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Bristol Park Dental sees a change in ownership

JIM COSSAART, CENTER, recently sold Bristol Park Dental to Drs. Charlotte Church and Farid Hamidzadeh. The incoming dentists plan to expand services to include specialty treatments. Photo by Buzz Kuhns

BRISTOL — A pair of dentists, Farid Hamidzadeh and Charlotte Church, has purchased Bristol Park Dental from Jim and Deb Cossaart, and will begin offering expanded services.
The soon-to-be husband-and-wife team already have experience practicing in town.
Church, who has worked as an associate at Bristol Park since January, practices general dentistry, and Hamidzadeh, former dental director for Mountain Health Center, has trained in a number of more complex procedures.
“We’ve invested almost as much in new technology as in the practice itself,” Hamidzadeh said.
The new state-of-the-art services now available at Bristol Park Dental include implant placement, molar root canals, wisdom tooth extraction, same-day crowns, clear braces, airway management for sleep apnea, 3-D imaging, painless injection and oral sedation.
Same-day crowns, for instance, work like this, according to Hamidzadeh:
•  The patient comes in for a crown or bridge.
•  The dental staff takes a digital impression.
•  The dentist designs and mills the crown and cement it in the same appointment.
Computer-aided design, or CAD, technology dispenses with gooey impressions, temporary crowns and the weeks-long wait for the final product.
“We value people’s time,” Hamidzadeh said. “Our patients are working people, 9-to-5 people. We want to eliminate unnecessary visits for them.”
Much of the practice’s new technology is en route this week, but the practice is about much more than shiny new medical gadgets.
“We want our practice to have a mom-and-pop feel,” Church said. “Our mission is to bring specialty care to a more rural area and to be a hub for full-service dentistry, but we also like a fun atmosphere. We want to make people feel comfortable and taken care of.”
Which is why the Cossaarts, who opened Bristol Park in 2014 and built it up from scratch, have chosen to pass the torch to Church and Hamidzadeh.
“We were looking to pass on the practice to people with similar values,” said Jim Cossaart. “Dentistry can be such a numbers game. (Farid and Charlotte) are two really great doctors who will take care of my patients.”
Church, who began practicing dentistry in 2014, studied — and taught — at University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry.
Hamidzadeh studied at the University of Florida, then completed postdoctoral work during a six-year stint with the U.S. Navy.
Not only did he acquire specialized training during his military service, but he also performed work on animals, including working seals and dogs.
Speaking of dogs, Bristol Park Dental has a new office canine.
Lulu, the couple’s 10-week-old German shepherd–St. Bernard mix will join the Cossaarts’ Maltese-poodle, Grady, until Grady’s own retirement.
Deb Cossaart will continue as Bristol Park’s office manager, and new hiring will bring the practice’s total staff up to eight.
The office is currently open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, but patients can look forward to expanded hours in the next few months, Hamidzadeh said.
On Dec. 6, the dentists will hold an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. as part of Bristol’s annual Chocolate Walk.
Reach Christopher Ross at [email protected].

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