We work to enable you to restore and maintain your dental health and attractiveness. Patients visiting a dentist come seeking different levels of dental care based upon the patient’s resources, beliefs, and values. We try to raise the level of dental care sought by educating patients about what better dental care can mean to them in terms of their general health, physical attractiveness, and social confidence.
Our goal is to provide you with quality dentistry and to help you keep all your teeth healthy for the rest of your life. We want to accomplish this with the minimum stress, discomfort and expense.
Our dental office is a health-oriented team of professionals focused on meeting your dental needs. We put aside an especially appointed time to deliver the quality care that you need.
Every time you have an appointment with us, several of our staff have dedicated that time to your care and await your arrival. You, the patient, are part of your health team. By being punctual, you demonstrate your commitment to your dental care.
Our staff recognizes you as a whole person whose dental needs are just a part of your challenging life. Our staff also knows that the quality of your dental care affects how well you function in the rest of your life.
As you enter our office, you will probably meet the staff in the following sequence:
NORMA
Norma has been with our practice since 1996 and is our lead dental assistant. She is a registered dental assistant (RDA) and certified in radiology, infection control, and nitrous oxide sedation, and dental implants. She prides herself on being very meticulous and gentle with the patients. She enjoys educating patients about their treatment options as well as developing long term relationships with her patients. In her spare time she likes to spend time with her children, Xavier and Emily as well as her grandchildren.
MAXINE
Maxine is a registered dental assistant (RDA) that has been with us since 2008. She is certified in digital radiology, jurisprudence, infection control, and nitrous sedation. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her daughter, Sofia. She also likes outdoor activities and is pursuing a license for solo skydiving.
ERIN
Erin began working as a clinical assistant in 2003 and joined our practice in March 2009. Erin came to us highly recommended and already skilled in some of the high technology in use at our office. Erin graduated from dental assistance school as valedictorian and went on for further training by Patterson Dental Supply.
HYGIENISTS
TISH
Talisha “Tish” has been in the dental field since 1995 and has been a registered dental hygienist (RDH) since 2000. She has been part of our practice since she graduated from the dental hygiene program at Wharton Country Junior College in 2000. Tish enjoys making a difference in a person’s oral health and ultimately their overall health. She also enjoys meeting people from different walks of life on a daily basis. She is married and a mother of 3 beautiful children. In her spare time she enjoys reading, traveling and family outings.
NYM
Nym is the only man standing amongst all his women co-workers hence his work nickname, Nym “the ladies man”. He obtained his Baccalaureate in dental hygiene from the University of Texas at Houston Dental Hygiene School and has been with our practice since 2008. He enjoys providing superior dental care and also helps patients work on their fear of dentistry with his great sense of humor. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his fiancé, family, and his church.
SANDRA
Sandra is a dental hygienist that has been with our practice since 2008. She obtained her Baccalaureate in dental hygiene from the University of Texas at Houston Dental Hygiene School. As a dental hygienist, she enjoys educating her patients about oral health and its connection to over all health. She takes pride in being able to build good relationships with her patients as well as being bilingual (Spanish). In her spare time she enjoys watching cooking shows and traveling. She also enjoys going on dental mission trips to under privileged countries.
And, that is only the beginning! In our practice, we require hygienists as well as the dentist to wear magnification and read x-rays. With magnification and our digital positive x-rays, our hygienists often detect potential dental problems even before Dr. Goodall examines your teeth.
Dentist - June Goodall, DDS
June Goodall felt called to be a dentist while in high school, when women were strongly discouraged from becoming dentists. She taught in public school for 15 years until she was able to enter dental school. There were, even then, only eight women in her dental class.
Dentists must complete two years of pre-dental education in an accredited university, pass an entrance exam, sustain four years of dental school and pass a written and clinical exam by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
Dr. Goodall has earned a Bachelor of Science (Univ. Richmond) and Master of Education (Eastern Carolina) prior to becoming a Doctor of Dental Surgery (Univ. Texas - San Antonio).
U.S. News and World Report rated Dr. Goodall’s school, the Univ. of Texas Dental School in San Antonio as the best dental school in the nation in the years Dr. Goodall studied there.
How did she feel about being delayed so many years in getting to fulfill her vocation as a dentist? Dr. Goodall replied, “I guess it was meant to be that I become a human being first.”
Her humanness is characteristic of Dr. Goodall’s style of dentistry. During those early pre-dental years, in addition to her experience teaching, Dr. Goodall underwent many hours of training in interpersonal relations.
Another characteristic of Dr. Goodall’s dentistry is her love and commitment to learning and professional growth. Dr. Goodall takes courses in at least four annual dental conventions:
1) The Greater Houston Dental Society;
2) the Texas Dental Association and
3) the Academy of Laser Dentistry.
4) the (nation-wide) Seattle Dental Study Group
Dr. Goodall has been one of the earliest practitioners of laser dentistry and is one of a few in the nation utilizing this advanced technology.
Dr. Goodall also actively participates in study groups on dental implantology. She interpreted her commencement at Dental School as the beginning of learning, not the completion of it.
Dr. Goodall is not only licensed and experienced but is
also up-to-date and driven to stay up-to-date on the latest dental
technology – driven from within by a desire to learn and
grow in a vocation that she has yearned to fulfill since her teen
years.
Dentist - Cauleen Stepp, DDS
Dr. Cauleen Stepp has been caring for patients for over seven years. Dr. Stepp received her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco, CA. Before moving to Houston, Dr. Stepp worked and lived in Southern California, honing her dental skills and developing a passion for comprehensive dental care, minimally invasive dentistry, and cosmetic dentistry and developing relationships with patients.
Dr. Stepp is an active member of the Greater Houston Dental Society, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the American Dental Association, and the Texas Dental Association. This fall, Dr. Stepp will join Dr. Goodall at the Seattle Study Club.
Dr. Stepp also enjoys using dentistry as an outreach opportunity and has traveled to Peru and the Fiji Islands, performing dentistry for those who otherwise would not have dental care.
In her free time, Dr. Stepp enjoys swimming, golfing, and spending time with her husband, Andrew, and her dog. Dr. Stepp is an active member of First Presbyterian Church Houston, where she enjoys ringing hand bells in the church’s Campanile Choir.
