Spotlight on DENTISTS
Drs. Stephanie Bangs and Amy Schoening
Dr. Sarah Pollan and assistant Willis Anene
Photo courtesy of Pecan Park Dental
Photo: Southern Flair Photography
Dr. Amy Schoening & Dr. Stephanie Bangs
Central Park Orthodontics
DR. AMY SCHOENING opened the doors to her beautiful office at 912 N. Fielder Road on Feb.14, 2004, and over the years the Pecan Park Dental practice has fulfilled Dr. Schoening’s original goal to provide a calm, friendly, homelike environment for her patients. It is important to Dr. Schoening, who has been practicing dentistry since 1997, to know that her patients don’t feel like a number and get the treatment and care they deserve. Over the past 12 years, the practice’s staff has grown to 11 people. In October 2015, Dr. Stephanie Bangs, a dentist since 2009, joined the team to give Pecan Park two veteran dental care providers who love to meet new people and make their patients feel at ease. “Our professional philosophy is to provide quality care and comprehensive dentistry in a state-of-the-art facility from a caring and skilled team,” Dr. Schoening says. “We always want to treat our patients by the golden rule and to help them feel at ease during treatment and just as they visit with our excellent team.” In addition to offering routine dental care, the office provides three new cutting edge technologies: digital radiology, sleep apnea screening and oral sleep apnea devices. It also provides a wide range of cosmetic procedures, including veneers, crowns, teeth whitening, Invisalign®, full mouth reconstructions and some laser treatments. Dr. Schoening serves on the Board of Directors for a non-profit dental care clinic in the Arlington area and volunteers as a clinician to care for patients who might not have another way to get the care they need. She also was a former member of Junior League of Arlington and is a member of Arlington Rotary Club. She says she loves the volunteer opportunities tied to her profession. “The times that I’ve worked as a volunteer dentist and been able to give patients a beautiful, natural smile back – the hugs and tears of joy from those thankful people is overwhelming,” she says. “As dentists, we have skills to help people that can be life-changing for them. I feel lucky to be able to be a part of helping make someone’s life better and open up so many new opportunities for them.”
SARAH POLLAN, D.D.S, M.S., began at Central Park Orthodontics in the Summer of 2013 after starting her orthodontics career five years earlier. She and assistant Willis Anene focus on orthodontics patients at Central Park. Dr. Pollan has become known among colleagues not only for being caring and going the extra mile for each patient, but also for thinking outside of the traditional treatment “box.” “I believe that each patient is unique and, accordingly, so should his or her treatment be,” she says. “I love getting to design a treatment that takes into account a patient’s hopes, desires and goals. I believe that by taking a team approach to orthodontics, patients are more motivated, excited and satisfied with the end result.” Anene is also committed to helping others. “Dentistry not only offers me a sense of self-fulfillment but also a way to provide dental health education and service,” he says. “I enjoy presenting the dental profession in a positive light and I strive to make each patient feel welcome, relaxed, and comfortable at every visit.” Dr. Pollan grew up in Dallas before moving to Virginia to attend Washington & Lee University, where she studied biology, art and Spanish and graduated cum laude. After spending time writing for a pharmaceutical journal, she returned to Dallas for dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry. “I continued my dental education at Baylor, specializing in orthodontics and earning a master’s degree in oral biology in 2008,” she says. “The areas in which I have additional training and experience are laser dentistry, mini-implants, lingual orthodontics, aesthetic orthodontic treatment and multidisciplinary treatment involving jaw surgery.” Central Park Orthodontics offers a number of new technologies for its patients, including laser dentistry, aesthetic orthodontic treatment and “Hidden” braces, and the practice is fully digital. Those specialty areas, in concert with traditional services, make Central Park special. “Our joy comes from the daily work of providing patients with beautiful, healthy smiles,” Dr. Pollan says, “and especially in hearing how our work improves our patients’ lives.”
Pecan Park Dental
912 N. Fielder Road • (817) 275-4355 • pecanparkdental.com 34
ARLINGTON TODAY • November 2016 • arlingtontoday.com
Central Park Orthodontics
3101 S. Center, #151 • (817) 466-1213 • centralparkdental.net