dentists

Dental care today reaches far beyond the mouth. Dentists are consistently screening for more than just cavities and tooth decay. They’re disease detectives, serving on the front lines of prevention of numerous ailments, from cancer to diabetes or even depression. Many of them are also focused on helping the underprivileged, regularly reaching out to ensure disadvantaged communities get the services they need.  And they’ve also earned the respect of their peers and the loyalty of their patients. For our latest installment of Milwaukee’s Top Dentists, we reached out to more than 1,000 dental professionals to discover the dentists who give…

For years, three words summed up Laurie Hodnik’s approach to dental care: Just pull it. A fixed income and a reduction in hours at work during the Great Recession made it too difficult for Hodnik to pay for dental services. Past dental visits made her fearful of scheduling regular exams. Instead, when a painful tooth forced her into the dentist’s chair, she would elect to have the damaged or diseased tooth removed because the financial costs associated with the treatment options were outside her budget. “I didn’t have insurance, so the cheapest thing [to do] was to pull it,” the…

“I had to force myself to get out of bed … to do everything.” That’s how Linda Small remembers life in 2011, when exhaustion made even simple daily activities seem insurmountable. “Something just wasn’t right,” she recalls. Her primary care physician advised Small to get more rest, eat healthier and exercise regularly. She did as told, but still couldn’t shake her feeling of fatigue. It wasn’t until she visited Dr. Glenn Gequillana’s office for a routine dental cleaning that she finally found the source of her ailments. While examining Small’s throat, a standard procedure for Gequillana’s dental exams, he felt…