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Geri Hunter
ORTHO 92
DR. GERI HUNTER ORTHO 92 HAS BEEN A PIONEER of New Hampshire’s Seacoast Region for decades, after partnering with pediatric dentist Dr. Jon Wendell 30 years ago to create the area’s first joint pediatric dentistry and orthodontic group practice.
Wendell knew many of his pediatric patients would need orthodontic treatment. His vision was to form two dental practices, pediatric and orthodontic, connected in one dental home. Hunter saw an opportunity to create a more streamlined experience for patients—in the joint practice, patients are able to book back-to-back appointments with both specialties—and the duo opened Portsmouth Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics in 1993. “I think more orthodontists should work in this type of arrangement,” Hunter said. “We share X-rays,
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we share sterilization, we share the lab, and then his dental chairs are on one side and my chairs are on the other side.”
with GSDM-educated orthodontists during his training at Boston Children’s Hospital and agreed philosophically with their treatment methods.
Hunter credits her dental career to her GSDM education—plus a dose of perfect timing. As Hunter approached the end of her orthodontics residency at GSDM, she was exploring setting up an orthodontic practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. At that same time, Wendell had just purchased a pediatric dental practice in Portsmouth and was looking for an orthodontist—a GSDM-educated orthodontist. Wendell had worked
Wendell sent an inquiry letter to the GSDM orthodontic department. Hunter saw the letter, contacted him, and the pair formed Portsmouth Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics in 1993. They have been working together ever since. “We [both] have this tremendous care for our patients,” Hunter said. “It has made it easy for us to work together given that we had the same treatment