Dental Hygiene in Shelby Township Michigan


Hi my name is Jessica and I work here at Dr. Antolaks office, The Gentle Dentist in Shelby Township. I work as a part time dental hygienist on Saturdays, Tuesday evenings, and Wednesday evenings.  I graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2010 and I decided I wanted to go into the dental field in high school- it was when I got my wisdom teeth removed. It wasn’t the most fun thing I’ve ever done in my life, but that’s the reason why because I was scared to death and when I went there, I had a lady that was very nice to me and she made everything  just go by very smoothly and made me less scared.

And that’s why I wanted to go into this. I wanted to be someone that made people less scared when they came to the dentist. I decided okay, I’ll go to dental hygiene school and now I love it.

And here I am at Doctor Antolak’s office and this is the favorite dentist I’ve ever been to. Even when I was younger, I jumped around from dentist to dentist and then finally, I came here and found a dental home. Now, I like Doctor Antolak’s office because it’s a Christian office and he truly cares about all of his patients and so I feel really comfortable here and I know all the patients do as well. So, please come visit us at Doctor Antolak’s office and maybe I’ll see you and I’ll clean your teeth. Thank you.

Patient Coordinator at The Gentle Dentist in Shelby Township Michigan


Hi, my name is Jessica. I work at Dr. Antolak’s office, The Gental Dentist in Shelby Township. I work as a part-time dental hygienist and also as a part-time patient coordinator. When I’m not cleaning your teeth, I’ll be at the front desk doing many sorts of responsibilities. And I took on the responsibility of patient coordinator because I wanted a full-time job at this office because I love this office so much. I love everyone who works here, and I feel like Dr. Antolak is a great dentist. The rest of his staff are very nice and friendly and make you feel very comfortable. So that’s why I took on the job as patient coordinator on top of my dental hygienist duties.

And at the front desk; I answer the phone, I’ll make new patient appointments and I’ll see you, I’ll greet you, I’ll check you in and I’ll check you out.

Thank you.

The Gentle Dentist Experience


This is Robert Antolak, the owner of the gentle dentist. I’d like to welcome you to our office. I’d like to tell you a little bit about my background. I’m a graduate of the University of Michigan in 1987.

And since that time, and even before, I learned what it was to be gentle to our patients. When I was a sophomore in dental school, my instructor told us. He said, “You know what, if you want to do a really good job and not hurt your patients,” he said, “what you need to do is to numb yourself up.” And I did at that time.

I learned the best way of doing it. And I learned that it hurts if it’s done too quickly.

So, now when I inject somebody and get them numbed up, I do it with that level of compassion and understanding that I don’t want to hurt you. So, I’ve taken all these years of experience that I’ve had and, and I want to give it to you. As you come into our office, give you the latest techniques, the latest in technology and also a lot of compassion and understanding. You know, we get people come in here every single day had really bad experience at the dentist.

The beautiful thing is we’re able to transform your smile, we’re able to help them with their appearance, we’re able to help them with their self-esteem and how they feel about themselves and I consider that a true blessing and joy when I can able to do that. So, why don’t you become part of our patients, our family of patients and give us a call. So, looking forward to seeing you.