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22 | January 11, 2018 | 22nd century media <strong>Healthy</strong> <strong>Living</strong><br />
22ndCenturyMedia.com<br />
Local dentist does more than just clean teeth<br />
For Dr. Lena Halikias,<br />
dentistry goes far beyond<br />
a regular checkup and the<br />
occasional filling.<br />
She believes that going<br />
to the dentist and receiving<br />
oral care should be a comfortable<br />
experience for the<br />
patient, and one that looks<br />
at the whole picture when<br />
considering patients’ options.<br />
A smile is like a fingerprint,<br />
true and unique. Everything<br />
done at Perfect<br />
Smiles is meant to produce<br />
and perfect smile. Extraordinary<br />
dentistry, impeccable<br />
service. It blends<br />
the team, the tools and<br />
advanced technologies to<br />
deliver cutting-edge dentistry.<br />
Halikias is part of a team<br />
of seven specialists behind<br />
the practice Perfect Smiles,<br />
which recently opened its<br />
doors in Frankfort.<br />
Perfect Smiles is unique<br />
in its approach to oral care,<br />
because it is a multispecialty<br />
practice.<br />
Patients are not referred<br />
from specialist to specialist<br />
to receive the appropriate<br />
treatment or preventative<br />
care. Instead, the<br />
Perfect Smiles experts can<br />
provide general dentistry,<br />
periodontic, endodontic,<br />
orthodontic, oral surgery<br />
and implant services for<br />
the patient within the same<br />
practice.<br />
Patients can imagine<br />
their total dental needs<br />
cared for in one central<br />
place: general, surgical<br />
and cosmetic. They should<br />
imagine no longer bouncing<br />
from appointment to<br />
appointment.<br />
At Perfect Smiles, the<br />
team will review a case at<br />
one common table, sharing<br />
the same set of current<br />
diagnostics and enhancing<br />
the care plan. Its team of<br />
elite professionals will rotate<br />
within the offices.<br />
Perfect Smiles opened<br />
its Frankfort location recently,<br />
but Perfect Smiles<br />
also is in Oak Forest, Palos<br />
Park, Champaign and Elmhurst.<br />
There is a strong sense<br />
of community ingrained<br />
in the work that Halikias<br />
and the other specialists at<br />
Perfect Smiles do. Their<br />
comprehensive approach<br />
to oral care is part of their<br />
commitment to give patients<br />
healthy and beautiful<br />
smiles, so they put forth<br />
an effort to make these<br />
services accessible to the<br />
community.<br />
Halikias also participates<br />
in Give Back a<br />
Smile, a program under<br />
the American Academy of<br />
Cosmetic Dentistry that<br />
provides free care to victims<br />
of domestic and sexual<br />
violence by restoring<br />
their smiles.<br />
“I was a victim of domestic<br />
violence, and I was<br />
passionate about cosmetic<br />
dentistry,” Halikias said. “I<br />
have taken care of quite a<br />
few victims that way, so I<br />
thought I should give back<br />
in my own community.”<br />
Seven years ago, Halikias<br />
founded the Chicago<br />
Smile Foundation, an organization<br />
that provides<br />
free dental care to women<br />
in local shelters so they<br />
can have an easier time<br />
getting back to work. If<br />
these women have children,<br />
Chicago Smile Foundation<br />
will give them care<br />
free of charge, as well.<br />
People can be calm, content<br />
and confident, knowing<br />
this will be no common<br />
visit. The service they<br />
will receive at any of Perfect<br />
Smiles’ five privatelyowned<br />
practices, where an<br />
ideal fusion of talent and<br />
technology bring out the<br />
best in everyone’s smile.<br />
People can get a free<br />
consultation with Halikias<br />
and associates.<br />
Submitted by Perfect Smiles,<br />
11137 W. Lincoln Highway in<br />
Frankfort. For more information,<br />
call (815) 277-2840 or<br />
visit www.allperfectsmiles.<br />
com.<br />
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