Our friendly and compassionate dental team works alongside Dr. Vanessa N. Vargas, Dr. Rebecca N. Triplett and Dr. Ariel Kunde to provide outstanding dental care in Lake Wylie, South Carolina, and the surrounding areas. With our dental care, we are proud to give our patients the beautiful, strong and healthy smiles you are looking for. If you would like to know more about our team at Carolina Family Dentistry at Lake Wylie, please feel free to read our biographies!
Our Hygienists
Christina
Dental Hygienist
- Years in the Dental Field: 13.
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry: Working with patients who have not been in for a while and being a part of the process of giving them their smile back.
- Favorite Dental Procedure: Full-mouth debridement, where we get to remove all of the heavy tartar (calculus) from above the gumline. Seeing the look on a patient’s face when you have removed all of that buildup is priceless.
- Native Of: Christina claims South Carolina because she has been here the longest, although she is a native of the South in general.
- Family: She and her husband have been together 19 years and married for 14. They have two wild and amazing kids and one crazy dog, Sam.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities: She loves going to the movies, traveling, swimming, hiking and doing 5K fun runs with her family.
Britny
Dental Hygienist
- Years in the Dental Field: Britny is in her ninth year as a dental hygienist.
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry: She enjoys building relationships with our patients and with her teammates in the office.
- Favorite Dental Procedure: Her favorite procedure is full-mouth debridement. She enjoys the process of professionally cleaning a patient’s teeth, especially when the immediate before and after appearance gives the patient more confidence to smile.
- Native Of: Rock Hill, South Carolina.
- Family: Britny has been married for six years and has two boys. They are active in their local church and enjoy serving our community.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities: She enjoys helping with her church’s youth group. She also enjoys biking and running. Britny competed in her first duathlon this year and is currently training for her first half marathon scheduled for this fall.
Alyssa
Dental Hygienist
- Years in the Dental Field: 12
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry: Earning the trust of her patients to help them achieve better oral health.
- Favorite Dental Procedure: Recall appointments — She loves seeing familiar faces!
- Native Of: Summerville, South Carolina.
- Family: Her husband, Danny, who she has been married for over 10 years, and two girls.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities: Reading, working out, spending time with family and traveling.
Our Assistants
Debbie
Dental Assistant
- Years in the Dental Field: 35 years.
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry: She enjoys one-on-one time with people.
- Favorite Dental Procedure: Debbie’s favorite dental procedures are cosmetic cases. They seem to have the biggest impact on a person’s self-confidence.
- Native Of: She has lived in York County for over 30 years. However, she has lived in various states in the United States throughout her life, including a couple of years in Venezuela.
- Family: Debbie has been married to her husband for over 30 years. They have a daughter.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities: Debbie has two cats and two dogs. She loves spending time in the sun and enjoys spending time with her family by the pool or at the beach. She and her daughter enjoy shopping and watching the latest horror movies. Debbie is also a huge Alabama football fan, ROLL TIDE!
Daisy
Dental Assistant
- Years in the Dental Field: 12 years.
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry: Daisy loves when people are happy with our care. She especially loves to see people out of pain and smiling.
- Favorite Dental Procedure: She enjoys assisting with surgical procedures.
- Native Of: Puerto Rico.
- Family: Daisy has two amazing sons.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities: She loves spending time with her family. Daisy also enjoys participating in fun activities with her boys. When she wants to relax, she enjoys reading.
Lauren
Dental Assistant
- Years in the Dental Field:Â Two.
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry:Â Lauren likes meeting and connecting with new people. She also loves being a part of someone loving their smile!
- Favorite Dental Procedure: She most enjoys assisting with surgical procedures as well as cosmetic dentistry. Lauren loves seeing the glow in someone’s smile when they love the way they look.
- Native Of:Â Clover, South Carolina.
- Family:Â She is married to her highschool sweetheart, and they have one beautiful little girl. They also have three doggos, Memphis, Nelson and Mufasa, and two fun ducks, who their daughter named Cooper Webb and Crackpot.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities: Her free time is usually spent reading a book or at track. Both her husband and daughter race ATVs and most of Lauren’s time is spent being pit crew leader for them.
Our Front Desk
Jenny
Dental Front Office Coordinator
- Years in the Dental Field: 22 years.
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry: Helping patients either out of pain or assisting them in utilizing their benefits to achieve a healthy smile.
- Favorite Dental Procedure: Dental implants.
- Native Of: Jenny was born and raised in Greenacres, Florida.
- Family: She has a great husband, a beautiful little girl, a very active teenage son and a Boxer puppy.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities: She enjoys exploring the Carolinas with her family. Jenny also enjoys hiking, traveling, watching football and cooking.
Jennifer
Front Office
- Years in the Dental Field: Jennifer has been in the dental field for six years.
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry: She enjoys seeing the impact that dental work has on patients.
- Native Of: New York.
- Family: She has been married for over 24 years to her husband, Bob. They have two wonderful boys and two puppies, Bailey and Junior.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities: She enjoys walking, crafting and spending time with her family.
Savannah
Front Office
- Years in the Dental Field:Â Three.
- Favorite Aspect of Dentistry: She enjoys bringing patients’ confidence back and relieving and pain they may have.
- Favorite Dental Procedure: Dental implants.
- Native Of:Â Lowrys, South Carolina.
- Family:Â Savannah is a mom of a four-legged dog named Ollie.
- Hobbies/Non-work Activities:Â She enjoys reading, hiking, traveling and cooking.
