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I love to restore smiles. I enjoy helping little children overcome their fears and gain confidence in going to the dentist, helping people get out of pain and making a positive difference in peoples lives.
My style is to promote honest, sincere communication and allow patients to fully discuss their concerns and the state of their oral health. I treat patients like members of my own family and I hope to give each patient complete and total care of their teeth and gums.
I have always had a love of health sciences, interacting with people and the mechanical skills involved in dentistry. Dentistry is a rapidly changing field with a tremendous amount of new information emerging all the time.
My satisfaction comes from having patients who are happy with the work done and treatment success. My goal is make dental care accessible to everyone and to treat every patient with compassion and my commitment to the service of others.
I hope to give my patients excellent dental education and treatment by offering them a full range of dental services. My own high-quality dental education has enabled me to provide evidence-based treatment in our friendly, professional atmosphere. Most of all, I want to deliver patient satisfaction.
'The field of dentistry offers me a unique opportunity to help improve people 's health, comfort, self-esteem, and appearance all at once through caring for and treating their oral health needs. I was trained by the nation 's top specialists in the US Air Force and my passions are in art, health, and nutrition. I believe this gives me the best opportunity to be able to positively impact people 's lives through dentistry.One of the most gratifying experiences for me is to help alleviate a person 's pain. When someone visits the office in extreme dental pain, my goal is to help improve their comfort and eliminate their pain before they leave.'
'I work hard to tailor my treatment to each individual patient 's specific needs and wants, in order to provide them the best service that they are seeking. I strive for perfection in every treatment that I render.'
'I have a high ethical standard of care and I treat every case as if I were treating my own family members. One of my favorite aspects of dentistry is helping my patients to overcome their dental anxieties and fears, so that they become more confident and willing to seek care in the future. I often notice a big difference in both my patients ' confidence and their health between the first and last dental visit, which is extremely gratifying for me.'
DDS: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, Kansas City, MOResidency: Advanced Education in General Dentistry, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, COBSc: Biology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MOMember: American Dental AssociationLicensure: Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, Dental Board of Missouri
In the summer of 2008, I joined a volunteer dental service team to Bylakuppe, South India, which had deeply influenced me. We mostly served Tibetan children, to be more specific, refugees that had escaped from China for religious freedom. They were so young in age, but incredibly mature mentally because they had experienced more than adults normally do. By sharing the individual stories of their journey to the land we stood, I could clearly see the perseverance and strong will from their eyes. They risked their life crossing the magnificent Himalayas and tightly secured border for better education and pious religion. Besides dental services and oral health instructions, sports and magic tricks had brought us closer. Its not only our friendship, concern, encouragement, but most importantly, its the love from the children that had made the volunteer service so meaningful and so unforgettable. As I cherish the serving experience, I start to realize that its such a great privilege to help others. At the same time, the more powerful you are, the more people could be possibly benefited by you. Im lucky enough to be a dentist and I should certainly improve my professional knowledge to help others. Like the perseverance of the children, I have worked hard to make progress and strived for better dental skills since then.
It is more blessed to give than to receive. As I constantly visited the international and domestic remote areas for volunteer works, I felt so rich and joyful. It had deepened my determination to help others in need, especially for cleft lips and palate babies. There are many patients with cleft lip and palate but with limited institution providing medical assist. For the patients family or caregiver, its never easy to take good care of them. In order to have a better surgery outcome, I demonstrated the Pre-Surgical Nasal Alveolar Molding (PNAM) appliance. With PNAM device, it is possible to provide better oral care for them and improve quality of life. I also visited schools and nursing homes for dental check-up and oral hygiene instructions regularly. We had a close relationship with the community and the government. I believe by doing this, more shiny teeth could possibly be seen and Im willing to consider it as my lifelong responsibility.
