Paul R. Chalifoux, DDS

I grew up loving mathematics and science, however; I could not find professions in mathematics that appealed to me.  Breaking my teeth playing football in high school exposed me to dentistry.  I enjoyed the professional approach of my dentist, how he worked artistically with his hands and the scientific knowledge dentistry required.  My high school yearbook read:  "Ambition: Dentist".

I attended Assumption College knowing they had a great reputation for getting students into dental schools.  After three years, I applied early and was accepted at Georgetown Dental School.  Assumption counted my freshman year of dental school as my senior year at a Assumption which allowed me to graduate.

Dental school was expensive so I applied and was accepted for a Health Scholarship from congress.  In return for each year they paid for and the $334.07 a month I lived on, I owed them a year as a dentist in the army.

Three years of service at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii gave me fifteen years of experience.  Fifteen dentists treated twenty thousand troops.  Because specialists could not handle all the work, general dentists received three month specialty training in each specialty including crowns, bridges, dentures, oral surgery, root canals and gum disease. 

After one year in South Korea and a year at Fort Devens in Massachusetts, I worked for a specialist in Crown and Bridge for two years.  Ultimately buying a practice from Dr. Charles Pollina, one of the true gentlemen of dentistry.

Through the years I have enjoyed my passion for dentistry inventing, publishing, editing for national magazines, designing websites and lecturing.  However, it is performing the art of dentistry and developing relationships with patients as if they are my friend that I love most. 

Robert M. Feingold, DMD