By Bonnie Mason
A smile can instill confidence and even melt away sadness. A smile is priceless. And, B.K. Parasher, D.D.S., P.A., of A Caring Dentist, located in the Windfair Professional Center off Bruce B. Downs Blvd., is dedicated to restoring and enhancing the natural beauty of your smile. Using conservative, state-of-the-art procedures, Dr. Parasher and his staff help patients achieve beautiful, long lasting smiles!
The doctors and professional staff at the busy local practice believe in educating their patients about the importance of preventive oral health to assist them in leading healthy lives. Diseases of the mouth and teeth can be avoided or quickly managed when detected early through routine dental exams and regular teeth cleaning.
“We are patient-focused and committed to building a trusting relationship with our patients through comprehensive education and communication,” says Dr. Parasher in his cheerful British accent. “Our goal is to help patients understand and learn about dental health so that we can create an individualized care plan that will help each of our patients to achieve his or her dental goals.”
Dr. Parasher lives up to the name of his practice, as he carries a belief that you treat others as you want to be treated. And, his patients can attest to that fact.
“I have been Dr. Parasher’s patient since the early 1990s,” says A Caring Dentist patient Zeb. “Over the years, Dr. Parasher and his staff have provided me with excellent and professional services. If I am in pain, Dr. Parasher and his staff are empathetic and will do their best to accommodate an office appointment for me as soon as possible. And Dr. Parasher has a delightful personality, which takes the ‘sting’ out of your dental pain.”
Dr. Parasher received his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree in 1980 from the University of Sheffield, U.K., and received his post-graduate education and training from The School of Dentistry Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Dr. Parasher also studied implant dentistry at the U.S. Institute for Orthodontics and Orthopedics and is certified as an Invisalign dentist.
Dr. Parasher has been practicing dentistry in the Tampa area since 1988. He opened his first practice location in Carrollwood in 1990 and in 2007, he opened the Wesley Chapel location. In January 2014, Kimberly Phelps, D.M.D.. joined the practice to offer more available office hours at the Wesley Chapel location. Dr. Phelps earned her Doctor of Medical Dentistry. degree from the University of Florida College of Dentistry in Gainesville in 2012 after earning her B.S. degree in Biochemistry from Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC, in 2007. The Wesley Chapel resident had been working at another dental practice in Zephyrhills, but says she was thrilled to move closer to home — and to get to work with Dr. Parasher.
“I am excited to have Dr. Phelps join me,” Dr. Parasher agrees. “I am confident our patients will find that she really lives up to our A Caring Dentist name.”
The Wesley Chapel office is comfortable and inviting and offers the latest in technology, complementing the talented and skilled staff which strives to provide excellence and is committed to quality and safety for every patient. Dr. Parasher is a family dentist, treating patients ages 6 to 96 years old. In addition to caring for the health and maintenance of your teeth and gums, teeth cleaning, repairs, and disease prevention methods, Dr. Parasher has years of experience and is up-to-date on the latest cosmetic dental procedures to help patients improve their smiles.
According to an American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry survey, virtually all adults (99.7-percent) believe that a smile is an important social asset. And, 74% of adults feel an unattractive smile can hurt a person’s chance for career success. To that end, Dr. Parasher says that over the past decade, teeth whitening has become one of the top cosmetic dental procedures patients seek.
Teeth whitening (or bleaching) is a simple, non-invasive dental treatment that changes the color of natural tooth enamel. Surprisingly affordable, teeth whitening can provide a person with a whole new look by erasing discoloration of the teeth that often causes people to smile less and is an ideal way to enhance the beauty of your smile. A Caring Dentist offers the Phillips Zoom whitening system, which includes desensitizers to help minimize tooth sensitivity and protect your enamel. The dentist-supervised, in-office procedure is safe, effective and clinically proven to whiten your teeth up to eight shades.
In recent years, Dr. Parasher says the increased interest in cosmetic dentistry has sparked new techniques and technological advances that enable us to improve our teeth and smiles quickly, efficiently and often with no pain. He adds that there are many techniques and options to treat teeth that are discolored, chipped, misshapen or missing. From composite fillings to porcelain crowns and bridges, porcelain veneers and dental implants, Dr. Parasher has many years of experience to reshape your teeth, close spaces, restore worn teeth, or alter your smile to achieve outstanding results.
Dr. Parasher is a certified Invisalign dentist who has helped his patients correct overbites, underbites, and crowding in the mouth. A popular alternative to braces (although not designed to replace conventional braces for more serious tooth alignment problems), Invisalign uses a custom-made, invisible plastic aligner tray that gradually and gently shifts your teeth into place.
Dr. Parasher explains that a typical Invisalign patient takes about a year from start to finish. You’ll visit the office every month or two to see how you’re progressing. Every few visits you’ll be given additional aligners to continue treatment. Commonly, Dr. Parasher says, the number of aligners worn during treatment is between 18 and 30, but the treatment time and number of aligners will vary from case to case.
Dr. Parasher is married to Dr. Kanchan Parasher, M.D., a family practice physician, whom he met in 1984 in London. The Parashers have a son and daughter, both in their 20s, who each graduated from the University of Miami.
“My son is studying to be an ENT (ear, nose and throat) physician and my daughter currently is deciding between dentistry and optometry,” says Dr. Parasher, who says he and his wife are proud that their children also are passionate about health and the well being of others.
Every year between 2007-11, Dr. Parasher was named one of “America’s Top Dentists” by the Consumers Research Council of America. He also is a member of the American Dental Assn., Florida Dental Assn. and the West Coast Dental Assn.
A Caring Dentist is located at 2641 Windguard Cir. in Wesley Chapel. To make an appointment call 907-3333. The Carrollwood office is located at 11017 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. in Tampa (968-7228). To learn more about the staff and services available at A Caring Dentist, visit Caring-Dentist.com.
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