Board certification: Board eligible pediatric dentistResidency: Certificate, Postdoctoral residency, Pediatric Dentistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CaliforniaDental/Medical degree(s): Degree of Master Science in Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, Doctor of Dental Surgery, School of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Member: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry , International Association for Dental Research, California Society of Pediatric Dentistry Awards: 2nd Place of Poster Presentation Competition, The Federation of Asian Dental Anesthesiology Societies, 2015 Annual Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan Current academic positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
Dentistry gives me the opportunity to change someones life through their smile. Whether a patient is in pain, is uncomfortable with their smile, or simply wants to change the appearance of their teeth, I can help them get out of pain while also building their confidence, and that gives me immense joy.
I believe in putting the needs of my patients first. Every patient is different, and I, as a practitioner, need to take time to listen to their needs and provide them with care that is filled with compassion, integrity, and love.
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Rating 3.8 out of 5 based on 37 reviews
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newest oldest highest lowestJulie Hicks
a year ago
This dentist office was recommended to me by a friend of mine. I was having a hard time finding a dentist who had availability. My first initial visit was great! They listened to my concerns, cleaned my teeth very well & let me know I had an infection underneath a failed root canal & the tooth either needed to be extracted or redone. I decided just to have it pulled, because of the pain I was already in. I scheduled the extraction, & a few days later they called & said they needed more X-rays of the tooth. I went in that following week for X-rays, just to find out they were x-raying the wrong tooth!!! Then they'd call to remind me about the appointment, I asked when they called to confirm the appt if they had straightened out which tooth would be getting pulled. NO!!! They still had the wrong tooth down. At this point, I should've just saw those red flags & went about my business elsewhere but I was just wanting this tooth out. Day off, they confirmed the correct tooth that would be pulled. The dentist came in & numbed my mouth, no biggie, that didn't hurt too bad. What hurt was when he went to pull the tooth, my mouth wasn't numb enough. He numbed it some more, & went to pull the tooth again. The numbing barely helped, I felt EVERYTHING. I was shaking, crying & he just kept going & asked why I was crying. BECAUSE IT HURTS. Thats why dude!!! I've had teeth pulled before & never in my life have i felt that type of pain. He didn't even care that it was hurting me. Finally he got the tooth out, & I was relieved. It's since healed, but I will NEVER go back here for any kind of dental work.
Terry Crews
2 years ago
I took my 10 year old grandson there yesterday to get two fillings. He's had 3 caps put on before and did really good. But yesterday this woman started to deaden his mouth I noticed his leg shaking a bit. I blew it off thinking he would be ok. Then she went to do the bottom and he starts shaking and hollering and begins to cry! I know it should not hurt that bad. She continues to keep putting that needle in and isn't stopping to give him a break. I know that medicine deadens quickly n it wasn't working. I finally have to make this lady stop hurting my baby!! We left and his mouth still hurts this morning and she didn't even do any work. I'd advise go somewhere else. They act like like don't even want to be there. They won't get their hands on him again.
Crystal
2 years ago
The front desk lady's always lovely and helpful, but they seem to be short-handed, with only one person doing the cleanings and having people sit and wait after being called back and ready after X-rays to call more people back and start on them, then leave you sitting in the chair for almost an hour, so you get up and go because then they start talking
Gary Thompson
2 years ago
I wasn't impressed with this place at all. The place was clean and modern. Didn't like the attitude of the two young workers. I had the misfortune of dealing with.The dentist I seen was young and thought she knew everything there was to know about life. Don't care how educated you are. You only have a small fraction of knowledge about life and this world we live in. Thought she was going to tell me how everything was going to be done even the color of my dentures and the way she wanted the work to proceed. My insurance and me are paying her but she wouldn't even consider listening to me. She had a pompous stuck up entitled manner about her could say it differently but this is a Google review. I was a southern gentleman and didn't tell her exactly what I thought about her and her attitude. As I left the receptionist started to make my next appointment. I said no thank you. I want be coming back.
Madeline Patterson
2 years ago
Awesome staff, did great!
