Dr. Tina Chandra

How long have you been in business: Chandra Smile Designs has been in Ocala since 1997- 25 years.

Business: Chandra Smile Designs offers Cosmetic, Physiologic TMJ and Sleep/ Snoring Dentistry.

Most memorable times thus far: Every day is memorable! Creating beautiful smiles daily with all the advances in dentistry I can offer my patients. It’s incredibly rewarding when someone is more confident, smiling, pain free and has better health just from advanced physiologic Dentistry. differences regardless of their thoughts and beliefs. I look forward to traveling more of Asia soon.

Most difficult times & How you learned to overcome them: Covid times were challenging especially in the field of Dentistry. Obviously, we were all affected financially and in business but as a profession, we were dealing with people up close and personal. I was very proud of my dental team and myself because not only did we face personal health risks, but we kept the professionalism, high infection protocols, and maintained safe environments for our coworkers and our patients. We became better and stronger!

Your Motto in business/life: “It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.” — Mother Theresa