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Best Guy To Drool On As Your Mouth Goes Slack

Steven Van Wicklen, DDS

Best Guy To Drool On As Your Mouth Goes Slack
Jana Birchum
photograph by Jana Birchum

Terrified of tooth-tinkering dentists? Prefer dealing with decay over dang drilling? Fear no more, the ever kind and gentle Dr. Van Wicklen caters to the biggest fraidy-cats out there and he NEVER sends out covert, telepathic messages that he thinks you're a wimp. A human version of those Eight-Ball toys you quiz about your every curiosity, Van Wicklen answers all questions patiently, and you don't even have to turn him upside-down and shake him. Our critic, the kind of gal who has to get up and pee three times during one visit based not on her bladder but her nerves, was so pleased with a recent filling-insertion, that she's started to eat raw sugar at every meal in hopes of creating new excuses to have the gentle dentist continue to prove crowns and fillings don't have to be the nightmare some doctors make them.