A rewarding choice
As a senior at Ohio State, Allen received the Delta Dental Foundation’s Community Commitment Award for $25,000 to practice for one year in a high-needs area.
Allen and his wife, Britton, had already planned to move to Marietta when he received the award, but they considered it as affirmation that they were making the right decision. The $25,000 helped with the move and immediate financial needs for the young family expecting a baby.
We love it here, Allen says. The people are wonderful. The other doctors are just fantastic people. We feel very fortunate.
Allen
And providing dental care to low-income patients is a priority for him.
“It’s a service we’re able to provide for the community, and it’s a huge need,” Allen says. “People drive hours and hours to see us. It’s nice to be able to give back a little bit. At this office in particular, we do a lot of extractions, and we do a lot of dentures.
“There have been a few cases where people have come in, and they haven’t had teeth or dentures for decades. When you first meet them, their faces are a little sunken in because they don’t have teeth to support things,” he says.
As his required year at Family Tree Dental wraps up, Allen is staying put. His family bought a house in Marietta, and he’s buying into the dental practice.
When you deliver their dentures to them, it changes everything. Their faces light up when they get to see they have teeth again. And fairly regularly we get to do that for people. It’s super rewarding.
Allen
As his required year at Family Tree Dental wraps up, Allen is staying put. His family bought a house in Marietta, and he’s buying into the dental practice.
I feel really fortunate to be part of this group,” he says. “Our motto is ‘comfortable, convenient and kind,’ and everybody here lives it. We take wonderful care of people.
Allen
In Ohio, the tourism slogan is “Find it here.” For this Idaho kid turned Ohio dentist, practicing in Marietta was the absolute right find for him.
