Arnold Smiles (General Dentistry)

12/14/2023

Today is “National Horse Day”… making it the perfect day to share photos from our holiday party. We have the most awesome team, and planned (and executed) one of the strangest/coolest work parties in history. Lunchtime party, buffet spread from Honey Bee’s in Kirkwood, a fun game of “Rob-your-Neighbor”, followed buy some mini-horse selfies/snuggles/ and an impromptu “horse show”😂🤣😂. We had the party at my crazy house, and my mini horses and dog were SO EXCITED about all the visitors. My white horse “Lady” was begging to come in the house to play the games. So happy most of our team was able to attend. Wishing all of you Happy Holidays…. And I hope your work parties are half as strange and fun as ours was!—❤️Dr Mariscal

11/06/2022

Sneak peak of the new billboard design. I’m working on a mock up tonight. Thanks Suzy Gorman for always making us look good…. Even when we are literally bobble heads🤣😂🤣

09/02/2022

We are proud of Dr Kirthi Tata. She doesn’t just create beautiful smiles at our office… she also does amazing things with the MDA and American Dental Association! In her ”free time” she helped the American Dental Association start a podcast.

At this year's American Dental Association , a new podcast will premiere called “Dental Sound Bites,” an ADA podcast created for dentists by dentists. MDA Dr. Kirthi Tata and Graham Naasz, both UMKC School of Dentistry alums, helped the ADA develop the “Dental Sound Bites” podcast and were two of several early career dentists and dental students who helped the ADA create it. Follow link to read more and thanks Drs. Tata and Naasz for your leadership! We can't wait to listen! ada.org/publications/ada-news/2022/august/your-favorite-dental-podcasts-live

03/30/2022

Who has see the April issue of St Louis Magazine? Do the doctors on page 79 look familiar? Thank you to our peers and St Louis Magazine….but most of all thank you to our team and our patients who allow us to do what we love❤️

11/17/2021

Update: RE Delta Dental

1. I want to thank everyone who reached out to Delta Dental. We have received a “Cease and Desist” from Delta Dental’s attorney (which is why the original Delta Dental FB post was removed). We tried to make this work. However, the fight is over.

2. All dentists in our practice will be out of network with Delta Dental starting December 1, 2021. Many of you have received letters from them already. Due to fundamental disagreements with Delta Dental, I made the difficult decision to terminate Arnold Smiles’ relationship. If they change their business practices in the future, I would love for us to rejoin Delta Dental’s network.

3. What does this mean for patients with Delta Dental insurance? This is the big question. We understand that Delta Dental allows each employer to create their own plan. In the past, we have seen thousands of different Delta Dental insurance plans with many different benefits. Some employers even have more than one tier available to their employees. Most policies also have out-of-network benefits. We have been a “Premier Only” practice since 2016. We understand that almost all Delta Dental policies with Premier benefits have Out-of-Network benefits. We will be helping patients navigate their policies to see if this increases what you pay when we see you. I will do everything in my power to help you during this transition. Please let us help you explore your Out-of-Network benefits before you think about changing insurance.

4. We plan to send a letter to all patients with Delta Dental announcing our network departure and our plan moving forward. I will have more answers for people in the coming weeks. If you would like for us to review your benefits, please send us an email at the address we have set up for this project, arnoldsmilesinsurance@gmail.com, and we will contact you for additional information.

Thank you for your help and understanding as we go through this difficult process in the coming months.

Sincerely, Erin Mariscal, DDS/ Owner Arnold Smiles

12/09/2020

We are collecting toys for the Bennett Project! We have a collection box in the waiting room for anyone who would like to donate. Of course we will be filling it with some presents too🎁🎁🎁🎁

09/19/2020

We’ve been busy implementing a new feature that we hope makes your busy life just a little easier! You can now schedule appointments online for your preventative visits (cleanings/exams) and you can also schedule online for problem focused exams (tooth ache/ broken tooth). This feature is available for our existing patients and also for new patients. We will continue to book restorative treatment appointments (fillings/crowns)over the phone for now. Scheduling buttons/book now buttons have been added to our website, Facebook and Google. We always try to stay on the cutting edge of technology, and hope this feature makes your life a little easier! 🙂

09/02/2020

We’ve had a busy few months reopening and installing all of our new air quality systems. Our surgically clean air jade units have been installed in all treatment rooms, and our cascade unit that’s the size of a refrigerator has been installed in the center of the office. We have extra-oral suction units and also have fitted all of our hvac systems with the i-wave ionizers. As always, your safety and the safety of our team is our top priority!

05/08/2020

Update: We are tentatively planning to reopen for routine care Monday May 18th. It looks like we will have the equipment and PPE we need by then. We will continue to monitor the Covid-19 situation and advisories for dentists. In Jefferson County we were allowed to open this week. We chose not to because we didn’t have our new filtration system yet and because we are so close to St Louis County we felt we should wait. I will post more details as we get closer to opening about all the cool stuff we are doing and new streamlined protocols. We are excited to get back in the office and serve our patients.... and I just wanted to share that we are getting close!!!!!

05/01/2020

My professional essay was published this morning. I wrote this Monday morning just to collect my thoughts and share what I’m going through as a dentist and business owner. Thanks to my dear friend and amazing hygienist Christina Lindberg for encouraging me to submit it for publication❤️

In the post-COVID world business owners are grappling with the new normal, but few have as many unknowns as dentists.  Our profession is among the few that cannot be done while everyone is wearing a mask, leaving both providers and patients vulnerable to a virus we still know little about.