Meet Dr. Chilton

“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.” – Pearl S. Buck

After 27 years, I can still say I was meant to be a dentist. I love almost everything about dentistry. Well, maybe not spit. I could do without spit.

As a child, I was always building things with my hands and had a knack for art. I would have two or three model kits going at one time and eventually I built my own models from scratch. I had a chemistry kit and a microscope and was an avid birdwatcher – all before the age of 12. Many years later I graduated from college with a research paper that was published in a scientific journal. I taught pre-nursing programs at a local college for a couple years and eventually, everything blended together, and I graduated with honors from both dental school and my dental residency. Dentistry for me was a unification of my life skills, childhood passions, and the drive for mastery.

My mantra as a young man was to “know something so well I could teach it.” The caveat to my skill set as a dentist is that I am truly a people person – this is not always a skill you see in a nerdy, geeky, birdwatching artist that likes precision and excellence. When mentoring others about dentistry, I always say it is never a tooth walking into my waiting room. Teeth are always attached to a person and the person is attached to a story, a voice, and a life. My office and staff reflect my life’s commitment to dentistry. I value and cherish my patients who trust me with my skills and their dental health.