The goal of Laura Davies, DDS, and the team at Fibonacci Dental Studio in Rapid City, South Dakota, is to offer conservative cosmetic and family dentistry solutions while providing patients quality care in a compassionate and fun atmosphere.

Patients of all ages, from children to adults to seniors, are welcome at Fibonacci Dental Studio. The team also caters to special needs patients in the area with their comforting bedside manner and calm environment.

The Fibonacci Dental Studio team addresses a wide range of dental needs through a variety of services that include dental cleanings, porcelain and gold crowns, bridges, dentures, and night guards. Their office is equipped with the most advanced tools and technology available, including digital radiography, CEREC Omnicam scanners, and dental milling machines.

Dr. Davies and the team at Fibonacci Dental Studio know that a smile's aesthetic appearance can lead to increased self-confidence, improved social skills, and a more positive outlook on life, which is why theyve merged advanced technology with fine art to produce amazing cosmetic treatments, including porcelain veneers and in-office and take-home teeth whitening.

Our team at Fibonacci Dental strives to help our patients improve their lives for the better through optimal oral health. We know that oral health impacts our patients lives in many ways and that there are many links between overall health and a healthy mouth. Therefore, our team works to stay educated on the latest oral health information to share that knowledge with our patients. Each team member attends over 25 hours of continuing education a year in addition to online and in office training that we do together. We also research and work to implement the latest proven dental technologies to offer our patients the best possible options for care. For patients that have complex cases, we are blessed to work with a strong team of specialist and labs in this area. We love our dental family and truly care about the well-being of each of our patients.

Skilled family, cosmetic, and general dentist Laura Davies, DDS, joined Fibonacci Dental Studio, in July 2012, moving from Missouri to Rapid City, South Dakota. Dr. Davies has family in the area and was excited to find a practice opportunity in an area that she has grown to love.

Dr. Davies is originally from Freeland, Michigan. She graduated from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2002 with a B.S. in chemical engineering. She worked as an operations supervisor and chemical sales representative for PPG Industries, Inc. in Lake Charles, Louisiana; Natrium, West Virginia; and Kansas City, Missouri, during which time she completed her Master of Business Administration at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at University of Missouri Kansas City. Dr. Davies attended University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry, graduating in 2012. While there, she received the Dr. John Killip Student Leadership Award, as well as the Periodontal Prosthodontic Award. She has worked in dentistry since 2008. It is important to Dr. Davies that she be able to provide her patients with the best treatment options and care. Therefore, Dr. Davies participates in two local study clubs and attends continuing education courses regularly to stay current with research on the latest dental technology and treatments. Dr. Davies chose to become a dentist because she enjoys getting to know her patients, helping to improve oral health, and the reward of seeing a patient's smile after treatment has been completed.

Dr. Davies is a member of the Academy of General Dentistry, American Dental Association, South Dakota Dental Association, and the Black Hills District Dental Society. She has served as a voting member of the Black Hills District Dental Society since 2014 and is currently the president-elect. She continues to advance her knowledge of the ever-evolving dental field by participation in the SPEAR dental education curriculum with local study clubs, online classes, and onsite learning opportunities. She has started the Kois Center curriculum, and is a Mentor Dentist for CDOCS Comprehensive Dental Curriculum. While in Kansas City, Dr. Davies participated in many dental outreach programs providing oral health education and treatment to members of the Kansas City community and surrounding regions. She especially enjoyed the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals TeamSmile events. In South Dakota, Dr. Davies continues to volunteer and participate in dental outreach both locally and on a state level. She participates with Donated Dental Services, has worked on the Delta Dental Mobile Dental Program, donated her services to Freedoms Journey, and works with clients through the Black Hills Works Program.

When she is not working, Dr. Davies stays very busy with her family participating in school and extracurricular activities. As a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, she serves as a middle school confirmation mentor and teaches elementary classes on Wednesday nights. In her limited spare time she enjoys reading, knitting, hiking, running, tennis, photography, and training her dogs in agility.

Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician that discovered the golden proportion, a mathematical equation that is found to represent beautiful things in nature, architecture, science, DNA and of course smiles! Prior to going into dentistry, Dr. Davies studied and worked as an engineer. While taking classes in Dental School she was surprised to discover the way math, science, and art were all present together in many of the decisions a dentist makes every day. Dr. Davies chose Fibonacci for the practice name because it conveys the balance of art and science that we strive to accomplish when helping each patient we interact with at our practice.

When people think of Pisa in Italy, they most often think of the Leaning Tower that is located there. Not far from the Leaning Tower in Pisa, there is a statue of a man that has a far greater legacy and his name was Fibonacci. Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who grew up in Pisa. His actual name was Leonardo Bonacci. Fibonacci is short for filius Bonacci which translates from son of Bonacci. Fibonacci lived from 1170-1250. His father was an Italian merchant and customs official. Fibonacci travelled with him as a young boy and learned many things during his travels. One of the ideas that Fibonacci was exposed to at a young age was the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. Fibonacci was able to implement the ideas from this numbering system and introduce them in Italy. His understanding of numbers and mathematics was made easier through the use of this system. He made many mathematical discoveries that have earned him recognition as one of the greatest mathematicians of his time and many of the ideas he discovered are still in practice today.

