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Den of Dental Geeks Dr. Maja Martin has cultivated a workplace culture for dentists who love dentistry. :
BY PETE MERCER
In a world where the temperature of your workplace culture has become its own amenity, Dr. Maja Martin has found some answers. As a self-proclaimed dental geek, Dr. Martin has identified the perfect dental associate avatar for Village Dental, her dental practice in Raleigh, N.C.
Village Dental is using a passion-over-profit approach to bring in the right doctors to provide the care that their patients need. Village Dental’s core focus is to create a place where everyone can be the best version of themselves by changing the way people feel about dentistry.
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Dr. Martin is a ’02 graduate of the University of North Carolina dental school and a member of the 1994 University of North Carolina Woman’s Basketball National Championship team. She was born and raised in the city of Kragujevac, Serbia and moved to the U.S. in 1991 as a part
of the student exchange program. She has worked at Village Dental with her husband Chris for the last 18 years. They operate with a focus on sedation dentistry with a 10-year target of becoming a nationally recognized “Best Places to Work” organization. They currently have four locations and 120 team members and are looking to expand Village Dental through the continued growth and development of their team. Chris and Maja have three children ages 14, 12 and 11, who
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