Dr. Bice is excited to join the Grand Dental Lockport team because he loves working with our phenomenal patients and excellent team members. His enthusiasm for dentistry and helping others is apparent from the moment you meet him; his positive energy is sure to make any lingering nerves quickly melt away.
After a knee surgery from a high school football injury, Dr. Bice was initially drawn to be becoming an anesthesiologist. At the same time, his sister, an operating room nurse, was also recommending he become a surgeon. During his research on those 2 professions, he discovered oral surgery. Oral surgery would be the best of both worlds because they are also trained to provide anesthesia in their dental offices. So, off he went to dental school which is the first step towards becoming an oral surgeon. During dental school, he came to realize that the best part of the experience was spending time and becoming friends with his patients. He understood that general dentists have this unique opportunity because their care happens over many visits and years of treatment. Oral surgeons mostly see people once and theyre done. It was that realization that made Dr Bice decide his focus, passion and future was going to be general dentistry!
For undergraduate school, Dr. Bice attended Northern Illinois University where he played starting defensive end for the Huskies football team. He received his Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry from the Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine. Since finishing school, he has completed continuing education in endodontics, oral surgery (including dental implant placement), restorative dentistry, and cosmetic dentistry. He likes being able to provide a wide variety of services so he can help more patients. He is also a member of the American Dental Association and Illinois State Dental Society.
Dr. David Ingallinera is a great fit for our Grand Dental Lockport team because he shares our teams passion for patient care and is driven to provide the highest quality dentistry every day. He has 25 years of dental experience and looks forward getting to know our loyal patients and serving new patients in the Lockport community.
Growing up, Dr. Dave was drawn to science. He studied biology in college intending to find a calling in a medical career. His appreciation for dentistry developed after shadowing his younger brothers orthodontist. For him, it was fascinating watching the doctor physically transform the patients teeth into a new, healthier smile. Additionally, he was privileged to experience the pure joy on the patients faces when their new smile was revealed.
Dr. Dave graduated from the University of California Riverside before enrolling at the Northwestern University Dental School. After earning his degree, he completed a general practice residency and oral surgery externship.
He achieved Fellowship status with the Academy of General Dentistry in 2006; a distinction achieved by less than 10% of dentists in the US and Canada. To be eligible, he completed 500 hours of continuing education and passed a 400-question exam. Dr. Ingallinera says this is his proudest professional achievement to date. He also maintains memberships in the American Dental Association, Illinois State Dental Society, and the Chicago Dental Society.
Dr. Dave likes to spend his weekends relaxing with his wife, Debbie, and hanging out with their teenage son, Jack. When he was younger, Dr. Dave used to play basketball and run in local marathons but that proved to be hard on the knees. Nowadays, he plays golf and enjoys any outdoor activity along the gorgeous Chicago lakefront.
Dr. Chen has been creating beautiful smiles for more than 23 years, for the past 5 years he has been providing orthodontic treatment to our patients in Lockport. He is passionate about providing orthodontic care because improving a patients smile can fundamentally change their lives for the better. He enjoys working with each patient to help them achieve their individual goals.
Dr. Chen was drawn to dentistry because he saw it would give him the unique opportunity to enhance peoples lives by improving their health and appearance at the same time. He also enjoys working with his hands every day. When it came time to choose his career, dentistry seemed like the obvious choice.
Dr. Chen began his college career in his native China, graduating from the West China University of Medical Sciences before immigrating to the U.S. and earning his Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In addition to general dentistry, he completed a five-year residency training in orthodontics. Today, he is an active member of several professional organizations, including the: