PCHC Dental Center Welcomes New Residents

PCHC is pleased to announce that three new General Practice Dental Residents have joined PCHC Dental Center, 1048 Union Street, Bangor, under the direction of Terri Bell, DDS, MS, MBA, Associate Chief Dental Officer. The General Practice Dental Residents are fully licensed dentists who have chosen to participate in an additional year of training at an accredited Dental Center.

General Practice Dental Residents Michael Cabral, DMD, Alexis MacKenzie, DDS, and Stephanie Pouzol, DMD, joined PCHC on June 27th.  PCHC graduated Robert Atwell, DDS, Andrew Lam, DMD, Elyse Patrella, DDS, and Phillip Claassen, DMD, from the General Practice Dental Residency at a ceremony on June 30th.

PCHC began the General Practice Dental Residency Program in 2009 to address the dental workforce shortage in Maine and to attract qualified dental professionals to the area. The program has proven successful and a number of graduates have joined PCHC full-time or have stayed to practice in Maine.

PCHC Dental Center is the largest public or private dental practice north of Boston, and host to an Accredited Community General Practice Dental Residency. PCHC offers a full range of quality dental services for people of all ages.  Using the latest in oral health technology combined with compassionate, knowledgeable staff, PCHC Dental Center focuses not only on preventative care, but offers specialty care for a variety of dental issues.  Acute dental care is also available to all on a walk-in basis Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.