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Dental Dreams, LLC

Dental Dreams, LLC is a dynamic, growing company with offices in northern Illinois, Texas and Massachusetts. Its mission is to provide high quality dental services in first-class facilities to people in underserved communities. The group has more than 150 employees and over 60 dental providers currently staffing their offices nationwide.  Dental Dreams hires only the most qualified dentists who are committed to personal, superior patient care. In fact, more than 94% of Dental Dreams’ patients say they would recommend them to family and friends.

Good oral health means more than just strong teeth. According to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, new research is pointing to an association between chronic oral infections, and heart and lung disease. Periodontal disease and diabetes have long been known to be correlated. Oral health is integral to general health. For children, access to dental treatments is essential for long term good health as well as self confidence and social growth. Unfortunately, the same report notes that for every child under the age of 18 with health insurance, there are two children without dental insurance.

In a recent article, the Chicago Tribune noted that Stroger Hospital takes 7,000 calls per month from people seeking dental treatments, but the hospital only has 777 appointments available each month. Dental Dreams is working to fill that void for Medicaid and All Kids patients.

What most of the public doesn’t realize is that tooth decay is the most common childhood disease.  It is five times more common than asthma, and it results in 51 million lost school hours every year.  According to the most recent National Center for Health Statistics report, released in April 2007, several disparities along ethnic, racial and economic lines were documented.  Three times as many poor children had untreated dental disease compared with their more affluent counterparts, according to the report.  Thirty-one percent of Mexican-American children ages 6 – 11 had cavities in their permanent teeth, compared with 19 percent of the non-hispanic white children.  Dental Dreams is fulfilling an important unmet need, as very few dentists nationwide are willing to provide services to patients on public aid.

Approximately 40% of Dental Dreams' patients are under the age of 18. Our providers participate in many community events and free screenings throughout the community.

Dental Dreams, LLC is owned and operated by Sameera Hussain, a licensed dentist. She graduated summa cum laude from Boston University's Goldman School of Dentistry in 1997. She has practiced dentistry almost exclusively in underserved neighborhoods, and now oversees all clinical operations for the Dental Dreams clinics. Her responsibilities include managing all vendor relations, overseeing lab work and dental supplies, and evaluating the compliance and performance of each dentist.