Our Team

Three specialists, one building.

Name: A New You Center for Dentures, Implants & Periodontics
Address: 2412 Patterson Rd STE 7, Grand Junction, CO, 81505, US
Telephone: (970) 763-1522
Price range: $$

A board-certified periodontist who performs every surgery here, an oral medicine dentist with 22 years in the Grand Valley, and a dedicated nurse anesthetist. Most patients only need one of us. The complicated cases get all three, in the same conversation.

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Periodontics & Surgery

Dr. Kristen Yant, DMD, MS

Harvard School of Dental Medicine · University of Maryland School of Dentistry

Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. Three years of accredited surgical residency beyond dental school, plus a Master’s in oral biology, in the treatment of gum disease, bone loss, recession and dental implants. She performs every surgery here.

Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
DMD, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Periodontal residency & MS in Oral Biology, University of Maryland
American Academy of Periodontology · ADA · Colorado Dental Association

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Oral Medicine & Medically Complex Care

Dr. John Poovey, DMD

Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Magna cum laude, voted the number one clinical graduate of his class, and 22 years caring for patients in the Grand Valley. He sees consultations, with particular attention to medically complex patients, and coordinates directly with their physicians.

2023 Innovation Award, American Academy of Osseointegration
Diplomate, International Congress of Oral Implantology
Mastership, American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics
22 years in the Grand Valley

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Anesthesia

Daniel C. Mower, MSNA, CRNA

Wolford College · Indian Creek Anesthesia, LLC

Board-certified nurse anesthesiologist, with more than ten years across hospital and outpatient surgical specialties. Sedation is handled by a dedicated anesthesia provider, not by the surgeon between steps — you are monitored by one person whose only job is your comfort and safety.

Owner, Indian Creek Anesthesia, LLC
MSN in Nurse Anesthesia, Wolford College
Level One Trauma ICU, Holston Valley Medical Center
BSN, Grand Canyon University · ADN, Utah State University

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What this changes

Save it, or replace it?

To be clear about what we are: A New You is an implant and denture practice. Periodontal surgery is something we also do — for our own patients, and for patients referred to us by other dentists — not the whole of what we are.

Most dental questions have an obvious answer. The expensive ones don't. A molar with deep bone loss can be treated periodontally and kept for years — or it can be removed now, with the socket grafted, so the implant that replaces it sits in good bone.

Ask a periodontist alone and the instinct is to save it. Ask an implant dentist alone and the instinct is to replace it. Both instincts are reasonable and both are incomplete.

Here you get the argument settled in one appointment, by two people who each have to live with the outcome — instead of two opinions a month apart and a decision you're left to referee.

Get both opinions at once