Dr Cindy Pauley Gets Seattle Magazine TOP Dentist Honor

Each year Seattle Magazine has a reader survey where all types of professions, businesses, and services are voted on by the readers of the magazine. There are many major categories such as healthcare, beauty, restaurants and others. Under each of the major categories there are several subcategories. Under healthcare for example, there are subcategories of Cosmetic Dentist, Skin Care, Plastic Surgeon, and Hospital. The current “Best of Everything” for 2009 is posted at the Seattle Magazine website.
Those receiving a required minimum number of reader votes are listed in the Seattle Magazine “Best of Everything”. Searching the Dentists category, the displayed list of “Best of Everything” 2009 Top Dentists includes Dr Cynthia Pauley of Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA. She is among a select few 107 dentists and dentistry specialists listed by Seattle Magazine as a Top Dentist. This is another wonderful honor for Dr Cindy as recognized by her patients as readers of the magazine.

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Dr Cynthia Pauley Elected New President of Seattle-King County Dental Society

Since its founding in 1892, the Seattle-King County Dental Society has promoted the highest levels of oral health for the citizens of King County. Through various venues they provided essential support, dental information and educational opportunities for dental professionals practicing dentistry within King County. The overview page of SKCDS provides more information about resources that are provided to the general public and to dental health professionals. The Seattle-King County Dental Society is a membership organization of approximately 1,700 dentists practicing in greater King County, Washington. It is the largest professional dental organization based in Washington State and is a major component society of both the Washington State Dental Association and the American Dental Association. The Seattle-King County Dental Foundation, established in 1992, works in association with the Sea-King Society to provide access to dental care for many of the neglected and poorer citizens of King County. The Foundation also supports dental educational programs for members of the public and for healthcare professionals. Each year the Foundation has an annual auction which is attended by hundreds of dentists and their spouses, which brings in several hundred thousand dollars to help finance the various projects of the society.


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Pat Pauley DDS and Cindy Pauley DDS

PHOTO: The Pierre Fauchard Academy meeting in Seattle, WA, July 2008. From left to right are Dr Patricia Pauley (Fellow 2006), Dr Barry Feder (President WA Chapter), Dr Cynthia Pauley (Fellow 2008), Dr Charles Eller of California (National PFA President-Elect)

Dr Cynthia Pauley, a Bellevue Cosmetic Dentist, was inducted into the prestigious Pierre Fauchard Academy for Dentists in July 2008. Dr Patricia Pauley, a Cosmetic Dentist Bellevue, was previously inducted as a Pierre Fauchard Academy Fellow in 2006. They became the first mother and daughter dentists to be inducted as Fellows into this international dental honor association. Normally, the chapter president presents the Fauchard Medals to new fellows, but in this case Dr Pat presented Dr Cindy with her medallion. According to Dr Barry Feder, President of the Washington State Pierre Fauchard chapter, the two women Bellevue Cosmetic Dentists are the first mother and daughter dentists inducted as fellows into the prestigious international academy in both Washington State and the entire United States.

The Pierre Fauchard Academy seeks to support the highest of ideals of dentistry throughout the world. It is composed of fellows around the world who have distinguished themselves in the field of dentistry with their commitment and support of educational, community and research activities within the dental profession. To learn more about this international academy for dentists, see the Brookside Dental Newsletter article titled, “Dr Patricia Pauley Inducted into Pierre Fauchard Academy” from Winter 2006/2007 and also the academy’s website. This honor for both Dr Pat Pauley and Dr Cindy Pauley recognizes each person’s many years of dedicated service to the community and to dentistry.

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Dr Gilbert B. Pauley is a professor emeritus of SAFS and a past member and leader of the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Coop Unit). Gil had a long, distinguished career at the School and Coop, serving from 1974 until 1997. He currently works with his wife (Dr Patricia Pauley) and his daughter (Dr Cindy Pauley) who are family and cosmetic dentists in the Seattle, WA, area. Gil takes care of the business and internet aspects of their dental practice at Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA.

In 2002, Gil and his wife Dr Patricia Pauley established a fund to support UW and Washington State University students conducting Coop research. The fund has been used to award graduate students for best oral presentations and scientific poster presentations at the Unit’s Annual Cooperators Meeting. The funds pay for travel expenses to conferences, where the students present the results of their research. In 2007, through the cooperative effort of the University of Washington and the Drs Pauley (Gil and Pat), the award fund established in 2002 became a permanent “Endowed Student Support Fund” at the University of Washington.

