Jessica C. Schellinck, DDS

We hope you are staying safe and healthy! As we head into the holiday season, we wanted to let you know that the office will be closed from Thursday, December 24th until Tuesday, January 5th. Family is more important than ever right now and we want to spend the holidays with those that we can while we can. Hopefully, you will be doing the same. Remember, you can always send us an email from our website if you have any questions during this break. If not, just give us a call when we return on January 5th.

"Open wide ~ and say Happy Holidays!!"

We know this has been a particularly difficult year for everyone. Here's hoping you've still got plenty of reasons to smile this season!

With the County’s issue of Shelter in Place due to COVID-19 as of 12:01 AM Tuesday, 3/17/20 we have been given no option but to shut our doors temporarily. If you have an appointment between now through April 6th (at least), consider it canceled. We will not be offering rescheduling until such a time as we assured it is safe to reopen and not be shut down again. That being said, please call 925-283-5454 ONLY if it is a true dental emergency. The answering service will dire...ct your call to one of our doctors and you will be cared for. This is for our PATIENTS OF RECORD ONLY. No new patients will be accepted at this critical time. Many thanks for your understanding and stay safe! Jessica C. Schellinck, DDS & Jill E. Thayer, DDS

Keeping you Updated: We wanted to let you know that as of this writing, we are still open for business as usual. We operate with a very small staff and on a limited scale (read: no shoulder-to-shoulder crowds here or more than 30 people throughout the course of a full day). We have strict disinfection protocols in place and ask that when you are on our premises you abide by them. That being said, we will follow any and all CDC, State and County Health Official Guidelines an...d may be asked to close our doors for a period of time. We will do our best to keep you abreast of any and all information as it becomes available to us and advise you as soon as possible. In the meantime, please be sure to let us know if you are planning on keeping your upcoming appointment by responding to any automated emails or texts you receive from us so we know your intent, as well. We appreciate your understanding during this time and will always do what is best in the interest of everyone’s health and safety. Jessica C. Schellinck, DDS Jill E. Thayer, DDS

Have a great Thanksgiving!

We were anticipating a power shut off by 9:00 a.m. Wednesday (11/20) morning and going into Thursday, but who knows for sure until it happens?? If you are scheduled to see us on Wednesday or Thursday, we're asking you please call before you leave home or work to head here. If it goes to our answering service, it means we're without power locally. We will contact you again when we know for sure what's happening. We apologize for the inconvenience and will do everything we can to minimize disruption to our schedule. If the power does go out, we will do our best to reschedule your appointment in a reasonable amount of time. In the meantime, be safe and call before you head over!

Here we go again, folks! So sorry. At this stage we're assuming that were out for sure today and likely tomorrow. We'll do our best to stay in touch with all of you and get you rescheduled as soon as we can! We appreciate your understanding.

This is our little corner of the world right now. Not an easy way to practice dentistry. We're gonna have to call it, folks. So sorry. Well be in touch early next week to reschedule everybody. If you have to go out, please stay safe!

We were anticipating a power shut off by 8:00 p.m. Wednesday night but that hasn't happened. If you are scheduled to see us on Thursday, we will contact you again when we know for sure what's happening. We apologize for the inconvenience and will do everything we can to minimize disruption to our schedule. If the power does go out, we will do our best to reschedule your appointment in a reasonable amount of time. In the meantime, be safe!

This is such an important message. It's so disappointing that the insurance industry makes oral healthcare secondary [and even tirtiary] to body healthcare. How intricately they are intertwined!!

A fun staff night out supporting our local Soroptimists! Great food, great company!!

Happy Fall, y'all! Spread some pumpkin cheer!!

As we head towards Fourth of July next week, we share with you these presidential teeth facts! Presidents have been an important part of our democracy ever since the first election in 1789. This Fourth of July, celebrate your independence and impress your friends and family with these four little-known presidential teeth facts.... The truth about George Washington’s teeth. You probably know that George Washington didn’t really have wooden dentures. They were actually made from elephant ivory and hippopotamus tusk we’ve come a long way. But did you know the first president performed his own teeth extractions? Ouch. Do not try that at home. Brush twice a day and remember me. President’s often express their friendship and respect with gifts. Friends of Lyndon B. Johnson are known to have received electronic tooth brushes, complete with the Presidential Seal. Why toothbrushes? I want people to think of me right away when they wake up and right before they go to bed, said Johnson. Ask what your teeth can do for you You should never use your teeth as tools, but in this case, we think it’s definitely okay. John F. Kennedy’s first mission during WWII did not go well. While on patrol in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, his boat was destroyed. One of his crewmen was badly injured and unable to swim or even float. With heroic effort, JFK swam for five hours towing the crewman to safety, using only his teeth. Close to home and work. It’s very convenient to have your dental office near your home or work, but how about near both places? In the early 1930s, President Herbert Hoover set up the first dental office in the White House. Located in the subbasement, the rudimentary office was used for quick and private presidential dental work. The original office was little more than a dentist chair. Today it is as modern as any other dental office. Happy Independence Day! We hope you have a safe and fun-filled Fourth of July. We look forward to hearing all about it when we see you next!