Duo opens Silver Creek with heart
Silver Creek Dental Care features dentists Dr. Timothy J. “TJ” Hinderliter and Dr. Zack R. Martin at 1491 Hardin Valley Road, in front of Food City, that opened in February.
“I joined the team in April,” said Martin, who traveled from Florida to come on board with the team of 11.
“We are actually part of a larger parent organization, so there are multiple practices, but they are all doctor-led, so it is our practice, but we do have a managing partner,” Hinderliter said, adding the managing partner “figured out the location, signage and all the stuff that, as doctors, we don’t have to think about.”
“Our focus is on the patients,” Martin said.
“That’s the point here,” Hinderliter said. “We both have a heart for investing in the neighboring community.”
As such, they recently were presenters during a Hardin Valley Elementary career fair for students.
Hinderliter and Martin provide the full gamut of services, starting with standard crown, bridge and fillings.
Plus, “we do root canals, extractions, dentures and we’re expanding to implants,” Martin said.
“I think the list of what we don’t do is probably smaller than what we do simply because we’re set up here to try to do everything in house,” Hinderliter said.
They care for everyone: men, women and children.
Hinderliter, who has a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree, is a 2023 graduate of A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health in Mesa, Arizona, his home state. He did a residency at a Veterans Administration hospital in Arkansas.
Martin is a 2024 graduate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s School of Dentistry in Bradenton, Florida.
Afterward, “I started working in St. Petersburg for a year,” he added.
“Residency is optional for dental,” Hinderliter added.
About why they went into the dental profession, “the short answer we agreed on is to make people smile,” Hinderliter said. “The longer answer, for me, is building patient relationships, getting to know my patients.
“It plays into our mission to be able to do as much as we can for as many as we can,” he added.
“Things get expensive really quickly when you start referring to specialists,” Martin said.
The office is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday; from 7 to 6 p.m., Tuesday; from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday; from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday; from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday; and closed Saturday and Sunday. To book an appointment, call 865-312-7820 or visit silvercreekdentalcare.com