Fibonacci is known for writing the Liber Abaci, which translates to the Book of Calculation. The Liber Abaci was written in 1202 and is one of the first Western books to describe the use of ten digits and decimals introducing Arabic numerals Fibonacci had discovered in his youth. Prior to the Liber Abaci people in Italy used Roman Numerals to discuss numbers. He wrote about and introduced Europe to the system that is currently used by mathematicians today with digits 0-9 and place value. This replaced Roman Numerals and made mathematics easier to understand. He also introduced the abacus which was used for calculations with this number system. The introduction of ten digits and decimals helped to advance business, banking, and accounting in all of Europe.

Fibonacci is also responsible for discovering the Fibonacci numbers which together become the Fibonacci sequence and are used to calculate the golden ratio. The Fibonacci sequence begins with 1 and each number that follows is the sum of the previous two numbers . 1 + 0 = 1, 1 + 1 = 2, 1 + 2= 3, 2 +3 = 5, and so on. The sequence can go on infinitely in this way. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and so on.

The Fibonacci Numbers are found throughout nature. Galaxies have spiral patterns that exhibit the Fibonacci numbers as do hurricanes. The numbers play a role in phyllotaxis or the study of the arrangement of leaves, branches, flowers, or seeds in plants. One place the Fibonacci Sequence patterns are particularly noticeable is in the seeds of the sunflower. Plants arent the only living organisms that exhibit the Fibonacci Numbers the numbers are also present in bee hives, snail shells, goat horns, cell reproduction, and DNA sequences. In the human body, the Fibonacci numbers are repeated many times from length comparisons of the bones in the hand to the positioning of the components of the face. The Fibonacci numbers led to the discovery of the golden proportion, also referred to as the golden ratio.

The golden proportion is an irrational number that is based on the limit ratio between the newest number in the Fibonacci sequence and the previous number. It is referred to as phi () and is approximately 1.618034. This irrational number is named phi after the architect Phidias, who used the golden ratio in many of his sculpture and building designs including the Parthenon. Phi is also the Greek equivalent letter to F the first letter of Fibonacci

To calculate phi one looks at two consecutive numbers in the sequence. For example 8 and 13. Phi would be the number 13 divided by the previous number in the sequence which is 8. In this case 13/8 = 1.625, if one continues 21/13 is 1.6153, and the next ratio is 34/21 = 1.6190 Because the Fibonacci sequence has an infinite amount of possible numbers this could continue on and on. Eventually one can define phi as approximately 1.618034.

As mentioned earlier both the Fibonacci Sequence and Golden ratio can be found to repeat in naturally occurring settings. Additionally, many pieces of highly regarded art paintings, sculptures, music, and architecture have been designed with these numbers in mind. Mathematically this number is held in high regard. Some of the greatest thinkers throughout history have recognized the importance of phi and the Fibonacci sequence including Einstein, Newton, and daVinci. In fact, daVinci often used golden proportions in his work.

In the Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration of Science and Philosophy, Guy Murchie states The Fibonacci Sequence turns out to be the key to understanding how nature designs and is a part of the same ubiquitous music of the spheres that builds harmony into atoms, molecules, crystals, shells, suns, and galaxies and makes the Universe sing.

Johannes Kepler, who discovered the elliptical patterns in the planets orbiting the sun, noted that Geometry has two great treasures: one is the theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel.

If we know that these numbers are often present in things that are considered beautiful and that they naturally occur and have been found to repeat in the human body, it might make sense that they can also be found in the human face. This is what Stephen Marquardt, an American Oral and maxillofacial surgeon, wanted to find out. Marquardt has done numerous studies on facial attractiveness. Over time with the use of computer modeling, he was able to develop mathematical equations for determining the most attractive face. These mathematical equations derived by computers are presented as face masks. Unsurprisingly the golden proportion is present in the results.

What applies to the face is also applicable in the development of a beautiful smile. When looking at an ideal smile it can be noted that the golden proportion is adopted in the balance of size and position of the central incisors to the lateral incisors to the canines. Meaning that when we look at a smile straight on, in an ideal smile we would see the central incisors are 1.618 times wider than the lateral incisors, and so on. When teeth are setup following the golden proportion rules it has been accepted that these smiles are more aesthetically pleasing. Similarly, the width of a patients smile follows patterns of the Fibonacci sequence for how it fits in the patients face. How a dentist positions teeth in a denture, bridge, or even in a crown can impact the tissue support and look of the patients smile.