Timely Toothcare
Schedule Your Summer Dental Checkups
Before Calendars get Crowded
By Amy Morgan
Summer is just around the corner. Before your family heads out for vacation, take advantage of a less crowded calendar to catch everyone up on their dental checkups and cleanings. And don’t forget your college students. Now is the perfect time to take care of their oral health, including wisdom teeth removal, while younger students are still in school.
7to7 Dental & Orthodontics has positioned two offices to serve the needs of the many families living in or moving to growing far north San Antonio. It’s just a quick trip to either the office at 20122 Stone Oak Parkway or the location across from the J.W. Marriott at 4272 TPC Parkway, allowing your family to fit a dental visit into a busy schedule.
Both offices include 12 chairs so families can schedule dental exams and cleanings for everyone simultaneously. Each is stocked with state-of-the art technology and equipment (including television screens in the ceiling to keep patients entertained while the professionals are taking care of them.)
One of 7to7 Dental’s trademarks is to offer treatment hours convenient to the patient. That’s why the practice is open from 7 a.m.- 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. -5 p.m., weekends. In addition to teeth cleaning, 7to7 Dental offers exams, teeth whitening, implants and orthodontia – a one stop shop for dentistry for the whole family and emergencies. Insured patients pay nothing out of pocket for Brighter Whiter cleanings and exams for adults, cleanings and exams for children, or second opinion evaluations.
Many dental insurance plans require six calendar months between appointments. If the first appointment isn’t scheduled soon, you might miss out on using the benefits you’ve worked and paid for. And now that 7to7 Dental’s professionals can prevent a pre-cavity before it forms with the new substance Curodont, it’s even more imperative to keep dental checkups on schedule to avoid cavities later.
In the summer, 7to7 Dental often sees an uptick in dental accidents from outside play or backyard roughhousing. One of the top culprits in cases of broken teeth are motorized scooters, reported Ashley Nicoson, who took over the Office Manager spot at 7to7 Dental’s TPC location in February. She formerly worked as one of 7to7 Dental’s claim processing specialists. From a military family, Ashley has lived in both North Carolina and Germany but has spent the past 16 years in San Antonio.
7to7 Dental is proud to promote from within the company, said Director of Marketing Travis DeZuba.
Ashley works with Managing Dentist Rebeca Garcia, D.D.S., who has been with 7to7 Dental for five years and opened the TPC location two years ago. Dr. Garcia graduated from UT Health San Antonio’s Dental School in 2019, after which she completed at two-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency. Dr. Garcia is trained to be able to offer IV or oral conscious sedation or administer nitric oxide to relax a patient during an extraction or dental surgical procedures.
Dr. Garcia’s goal is for 7to7 Dental to become the people’s choice for dentistry as the community grows. An avid golfer, Dr. Garcia enjoys being right across from the TPC course and the excitement of the Valero Texas Open.
“I love golf because it’s a quiet space that helps me reset, plus it gives me something challenging to work on outside of my career,” she said.
In addition to providing convenient, accessible dental care, 7to7 Dental is a good neighbor. The TPC office actively supports community activities. Staff members even took a basket of goodies to the fire station next to Johnson High School to help them celebrate the Super Bowl. Ashley plans to continue to build relationships with other area service providers.
Although 7to7 Dental has grown to include 262 team members across multiple locations in San Antonio, it’s still locally owned and operated by North Central San Antonio residents Justin Coke and Dr. Tiffany Winburn.
