Your Redmond, OR Dentist

I dreamt of becoming a dentist as a young boy. Through a family friend, I was introduced to dentistry and I knew from that moment it was what I wanted to pursue.

My undergraduate studies were completed at Washington State University and Graduate studies at Tufts University in Boston, MA.

I’m very blessed to have a beautiful wife and enjoy living and working in Central Oregon.

Our family recently expanded! We now have an incredibly beautiful 16 year old (driving!!) and decided to start over with an absolutely darling baby girl who came to us in December 2021! We are beyond blessed.

I would love the opportunity to meet you, earn your trust, and become your long term dentist.

My philosophy is simple, to give you all the education you want and need so that you can make an informed decision about your oral health and treatment needs. Giving you all your options allows you to remain in control. I also believe in giving it to you straight. You deserve to know the truth about your oral health.

Together, we can determine what treatment is going to be best for you.

Call us today for an appointment. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Rick

Looking back to where I began in 2007, I’m reminded of just how far my practice—and my philosophy of care—has come.

I wish I could say I’ve always done everything perfectly. That was always my intention, but like most things in life, I’ve learned many important lessons through experience—some of them the hard way.

Early in my career, I joined insurance networks because I wanted to make dental care accessible to as many people as possible. The practice became large and busy, and from the outside, it looked successful. But it wasn’t successful in the way I had envisioned.

I had always wanted to provide individualized care, take the time to truly know my patients, and build a relationship based on trust and partnership. Over time, I realized how difficult that can be in an insurance-driven practice. When fees are reduced by 30–50%, the economics often require a practice to see more patients simply to make up the difference. The result can be less time with each person and less opportunity to provide the thoughtful, personalized care I believe dentistry should offer.

I’ve had patients tell me they felt like “cattle” at their previous dental office. I never wanted anyone who came to my practice to feel that way. Yet, for a long time, I felt caught in the same cycle—the constant pressure to do more, see more patients, and move faster. I knew there had to be a better way. I wanted more for my patients.

I also understand that dental benefits are important. I want to help my patients understand and maximize the benefits they have worked for and paid for. But dental benefits are not the same as true insurance, and they were never designed to determine what care is right for you. Your health should never be dictated by what an insurance plan will or will not cover.

I believe the financial structure of dental benefits can sometimes create unnecessary tension between patients and their doctors. My responsibility is to recommend care based on what I believe is best for your health—not based on what a benefit plan happens to reimburse.

COVID gave me an unexpected opportunity to step back and reevaluate my practice. It became clear to me that the time had come to finally implement the vision I had carried since the beginning: a practice where patients and the quality of care they receive come first.

Stepping away from an insurance-driven model may seem like a contradiction when the goal is to make exceptional care more accessible. For me, it has actually made that goal possible. It allows me to spend more time with each patient, listen more carefully, explain more thoroughly, and create a genuine partnership in their health.

Most importantly, it has allowed me to create the experience I always hoped a dental office could provide.

And I’m incredibly grateful that our patients notice the difference. When I read our Google reviews and hear patients describe their experiences, many say they’ve never been treated this way in a dental office before. Seeing this vision finally come to life is incredibly rewarding.

If you’re looking for a different kind of dental experience—one where you are listened to, educated, respected, and involved in your own care—I’d love the opportunity to show you what that can look like.

You are worth the time. You are worth the care. And you deserve a dental relationship built around you.