Chantal
Dental Hygienist/Myofunctional Therapist
Chantal grew up in the small town of Wilton, North Dakota. It’s so small if you blink, you will miss it. Chantal started her college adventure as a theater major, then decided to be a starving artist, but ultimately decided to get a Dental Hygiene degree. What Chantal loves most about her job is meeting new people every hour and making a difference in patients’ lives. Chantal is trained in Myofunctional Therapy, and loves offering this service to our patients to help correct improper oral and facial muscle function. Myofunctional therapy can help patients with TMJ pain, asthma, sleep apnea, and tongue and lip tieswhich can lead to improvements in breathing, swallowing, speech and improvement of TMJ disorders and more stable orthodontic outcomes. Her favorite part about her job is getting to know families and hearing about everyone’s life adventures.
When she is not changing lives through dentistry, Chantal spends time with her life partner Craig and her cat Pumpkin.
Cindy
Dental Assistant
Cindy was born in California, though raised in Rosemount, MN. She attended Dakota County Technical College and graduated in 2015 with an associate’s degree and a Licensed Dental Assistant diploma. Cindy’s favorite part about her job is building relationships with our patients and getting to know them. She loves to continue the conversation and learn more about them at every appointment.
When Cindy is not helping patients, she enjoys following her passion in photography and spending time with her husband, son, and dog, going on walks. Cindy loves to travel the world and explore. She is also a huge animal lover and hopes to spend her time someday fostering animals or helping them in some way.
Lauren
Dental Assistant
Lauren is local to the Twin Cities and grew up in Norwood Young America, MN. She then attended South Central College in Mankato where she got her Associates and Dental Assisting degrees in 2020. She loves dentistry because of all the patients she gets to meet and relationships she can build with them; she loves to know about your family, life events, or just what’s going on in your day.
When Lauren is not helping put smiles on our patients faces, she loves to cook, read and spend time outside. She also loves spending time with her boyfriend Jack, and her cat Milo and dog Dodger.
Halle
Patient Coordinator
Halle grew up in Denver, Colorado and has been in the Twin Cities area since 2019. Her favorite part about her job is making patients feel welcome and answering their questions. Halle takes pride in being our patients’ first point of contact and nothing makes her feel more accomplished than being part of making their experience easy and relaxing!
In her free time, Halle loves going to the gym and walking around one of the many lakes in our area. She is engaged and her fiancé has an amazing 17 year old son.
Kelsey
Treatment Coordinator
Kelsey grew up in Bloomington, MN, where she has lived most of her life. She now resides in Shakopee, MN. What she loves most about her job is meeting new patients, learning about their stories, and being able to provide them with the best experience possible. During her free time, she enjoys being active and exercising outdoors with her children, and spending the weekend at her family cabin. One of the most interesting things you will learn about her is that she doesn’t have a sense of smell.
Molly
Dental Hygienist
Molly was born in Cambodia and moved to Eagan, MN at the age of 7 where she grew up. She graduated in 2022 from Metropolitan State University earning her Bachelors of Science degree in Dental Hygiene. Her favorite part about her job is getting to know her patients and when given the opportunity to “geek” out about teeth with them. She also enjoys volunteering her time in dental mission trips, as well as Give Kids a Smile and Team Smiles. When Molly isn’t in the office, she enjoys reading, spending time up north in Aitkin, MN with her dog Kai, and watching Netflix. She also served in the Army National Guard for 6 years!