Dr Gilbert Pauley

The Coop Unit, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in May 2007, is one of 40 units in 38 states that constitute the national Cooperative Research Unit Program (part of the US Geological Survey). Working with universities, state fish and wildlife agencies, and the Wildlife Management Institute, the various Coop Units coordinate research and graduate training programs. The longstanding relationship that the University of Washington Coop Unit has had with SAFS has yielded mutually beneficial results, providing opportunities and funding for numerous students to pursue research, and in turn, helping the Coop address pressing wildlife and fish management issues.

Gil explained why they chose to support student travel: “Attending scientific conferences is critical to student development. It gives students the chance to practice communicating in front of a group of peers about their work; and, by presenting their work before it’s published, they have a chance to get some feedback.” He added, “These conferences enable students to interact and network with the rest of the scientific community.” Also, this is a way that we as a family can give something back to the University of Washington, where I, my wife and my daughter all received a major portion of our educations.

Several winners of the Pauley Travel Award spoke to the value of the fund: Jennifer McIntyre—oral presentation winner, 2006—said “This generous award allowed me to travel to Newfoundland, Canada, for the Seventh International Congress on Fish Biology, where I was awarded the best student paper in my session. Without the Pauley Award, the trip would have been prohibitively expensive.”

Mike Mazur—oral presentation winner in 2005—used the fund to attend the Hydroacoustic Mobile Survey Workshop in Wyoming. He reflected, “The award enabled me to present my research to applied research scientists and managers, beyond the Pacific Northwest, at a small, informal venue, where I forged valuable relationships critical to any young scientist’s success. Thanks to the Pauley Fund, I was able to bridge the gap between the academic and applied science world and interact with a group of researchers that ordinarily would not know about my work.”

We at the SASF are pleased to announce the establishment of the Gilbert B. Pauley Endowed Student Support Fund. This fund will help ensure travel funding, in perpetuity, for students awarded at each year’s Annual Cooperators’ Meeting.

We extend our gratitude to Gil and Pat Pauley for their generous support of students in the Coop and SAFS programs. For more information on giving at SAFS, please contact Cara Mathison, caram@u.washington.edu, 206-685-1456. For more information on the Campaign for Students, please see how to fund students at the University of Washington.

The above article is reprinted with some editorial changes by permission of the Aquatic & Fishery Sciences Newsletter, University of Washington, Seattle, Spring-Summer 2007, pg 9.

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Brookside Dental was named the Better Business Bureau 2005 Small Business of the Year Award winner and the BBB 2004 Small Business Community Service Award winner.

Beth, Mikiko and Roz at 2005 BBB Business of the Year Award Cerimony

We have some exciting news to share with you. The BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU of Western Washington and Oregon has just implemented a new rating system, which gives an individual business a letter grade ranging between A and F with associated pluses and minuses. Drs Patricia Pauley DDS, Cynthia Pauley DDS, and Brian Cave DDS have all received the highest “A+” rating under this new system of the Better Business Bureau. The letter rating is actually awarded to the individual dental businesses of these dentists. Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA, has received an “A+” Rating, which is the highest rating available in the new Better Business Bureau grading system. Dr Cynthia Pauley and Dr Patricia Pauley are Family and Cosmetic Dentists at Brookside Dental. Complete information and the BBB Reliability Report regarding the Brookside Dental Better Business Bureau “A+” review is available online. Dayton Dental, Edmonds, WA, also received the highest BBB Rating of “A+” , where Dr Brian Cave (Dr Cindy Pauley’s husband) is located as a Family and Cosmetic Dentist. Information and the Reliability Report including business history related to the Dayton Dental Better Business Bureau “A+” review also is available online.

This new Better Business Bureau letter rating system has been set up to help consumers identify more reliable businesses. The BBB ratings are objective, based on a computer generated formula, and are evaluated on 16 different factors. The letter rating system is based on standards that were developed using objective information and actual incidences of each rated business’ behavior. For consumers, BBB Accreditation remains the most reliable way for them to identify trustworthy businesses. The BBB issues Reliability Reports on all businesses, whether or not they are a BBB Accredited business. However, if a business does have BBB Accreditation, it will be noted in the Reliability Report. This report is a summary of each individual company’s BBB file, which includes the company history along with any consumer issues and government actions. Accredited businesses may display the BBB Accreditation Seal on their websites only if they have met the BBB accreditation standards. Both Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA, and Dayton Dental, Edmonds, WA, are Accredited BBB members in good standing and both family and cosmetic dental offices proudly display the BBB Accreditation Seal on their websites.