Amanda Goff
2 years ago
Scheduled an appointment and they left my kids sitting in the chairs in the back while they all went to lunch! Then to top it off the put a temp cap on my daughter and it fell off when we got home so I had to take her back up there again and it fell off again not even eating anything. They also gave no recommendation on my sons extra teeth. I will NEVER take my kids back there again.
JENNIFER GUSTIN
2 years ago
Will never go back! Went in because I knew I had one bad tooth. They did xray of the 1 tooth. Told me I had abcess and only option was extraction. I didn't like the thought and even though more painful asked if root canal was possible. Dr said no, so I took her word and said let's take it out. She began the numbing shots. 7 viles later and it's still not numb. The last shot, I was curled in the fetal position crying asking her to stop cause she just kept poking. Then she decided to send me home on antibiotics cause abcess was so bad (not swollen or any sign of abcess) and try again after those were gone. I was happy to get outta there! Next morning I woke up to what looked like a baseball in my cheek on the same side (that had nothing done to it except numbing shots) Needless to say, headed to ER. after CT scan, fentanyl, 2 doses of morphine and 3 IV bags of antibiotics and 12 hours in the ER...come to find out, I have NO ABCESS. Was told they should definitely be able to do a root canal. I have a tissue infection and by the dentist stabbing me fo 20 minutes straight,, irritated it and it should not have been worked on at all before antibiotics treatment. Horrible experience and I will not be back.
Virginia Huerta
2 years ago
Very clean and courteous staffDoesn't take very longThe people are extremely friendly make you feel at homeThe dentist are wonderfulI haven't found a place this nice ever I am going backMy daughter will be going to.
Sayra Sanchez
2 years ago
One of the worst dental places ever!!! Need to be shut down Immediately. Employees are lazy all they they is gossip around and a lot of drama in that place. It is not a professional place at all it's like a high school full of teen girls gossiping. Please do us all a favor and shut down honestly or fire all employees and get new ones the ones in the front desk always seem like they don't wanna talk and always having a attitude.
teresa spencer
3 years ago
Horrible they just traumatized my grandson by not being prepared and rushing the sedation. Absolutely do not take your child if they have a fear of the dentist.
Virginia Huerta
3 years ago
Very clean and courteous staffDoesn't take very longThe people are extremely friendly make you feel at homeThe dentist are wonderfulI haven't found a place this nice ever I am going backMy daughter will be going to.
Sayra Sanchez
3 years ago
One of the worst dental places ever!!! Need to be shut down Immediately. Employees are lazy all they they is gossip around and a lot of drama in that place. It is not a professional place at all it's like a high school full of teen girls gossiping. Please do us all a favor and shut down honestly or fire all employees and get new ones the ones in the front desk always seem like they don't wanna talk and always having a attitude.
Katherine Wheeler
4 years ago
My daughter had an appointment scheduled for 1pm. After waiting 30 minutes i asked if the Dentist would be in soon, i was told that the Dentist wasn't even there yet. First they said he was at another office working, next i was told he went to the wrong office and would be there shortly. While rescheduling i was told he was still working at the other office. This is the second time that i have waiting a long time and ending up rescheduling. I asked if it was normal to schedule an appointment when the Dentist wouldn't be there and i felt the girl upfront blow me it off.
Maria Tirado
4 years ago
We have been coming here for years and have always had a pleasant experience. Everything is very clean and the staff is always kind. A great dental office overall.
Calie Bryan
4 years ago
Nice dentist and treat nurse's
Angelica Woods
5 years ago
The dentist was in such a rush that he didn't discuss anything that needed to be done. Just horrible.
Domanick Rojas
8 years ago
They offer payment plans, and got me in the same day!
marie padron
8 years ago
Extremely friendly staff , feels like home! Able to accommodate with your schedule.
Maelois Mapps
8 years ago
I hate dentist but kindle dental put me at ease and I would and have recommended other to them
Pine Ridge RV Park
8 years ago
My daughter goes to this dentist and now my soon to be hubby. I love this dentist office. The staff and doctors are great. :)
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