Welcome to Smile First Family Dental Studio. We are a family owned, family operated, and family orientated dental practice committed to providing the best oral healthcare centered on quality. Our team is dedicated to providing everything required towards achieving your optimal health, balance, and happiness in the safest and most comfortable setting possible! Heres how we do this:
Everyone is different, and everyone has different desires. Like any good friend or family member, we are here to provide you as much support and guidance as you desire. Our treatment is centered around YOUR goals. And much like family, we will do our best to be there for you and accommodate any special circumstance.
From nutrition to intuition, our team is well endowed in the most successful ways of obtaining optimal oral health and overall health. We would be delighted to share with you the benefits of caring for your teeth and gums, healthful eating, mindfulness, etc All the tools to help you in living a balanced happy life.
Wed like to introduce the newest member of our family: Her name is CEREC! No more gooey impressions, no more temporary crowns, and no more second visit! From now on digital impressions, digital design, and digital precision milling in 8 minutes!
Dr. Pavel is originally from Romania, where he graduated from medical school in Cluj-Napoca, a picturesque old Transylvanian city. After graduation he worked as an internist for a short time in Sinaia, Romania and 1986 he moved to America to advance his education.
He received his degree as a Doctor of Dental Surgery from Loyola University of Chicago. Upon achieving his degree, he also worked as a teaching assistant in the histology department. Dr. Pavel is a Board Certified General Dentist and a member of the American Dental Association, Illinois State Dental Society, and Chicago Dental Society.
As an active member of organized dentistry, he was President of the North Side Branch in 2003-2004, also he served as Director of North Side Branch of Chicago Dental Society from 2013-2015 and is always proud to volunteer every year for the Chicago Midwinter Meeting- one of the top dental meeting in the world. Along with dentistry, one of Dr. Pavel passions is making wine.
He is an active member of The American Wine Society, and has received several prize medals over the years from international amateur wine competitions. Dr Pavel and his wife Cristina reside in Skokie.
He is an active member of the Chicago Dentist Society and he enjoys traveling, snowboarding, boxing, soccer, spending time with his family, and yoga. Hes also a yoga instructor at at Yoga Six downtown!
He is a diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is a member of multiple professional organizations. Dr. Zickmann is one of the founders of the Blue Sky Bio implant systems. He holds two US patent and has multiple other patents in the field of implant dentistry.