You can trust Family 1st Dental to care for all of your familys dental needs. In any of our many dental office locations, our entire team is dedicated to providing you with the personalized gentle care you desire and deserve.

Our mission is to improve your health, well-being, and happiness with your smile through all of our dental services and treatments! Our priority is putting your familys dental needs first and we are committed to providing and retaining excellent dentistry in even the smallest of communities.

Our professional and individual goal is to deliver the best in dental care using the most current technologies and materials for all of our patients at every location. We are committed to serving our patients by providing information that helps them make more informed decisions about their oral health needs. Each of our offices accepts many forms of insurance and will gladly process yourdental insurance claims on your behalf. We also offer patient financing programs that include Dental Financing - Care Credit. We offer affordable dental rates for all families and patients wanting to maintain and retain their natural teeth.

Family 1st Dental holds ALL of our offices to the highest standard of excellence in personalized dental care as we create comprehensive treatment plans for both cosmetic and restorative dentistry, to help you achieve a beautiful and healthy smile. If you have a dental emergency arise, we do our best to see you and care for your emergency as soon as possible, and with our many locations, there is one near you!

We believe in preventative care and know that education is a key factor! That is why we believe in teaching and showing our patients their dental situation. We not only check the overall health of your teeth and gums, we take dental x-rays with all new exams and any time they are necessary. We also perform oral cancer screens at each yearly exam! We know the importance of teaching you the right technique for cleaning and flossing for at home care. By educating us with your medical history, you help us stay informed on your overall health, medications, and illnesses that can impact your dental health.

Infection control in our office is also very important to us. To protect our patients and ourselves, we strictly maintain sterilization and cross contamination procedures using standards recommended by the American Dental Association (ADA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

As your dental health professionals, we want you to be confident knowing that we are a team of highly trained and skilled clinicians. We pride ourselves on providing you the care you need to keep your smile healthy. To give you the best possible service and results, we are committed to continual education and learning. We attend dental lectures, meetings, and dental conventions to stay informed of new techniques, the latest products, and the newest equipment that a modern dental office can utilize to provide state-of-the-art dental care. Being members of various professional dental associations helps us to stay abreast of the changes and recommendations for our profession.

We strive to make your visits not only comfortable, but also pleasant. Our entire team is dedicated to providing you with the most personalized, gentle care that you deserve. At Family1st Dental Your Family Comes First! and it shows in everything we do!

Trusting in your dentist and your dental team is very important. We truly believe in our motto: Where Your Family Comes First!By visiting our office consistently and from a young age you are making an investment in your overall life time health. However, do not be worried if you have not been a regular at your dental office we are happy to see you and help you begin your journey to good oral health!

We strive to make your visits not only comfortable, but also pleasant. Our entire team is dedicated to providing you with the most personalized, gentle care that you deserve. At Family 1st Dental Your Family Comes First! and it shows in everything we do!

We truly believe in our motto: Where Your Family Comes First! Visiting one of our offices, you and your family are making an investment not only in your dental health, but also in your overall health. We are always happy to see you. If you are new to our practice family welcome! We pledge to you our very best as we begin your journey to good oral health TOGETHER.

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Hello,' my name is Dr. Charles Skoglund. Im glad you have taken a few minutes to learn a little about our dental family and desire care for your dental needs. I have been a dentist for 38 years practicing in our Taylor Avenue Clinic in Norfolk, Nebraska. I was raised in Norfolk when it was a much smaller community and had friends in neighboring towns so I am familiar with rural America and its needs. Over the years, Ive seen health care and dentistry change. Through a lot of hard work and study, I have found many effective ways to improve dental practices and help them thrive in smaller towns. Id like to tell you about our philosophy of practice and how Family 1st came to be.

In 1998, I was asked to help a recent dental graduate establish his practice. For the next several years we worked hard developing his clinical skills and giving him all the practical experience he needed. We learned that most dentists love to do what they were trained to do treat and care for their patients. Since then, we have been contacted numerous times by others seeking that same type of support. Many are recent graduates, currently practicing dentists, and those planning to transition into retirement. From these requests, Family 1st was born.

We now have many in rural Nebraska and western Iowa. Many small towns have struggled to keep dentists and their dental clinics open. We understand how easy it is for a dentist to get caught up in running the business side of the dental clinic and how it is possible to lose focus on dentistry itself. That is where Family 1st Dental comes in.

We are not a 'cookie cutter' type of clinic. What I mean is, one size does not fit all. We have a standard of excellence that all of our clinics adhere to but each clinic is distinctive. Each community, doctor, and patient is distinctive. We recognize and celebrate that distinctiveness in each office.

In order for any business to expand, it has to have a mission and direction. Our mission has been and always will be, to provide caring, affordable and pain free service to our patients and their families. Family 1st has been fortunate to have a professional management team that sees to our development, growth, and focus. I was told a long time ago to surround myself with people who knew more than I. Our expansion, in large part, is due to the knowledge, efforts, dedication and common sense of these people.