Maria – Dental Hygienist
Maria is a graduate of Eastern Washington University and has well over a decade of experience in dentistry. As your dental hygienist, she’s responsible for helping you reach your goals in a way that fits into your life. She supports patients who seek oral and whole-body health. Maria says she’s also here to help her fellow team members. Maria is proud of our work because our goal is to do the least amount of dentistry as possible throughout your lifetime and cut down on emergencies or urgent, unexpected care. Maria and team do this by looking at your mouth with the next 20 to 30 years in mind while considering your whole body health. She loves that the team also has extensive extra training and full mouth reconstruction, smile design, implants, and gum health. Maria is patient, kind, curious, hopeful, and always growing. When she’s not busy as a dental hygienist, Maria says she loves exploring the world together with her husband and daughter, who always make life fun. She also likes fishing, playing games, bullet journaling, spending time outside, learning new things, and adding them to her mental toolbox.
Karen – Dental Hygienist
Karen is a graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and has been working in dentistry for nearly a decade. What she loves best about being a dental hygienist is keeping people smiling and helping others achieve their optimal oral health. Karen enjoys teaching people about oral health and the connection to the body and seeing the positive impact routine dental care can have on a person. She became interested in dentistry due to a lifelong fascination with teeth and a love for visiting the dentist as a child. Karen loves being a part of our team because of the profound level of care, coupled with Dr. Pinney’s solid, honest, and unique approach to helping patients reach their tooth and smile goals. She admires the excellence Dr. Pinney and the team seek every day. When you work with Karen, you’ll find she’s interested in your needs, curious, kind, and an excellent helper. When she’s not taking care of smiles, Karen loves going on outdoor adventures, hiking, running, skiing, camping, traveling, reading, yoga, and soaking up sun rays any opportunity she can get.
Tessany – Front Office
Tessany is the smiling face greeting you at our front desk, and also the one who can help you with scheduling appointments or billing questions. She joined our practice in early 2021 after spending years in the hospitality industry. Her years of experience in customer service are applied every day as she strives to help every patient with their individual dental and wellness needs. Outside of work, Tessany spends a lot of time volunteering at her daughter’s school, Juneau Community Charter School, as well as gardening, camping, hiking, cooking, and traveling.
