Courtney Allen graduated with her degree in science in 2011. She became a dental assistant through the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB)This link opens a new tab to the DANB website, and she joined a family dental practice. Five years later, she realized she wanted to make a change within the dental community and had a passion for insurance, specifically working with patients to access the best dental care possible.
Since then, she’s been with Surf City Dental and enjoys being able to help patients financially fit dental care into their monthly budget. Courtney has been a member of AADOM since 2018, and she received her MAADOM, Master of Dental Office Management, in 2023.
At the end of 2022, we started offering our patients oral conscious sedation and nitrous oxide. It’s been a game-changer for our community. Being in a small beach town, we had to refer patients out of town. Some had to travel thirty-five minutes to an hour for...
Implementing affordable payment plans for patients is helpful in so many ways! We understand that many patients are not able to pay for all their treatment needs upfront. For many years, we offered CareCredit as a third-party payment option. But then we...
Often, patients come in complaining of facial or joint pain. Our office already offers occlusal guard appliances for nighttime wear, but Dr. Parr saw it wasn’t enough for some people. That’s why he and one of our associate dentists felt the need to take...
