Health Centered Dentistry
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Te Paki

What is your favorite part about dentistry? The transformational process of restoring someone’s smile and confidence. I’ve witnessed multiple people receive opportunities because they were able to carry themselves more confidently in life because of their smile and other factors. So to be apart of the team that helps provide that life changing process is…

Kolina Kini

What is your favorite part about dentistry? Witnessing how healthy oral care habits can change someone’s life. How do you help someone overcome their concerns regarding dentistry? Share my personal experiences with patients and reassure them I would trust my family with our doctors and hygienists. What do you look forward to most during a…

Toni Norvell

What is your favorite part about dentistry? My favorite part about dentistry is win a patient tells me they had a great check up and they have a healthy smile! What do you look forward to most during a day at HCD? My favorite part about dentistry is when a patient tells me they had…

Rachael Middleton

What is your favorite part about dentistry? I love working with patients to help improve their overall health and their smile. It’s such a blessing to see someone go from pain and hiding their smile to having a healthy mouth and sharing their smile with everyone. How do you help someone overcome their concerns regarding…

Jane Davis 

What is your favorite part about dentistry? Meeting new patients and seeing those who go back to the ’70s. How do you help someone overcome their concerns regarding dentistry? Assure them they are in good hands. What do you look forward to most during a day at HCD? Being able to help out when I’m…

Edmel Young 

What is your favorite part about dentistry? Every case is different and a chance to meet different people. How do you help someone overcome their concerns regarding dentistry? I help someone with concerns by asking them as many questions as I can and giving the best answers based on my experience with the practice. What…

Debbie Mager-Strah 

What is your favorite part about dentistry? Twofold answer. Caring for our amazing patients! Working with such a fun, caring team! How do you help someone overcome their concerns regarding dentistry? Listen to their concerns. Educate them. Explain procedures. Help them to feel more comfortable with what we do. What do you look forward to…

Guadalupe Cabrera

Guadalupe is a dental hygienist and mother of three teenagers. She graduated in 2016 from a dental hygiene program in Georgia and began her career there. Guadalupe then moved to Arizona and achieved certification for local anesthesia, nitrous analgesia, and laser therapy. After her husband retired from the military in 2019, they moved to Anchorage…