PERFECT A SMILE DENTAL GROUP - Key Persons

Dr. Alison Allin was fortunate enough to have a wonderful, caring dentist as a child. She actually spent a summer observing and shadowing him. Afterward, she knew she wanted to help people in the same way! A few years later, she graduated summa cum laude from Grove City College with a Bachelor of Science in molecular biology. She went on to graduate with a Doctor of Dental Surgery from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine with highest honors in 2005. She was also named to the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society. Dr. Allin likes being part of a team that helps kids and adults improve their oral health and transform their smiles. She loves doing dermal fillers and facial injections. Her patients enjoy her dental care because she treats each of them with gentleness, respect, and compassion. Their comfort and individual needs are her highest priorities. Dr. Allin is a mom to three young kids, so she does a lot of dishes and laundry in her free time. When she's able, she enjoys camping and traveling, especially to Disney World and Fort Myers Beach.

Dr. Bridget Woodford grew up in Rocky River and graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She then went on to earn her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. Dr. Woodford is an active member of the American Dental Association, Ohio Dental Association and Greater Cleveland Dental Society. Bridget is continually investing in her dental education through professional courses and discussion groups to stay up to date on the latest dental technology and procedures available. She is skilled and experienced in all aspects of dentistry- from comprehensive routine dental care to more advanced cosmetic and restorative dentistry. Bridget strives to provide a relaxed and comfortable dental experience for patients of all ages - with her goal being for every patient to be able to smile confidently. Outside of the dental office, Dr. Woodford enjoys golf and yoga whenever she's not cheering on the Buckeyes with her newlywed husband Brian and dogs Bitsy and Cooper.

Dr. Kim Fury has been involved in dentistry since 1969. After 17 years as a practicing hygienist, Dr. Fury returned to school and earned her Bachelor of Science and Doctorate of Dental Surgery from Case Western Reserve University and the university's School of Dental Medicine, respectively. At her graduation from dental school - achieved through commuting from home and continuing in the roles of wife, mother, and aerobics instructor - Dr. Fury received the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Academic Honorary recognition for her high achievements in academics and character. Continuing education is an enduring focus in Dr. Fury's professional life. Her studies include aesthetic and restorative anterior/posterior dentistry, TMJ dysfunction, endodontics, periodontal/chemo therapeutics, nutrition, exercise, and non-amalgam restorations. Dr. Fury is proud of her graduation from studies at the Dawson Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida in anterior esthetics, occlusion, problem solving, and restorative applications; the Pride Institute of practice management in Chicago; and her leadership in studies at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies in esthetics, occlusal, reconstructive, and neuromuscular dentistry. She is a founding member of North East Ohio Neuromuscular Study Consortium (NEONs), a member and participant in the Academy of Computerized Dentistry of North America (ACDNA); has a certificate of clinical proficiency in diode laser usage through the Academy of Laser Dentistry; and is associated with APEX - a neuromuscular and esthetic dental teaching institute. Dr. Fury has taken both basic and advanced courses for facial injections and dermal fillers, a requisite for becoming a member of the American Academy of Facial Esthetics. Dr. Fury believes that her patients like her because she listens intently to their needs and is happy to answer any questions they have about their dental care. "I actually been in dentistry for 50 years this year. I started out when I was 16 as a dental assistant in Chagrin Falls, which is where our office is and where I grew up from a young age. And I was 16, the guy that I worked for is 26, Roger Rolland in downtown Chagrin. And my junior, senior year of high school, I was in a VO educational school at Chagrin. So I worked for half a day with him Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and I did everything in his office. I was the receptionist, I was an assistant, I just did everything and I just loved dentistry from that point on. I just love being around people, getting to know them. It's like that and my fitness classes, too. A lot of them have been taking class a long time, and we're friends and we know each other. You have to have an open mind being a dentist and not be afraid to go outside your comfort zone. You work in a small space and they want to stay in that small space, and you just have to be willing to go out there and learn new things, but I love that in both areas. And my husband's the same way, luckily, and it's been very, very rewarding to work with him. People think we're nuts when … Other dentists ask us, "How do you do that?" That's the only way we've ever known each other. We'll be married 39 years in March. We do a lot of continuing education, we always have. That's how we got into, that's how you grow, like I said. And you're required in dentistry to have 40 hours of continuing education every two years, and we take way more than that because we love it. I've known many dentists in the past that just stayed, they're not ready for retirement and they've told me they're not going to invest in anything more because there's going to be no benefit. Well, yeah there is. There's a benefit to your patients. You know what? I think just by virtue of just being around us they understand that we're here for them, not for ourselves. They're just like part of our family, really. I mean, they work, we all work really well together, so I enjoy coming here as much as I like going home or going to my fitness classes. It's very rewarding.zz I just love being around people, getting to know them. It's like that and my fitness classes, too. A lot of them have been taking class a long time, and we're friends and we know each other. You have to have an open mind being a dentist and not be afraid to go outside your comfort zone. You work in a small space and they want to stay in that small space, and you just have to be willing to go out there and learn new things, but I love that in both areas. And my husband's the same way, luckily, and it's been very, very rewarding to work with him. People think we're nuts when … Other dentists ask us, "How do you do that?" That's the only way we've ever known each other. We'll be married 39 years in March. We do a lot of continuing education, we always have. That's how we got into, that's how you grow, like I said. And you're required in dentistry to have 40 hours of continuing education every two years, and we take way more than that because we love it. I've known many dentists in the past that just stayed, they're not ready for retirement and they've told me they're not going to invest in anything more because there's going to be no benefit. Well, yeah there is. There's a benefit to your patients. You know what? I think just by virtue of just being around us they understand that we're here for them, not for ourselves. They're just like part of our family, really. I mean, they work, we all work really well together, so I enjoy coming here as much as I like going home or going to my fitness classes. It's very rewarding."

Dr. Ryan is a member of local and state dental societies, along with the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, and the Academy of CAD/CAM Dentistry. His hobbies include backpacking and repelling, kayaking, hockey, skiing, and Greenpeace.