College. In her free time, she likes to travel, read, hike, and spend time with family and friends.

Dr. Scott Frank was born and raised in Chicago. He received his undergraduate education at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from Northwestern University in 1987.

Dr. Frank was selected from numerous applicants by the American Cancer Society to participate in a head and neck cancer externship at the University of Chicago Hospital. He then completed an intensive residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. This program placed a strong emphasis on dentoalveolar surgery (including the excision of wisdom teeth, extractions, bone and tissue grafts, infections, pathology, and trauma and anesthesia techniques.)

Dr. Franks specialized interests include hard and soft tissue reconstructive surgery, regenerative bone grafting, sinus bone grafting for the placement of dental implants, smile enhancement techniques, and the removal of teeth and wisdom teeth.

Dr. Frank served as a surgeon of a prominent dental implant team specializing in the All-On-4 concept (also known as Teeth-in-a-day) where the patient receives an entire set of new teeth for upper and/or lower arch. Dr. Frank has continued to provide this treatment concept at NSSS under the nameReVitaSmile and enjoys being able to help patients change their lives. Up till now, he has performed almost 1,000ReVitaSmile procedures.

Besides his extensive experience treating thousands of oral surgery patients in the past 30 years, Dr. Frank has a great passion in continuing education. Dr. Frank has received over 100 hours of continuing education credits each year attending several continuing education programs and seminars organized by accredited organizations, as well as online panel discussion and webinars.

Dr. Frank has also focused much of his attention on sharing this knowledge and educating dentists on dental implant restorative techniques, Digital Implant Dentistry and theReVitaSmile procedure. He organizes many Continuing Education programs for local doctors, some of which he serves as the speaker himself.

Dr. Frank has also been serving as the Director of The Elite Dental Group, the local study club chapter of the prestigious Seattle Study Club, since 2001. The Elite Dental Group is recognized as one of the most advanced and interactive dental continuing education groups today.

Dr. Frank is a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, the American Dental Association, the Illinois State Dental Society and the Chicago Dental Society.

With anesthesia, you are unlikely to experience any discomfort during implant placement. While all patients are different, many All-on-4 patients have commented on how surprised they were with the minimal discomfort they felt during and after the procedure. Most patients tell us the benefits of theirAll-on-4 makeover far out-weigh any discomfort they may have experienced.

A denture is a removable dental device that replaces missing teeth. The denture needs to be removed by the patient several times a day for cleaning and maintenance. Common complaints include mobility of the teeth with loss of confidence to speak and eat, food under the denture, and sore spots. All-on-4 provides secure teeth that are removable ONLY by the dentist. Because they are fixed to the dental implants the teeth will not move with speaking and eating. Wearing a denture limits food choices while a All-on-4 makeover allows you to eat all the foods you love.

Initially you will have liquids and soft, non-chewy foods. You will quickly get to a soft solid diet as the implants heal for 4-6 months. Once the final bridge is placed your ability to chew should be back to normal.