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Dental Assistants

Dedicated. Understanding. Exceptional. The Dental Assistants on our team are certified in all aspects of dentistry, which means they are committed to continuing education. They take the time to explain every procedure to each individual patient, they answer your questions and discuss your concerns in a way that puts you at ease. Each dental assistant is thoroughly trained in expanded duties that add efficiency and time management to your appointment. Your visits will always be enjoyable because of our dedicated assistants.

Rose C.

Rose is a graduate of Bellefonte High School and the Centre County Vocational School. With 29½ years experience, she enjoys working in dentistry and she always makes known that caring for her patients is her top priority. Through continuing education courses, Rose, obtains the most recent knowledge in modern dentistry available today. Rose has continued to grow in the dental field with our practice for 2 ½ years as an Expanded Functions Dental Assistant. She has had training in Zoom Whitening, and OSHA implementations just to mention a few. Rose is certified in Dental Radiology, CPR, and Invisalign.

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Ashley M.

Originally from Duncansville, Pa, Ashley graduated from Hollidaysburg Area High School in 2005. While in high school she studied dental assisting at the Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center for 3 years and graduated as Outstanding Senior of the year. Ashley participated in Health Occupation Students of America (H.O.S.A.) and won 1st place in Education. After four years of dental experience Ashley moved to Bellefonte to pursue her career with our practice where she started in 2006. She is certified in Dental Radiology, CPR, and Invisalign.

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Karen L .

Karen graduated from Lewistown Area High School and has a diploma in Marketing from Mifflin/Juniata Vocational Technical School. She has college experience from Pennsylvania College of Technology where she obtained 73 credits in Pre-hygiene and Hygiene majors. With six years of dental experience Karen is a dental assistant with our practice where she started working in 2005. Karen is certified in Dental Radiology, CPR, Zoom Whitening and Invisalign.

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Betsy L .

Betsy graduated from dental assisting school in Pittsburgh, Pa and has 27+ years of dental experience. She has worked with two other practices in our area while gaining experience for 5 years in oral surgery as a surgical assistant. Betsy has continued to grow with our practice for 8 years as an Expanded Functions Dental Assistant. She has certifications in Dental Radiology, CPR, Invisalign, OSHA, and Zoom Whitening. Through Continuing Education courses she obtains the most recent knowledge in modern dentistry available today.

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Ashley D.

Ashley is a 2003 graduate from Tyrone Area High School. She attended the Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center and graduated in Dental Assisting. She participated in Health Occupation Students of America (H.O.S.A.) through Tyrone High School’s Vocational Program for 3 years. Ashley has 4 years of dental experience with 1 year of experience in our practice. She is certified in Dental Radiology, CPR, Zoom Whitening, and Invisalign.

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Missy G.

Missy graduated from Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School in 1988. She studied Dental Assisting at the Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center from 1986 to 1988. In 2006, she obtained her Expanded Function Dental Assisting Certification from Harcum College. With 19 years of experience, Missy joined our practice in August 2006. She also holds certifications in Dental Radiology, CPR, OSHA Implementations and Regulations, and Invisalign.

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Melanie S.

Melanie is a 1998 graduate from Penns Valley Area High School. She has 4 years of dental experience and has been with our practice for 3 years. Melanie is certified in Dental Radiology, Invisalign, CPR , Lumineers, Zoom Whitening, and Medical and Dental Office Assisting.

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