Dr. Michael Egan graduated from the University of Connecticut with degrees in biology and chemistry. His dental degree is from Georgetown School of Dentistry. He is a member of the American Dental Society, the Connecticut State Dental Association, the Hartford Dental Society, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the American College of Dentists, the Academy of Laser Dentistry, the Pierre Fuchard Academy, the Seattle Study Club and the Horace Wells Society. He has held many official positions in organized dentistry, including president of the Hartford Dental Society, president of the Connecticut State Dental Association, Delegate to the American Dental Association and representative from New England to the ADA Council on Communication.
Dr. Egan is passionate about laser dentistry and has personally trained hundreds of dentists in North America in the effective and safe use of both Erbium (hard tissue, tooth) and NDYAG (soft tissue, gum) laser use. His teaching position is granted through the University of California at San Francisco. His position as Dental Coach and seminar leader with Dentistrys Fortune Practice management enabled him to coach many other dentists and dental practices to higher levels of patient care and success.
Dr. Egan was Chairman of the first Give Kids A Smile program in Connecticut, and he has participated in Connecticuts Dental Mission of Mercy program. Both programs donated dental services for children and adults in need.
Dr. Ana Fernandez attended the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic, where she received her Doctor in Estomatology degree. She practiced general dentistry in the Dominican Republic for two years before moving to the United States, where she was accepted into the New York University School of Dentistry, graduating with her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 2001. She continues to advance her training and education regularly through continuing education courses, and has received advanced training in Invisalign, Lumineers, CEREC one-day restorations, laser dentistry and implant dentistry.
Pat Murray With more than 40 years in the dental field, Pat is glad to be working so close to home at Dental Doctors of Somerset. As a hygiene coordinator, she values her experience scheduling and assisting. Pat began her career with her own orthodontist and worked in that specialty for many years. She creates both fiber and paper arts while taking classes and stocking her new crafts room.
Kelly Mattesen Kelly received her certificate to practice dental hygiene from Tunxis Community College and Uconn School of Dental Medicine in 1988. She was awarded the Hu-Friedy Golden Scaler award for outstanding service to dental hygiene by her college instructors. She is also certified to use ViziLite and Invisalign. She has practiced with Drs. Egan and Fernandez since 1991.
When she is not ridding the masses of gum disease, she enjoys traveling the world, learning and implementing new technology in her life, reading mindless trash, watching too much TV, and spending time with her adult daughter, Amelia, and other people that make her laugh.
Crystal Solis Crystal has been with Dental Doctors of Somerset since 2010. As a dental assisting student, Crystal had the opportunity to do an internship with Dental Doctors of Somerset, and she was then offered a permanent position after graduating from Porter and Chester Institute. The cutting-edge technology continually inspires Crystals passion for dental assisting.
Marnie Schulman Marnie is a 1992 graduate of the Fones School of Dental Hygiene at the University of Bridgeport, earning her Bachelor of Science degree. In addition to practicing dental hygiene since 1992, Marnie takes several continuing education courses each year to keep up with all the newest advances in dental hygiene. Marnie strives to deliver quality care through patient education and preventive dentistry. She has certification in VELscope, Invisalign and Florida Probe.
Jacqueline Chavez Jacqueline has been part of Dental Doctors of Somerset since August 2014. She received her dental assisting degree from A. I. Prince Tech back in 2012 and also continued her learning with an orthodontic assistant course. She is bilingual and both speaks and writes in fluent Spanish. She has been happily married to her husband, Jorge, since 2012, and they have two very cute daughters named Sophia and Violet. When shes not working, she loves to spend time with her girls and doing arts and crafts.
Jolene McCusker Jolene is a dental assistant at Dental Doctors of Somerset. She graduated from Porter and Chester in February 2017 and began working with Dr. Egan and Dr. Fernandez full-time in May 2017. She currently lives in Newington with her daughter, Brooke-Lynn. They love their mornings to sleep in and have recently picked up a new love for CrossFit.