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Dr Pat & Dr Cindy

Dr. Patricia Pauley and Dr. Cynthia Pauley, Cosmetic Dentists at Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA, each have been named one of America’s Top Dentists in the new 2007 Consumers’ Research Council of America “Guide to America’s Top Dentists 2007″. They were previously listed in the “Guide to America’s Top Dentists 2003-2004″. The Consumers’ Research Council of America, a Washington, D.C., based research organization, provides consumers’ information guides for various professional services throughout America, including dentists and physicians. It is their purpose to help educate and assist consumers in obtaining the finest professional services.

The Consumers’ Research Council of America “Guide to America’s Top Dentists 2007″ was compiled from dentists throughout the United States by utilizing a point value system. This system is based on experience for each year the dentist has been in practice, training and continuing education courses, certifications and dental specialties, and professional association memberships.

Consumers’ Research Council of America does not accept fees, donations, sponsorships or advertising from any individuals, professionals, corporations or associations. This policy was enacted and is strictly adhered to insure an unbiased selection for the lists of America’s Best.

Dr. Patricia Pauley and Dr. Cynthia Pauley at Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA, were also recently featured in the “Seattle Magazine” 2005 Top Dentist issue. In this issue, Dr Cynthia Pauley was named as one the Top 10 Cosmetic Dentists in the Seattle area and one of the Top 20 general dentists in the Seattle area–only three other dentists were named in two top dental categories.

Dr Cynthia Pauley Cosmetic Dentist

Dr Cindy Pauley Voted a Seattle Top 10 Cosmetic Dentist in Seattle Magazine
Top Dentists in the Seattle metropolitan area were chosen by their peers in several categories. The Seattle Magazine Top Dentists list is the result of a survery the magazine conducted in which they asked over 3,000 dentists in the greater Seattle area, which colleagues that they would entrust with the dental care of their own family members. The results of this survery’s peer-recommended list of dentists is an excellent tool that anyone can use to find an excellent dentist for your family’s dental needs and desires.

Ten Cosmetic Dentists were listed by Seattle Magazine as being selected by their peers to perform techniques that will greatly enhance a person’s smile and overall appearance. Dr Cynthia Pauley DDS at Brookside Dental was voted as one of those Top 10 Cosmetic Dentists in the Seattle area. Cosmetic Dentists perform such procedures as tooth whitening, laser gum surgery, porcelain veneers, porcelain crowns, all porcelain bridges, dental implants, porcelain crowns on implants, tooth-colored fillings and selected cosmetic tooth movement or cosmetic orthodontia.

Dr Cindy was also selected as one of the Top 20 General Family Dentists in this same survery of over 3,000 dentists in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties which make up the greater Seattle Metropolitan Area. Only four Seattle Area Dentists, including Dr Cindy, were selected in more than one category. General family dentists do a wide variety of dental services including application of dental sealants to prevent tooth decay in childern. It has been shown in numerous studies that dental selants will prevent decay in the posterior molars for many years when they are applied at a young age. Many of the patients at Brookside Dental have gone for over 20 years without any cavities on teeth that received dental sealants. Other dental sealant information is on the Brookside Dental website.
The Seattle Magazine Top Dentist Issue also featured Dr Patricia Pauley DDS and a Question and Answer session with Dr Cindy regarding the fact that they are one of the few mother and daughter dental teams on the planet. They have practiced together for about 15 years, which may be a parent-child dental relationship that is unequalled. The modern tools, techniques and materials available to dentists today and to Dr Cindy and Dr Pat at Brookside Dental make a visit to their dental spa a relaxing and enjoyable event. One of Dr Cindy’s patient’s recently sent a very complimentary letter about her work and indicated in it that his “visits to Brookside Dental were among his favorite destinations second only to going for coffee at Starbucks.”
Dr Cynthia Pauley is very pleased and honored to receive this Top Dentist recognition from her peers in the dental field. You can visit her Brookside Dental website and her Cosmetic Dentistry Blog site for additional information on Cosmetic Dentistry and family dentistry and to see before and after pictures of many dental procedures.

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Brookside Dental was announced on February 10, 2006, by the Better Business Bureau as the winner of the prestigious 2005 Small Business of the Year Award (50 or fewer employees).

