Dave King

I feel strongly that each of us has the capacity to reach out and touch the lives of others for good.  For some of us it is with the resources we are blessed with; for others it is with the talents we have and skills that we have developed, and yet for others it is with the corny and often over-rated dad jokes and silliness that we are all too often over filled with.  That capacity to bless and help others isn't very helpful without the desire to serve.  While dentistry has provided me a means to support my family, it has also provided me many opportunities to reach out to those less fortunate, both with regard to financial means they posses and with regard to their individual dental and orofacial health.  I desire and feel obligated to give back to the profession, and to give back to the people who rely on the services rendered the dental profession.  I am a family focused man.  I have been married to my sweetheart since May ‘00, and we have 5 children.  My wife and my children are the center of my life.  I was called to serve a 2-year mission to the people of Taiwan where I learned to speak the Mandarin Chinese language.  I was blessed with the opportunity to serve them in a variety of ways, and on a variety of levels. From a general dental standpoint, I am a dental generalist, meaning I generally do dentistry, but also try to do as much farming, flower farming, outside adventures, and family fun time as possible.  (It is, after all, the flower farming that my wife and I do that allows me to justify the owning of and driving of a tractor). Yep, I'm a full time dentist who flower farms in the evenings and weekends, or perhaps I should say I'm a flower farmer who pretends to be a dentist during work hours who also enjoys and has great passion for sharing knowledge and brightness with as many people as possible.  I've found that the simple nugget of knowledge found in everyday life when taught to others and shared with an authentic smile can be of profound importance and influence over time....you know, the "time value of nuggets." Anyway, I think teaching is terrific, I find farming an absolute adventure, and I delight in doing dentistry...all because there is an opportunity to share knowledge, to compassionately foster, and to help and serve another. Thanks for connecting with me in my purpose to "Brighten The World, One Smile at a Time."