After working nearly a decade in New York’s frenetic advertising industry, Dr. Brick found his calling in dentistry, which he loves for its patient relationships and the ability to work with his hands. “I never had doctors or dentists in my family, so I had to blaze the path for myself. Dentistry is my true passion and what I was born to do.”

“I treat every patient like I would treat my mother,” says Dr. Brick, who readily admits he had a good deal of dental work done in his teens and twenties because of a sugary diet. “With that history firmly in mind, I feel it’s my responsibility to always be upfront, to educate patients on their options and then support their decisions.”

The focus on saving and restoring teeth through materials like silver diamine fluoride. “It truly arrests the decay and creates a barrier, so the pulp is protected. In many cases of large decay, these teeth would have assuredly become root canals. We’re now able to prolong the life of the tooth.”

“I turned vegan two years ago for health reasons. Going plant-based was strange, especially as I was the kind of person who would order an ‘extra non-vegan, non-vegan’ ice cream. Now here I am, the butt of my own joke.”