BBB Business of the Year 2005 Award

Brookside Dental was the only medical-dental business chosen to be one of the 15 finalists for the 2005 award. According to Robert Andrew, President of the BBB, there are hundreds of companies nominated by the public for these awards. All nominees submit a two-page executive summary describing their company and from these nominees the award finalists are chosen. The finalists go thru a competition that includes both written and oral presentations to the BBB Awards Panel. Nominees are required to be in good standing with the BBB, although membership is not required. Finalists were judged on their standards of ethics, customer service, community involvement, and innovative business practices. Several hundred people attended the BBB awards luncheon ceremony where Brookside Dental was announced as the award winner for 2005. The complete list of Western Washington award winners can be viewed at www.thebbb.org”>the Better Business Bureau web site. “The Business of the Year program is designed to promote the importance of ethical business practices and the efforts made by outstanding businesses to ensure that Western Washington’s marketplace remains fair and honorable,” according to Mr. Andrew. “The Business of the Year finalists are chosen for their exceptional commitment to their customers (patients), employees, communities, and suppliers and exemplify the ideals of the Better Business Bureau.” The prestigious 2005 Small Business of the Year Award recognizes overall excellence in the marketplace as well as dedication to our patients, our employees and the community.

Awards are given to one small and one large business in the categories of: customer service, innovative business practices, and community involvement, as well as the overall category of Business of the Year.

This is the second Better Business Bureau Award for Brookside Dental, which was the winner of the 2004 Community Involvement Award which has details available to be viewed at another post in this blog. The doctors and staff of Brookside Dental are honored to have received both of these prestigious awards. We thank our great patients that nominated us for these awards. We will continue to provide you with superior service, gentle family dentistry and exceptional cosmetic dentistry.

Dr Cynthia Pauley and Dr Patricia Pauley provide exceptional high quality dental services at Brookside Dental where they specialize in family and cosmetic dentistry. Descriptions of several of the Cosmetic Dentist procedures and services that they provide at Brookside Dental are given elsewhere.

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The Pierre Fauchard Academy is an International Dental Honor Organization that recognizes outstanding dentists from around the world.� Dr Patricia Pauley DDS, Brookside Dental, Bellevue, WA, was inducted into the prestigious Pierre Fauchard Academy on July 13, 2006. Dr Pat Pauley was one of only seven new Dental Fellows from Washington State inducted into the Academy in 2006.� The Academy celebrates the achievements of its members at the time of induction.� There are only 132 Washington State dentists that are Dental Fellows in the Pierre Fauchard Academy.� This honor recognizes the many years of dedicated service to the community and to dentistry by Dr Pauley.� Dr Barry Feder, President, Washington State Section, Pierre Fauchard Academy, presented medals to the seven new Pierre Fauchard Washington State Dentists at the induction ceremony on July 13, 2006, in Seattle, WA.

The Academy seeks to support the highest ideals of dentistry throughout the world in both ethical and moral practice, through service to community, country and profession.� The Pierre Fauchard Academy, founded in 1936 is comprised of fellows from around the world who have distinguished themselves in their commitment and support of educational, community and research activities within the dental profession. Through its Foundation, the Academy provides grants for a range of academic and public health projects and programs, as well as financial encouragement to dental undergraduate students.

Dr Pierre Fauchard (1678-1761), the father of modern dentistry, styled himself as a chirurgien-dentiste (surgeon dentist), the first practitioner to use this title professionally.�� He was responsible for developing some new and ingenious designs for dental appliances, which greatly improved the outlook for those patients unfortunate enough to require them.� Patients traveled great distances to utilize his skills and services.� He was a surgeon in the French Navy, following which he began working as a dentist in Western France. He read widely and studied crafts such as watch-making and jewelry-making, from which he adapted techniques and instruments that he felt were useful to dentistry.^� His unprecedented competency and conscientiousness earned him an outstanding reputation as a dentist of unparalleled skill and acumen.� Dr Fauchard�s advice and talents were regularly in demand by some of the most accomplished surgeons of his time.

The practice of dentistry at that time had been stifled by jealousy, because dental knowledge and techniques were regarded as valuable property by the more competent and skilled practitioners, and were rarely shared with other dental colleagues. In a significant break with tradition, Dr Fauchard published a textbook in 1728 entitled Le Chriurgien Dentiste ou Trait� des Dent (The Surgeon Dentist or Treatise on the Teeth) in two volumes of over 800 pages, which included many illustrations.� In this way Dr Fauchard shared his considerable knowledge and wealth of observations with colleagues and students, describing his techniques with exceptional clarity and detail. Many of his suggestions were radical for dental practice in those days, but his practice of seating patients rather than having them lie down is still used today.� Additional information about the Pierre Fauchard Academy may be obtained at www.fauchard.org .

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