Meet Our Staff

Kelly was Born and raised in Ventura County California. She moved to Graham County to start her family in 2011. She is married to Antonio and they share two children together, Gia Bella, and Gabriel Antonio. Kelly enjoys family time which includes her three dogs and her “runaway turtle”. Kelly is in the process of furthering her education in the dental world.

Eddy is a mom of two boys (8 & 13) who mean everything to her. She loves going to concerts (Backstreet Boys especially), traveling, spending time on the water paddle boarding, or laying out on a beach. She loves conversing and being social. She’s new to the dental world but excited to know more.

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Dr. Eric earned an AA from Eastern Arizona College. He also holds a BA in economics, with honors in Spanish, from the University of Arizona, and an MA in English from Northern Arizona University. He graduated in 1985 from the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific (San Francisco), and was a dental polyclinic resident at the Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Eric speaks Spanish and French.

In private practice in Safford since 1987, Dr. Eric is a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry (MAGD) and an adjunct associate professor in the Dugoni School’s Department of Dental Practice. He is past president of both the American Association of Dental Editors and the American Academy of the History of Dentistry, and a past member of the American Dental Association’s Council on Communications. He is currently editor of the journal of the Arizona Dental Association and associate editor for the Academy of General Dentistry. He is past president of the Arizona Academy of General Dentistry. He was awarded the AGD’s Lifelong Learning and Service Award in 2007.

Author of four books and more than 450 articles, Dr. Eric received the Hayden-Harris Award from the American Academy of the History of Dentistry, the Medallion of Distinction from University of the Pacific, and the American Dental Association’s Distinguished Editor Award. He is a fellow of the American College of Dentists. He was also elected to fellowship in the International College of Dentists, Academy of Dentistry International, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Dr. Eric was named Dentist of the Year by the Arizona Dental Association in both 1999 and 2004.

Dr. Eric was the attending dentist for the 2012 Mainpat Multidisciplinary Global Leaning Project, College of Health and Human Services, Northern Arizona University, Mainpat, India. He is a former member of the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners and currently serves as a chief examiner with the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB) dental licensing examination agency.

Question: What is a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry?

The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is an organization of dentists dedicated to continuing education. To attain mastership in the AGD, a dentist must first become an AGD Fellow, earning a minimum of 500 hours of approved continuing dental education and passing a comprehensive 400-question examination. To attain Mastership, a dentist must take an additional 600 approved hours of continuing education across 16 dental disciplines, such as oral surgery, periodontics, and implants, of which 400 hours are hands-on courses. (So a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry has logged a total of at least 1,100 hours of documented continuing education.) Dr. Eric earned AGD Mastership in 1995 and currently takes more than 100 hours of continuing education each year.

Fun facts: Dr. Eric earned a certificate in nature illustration from the Art Institute of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. He holds an Italian government certification as a pizzaiolo (pizza chef). He has taught English and speech communications at Eastern Arizona College.

Dr. Don was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. he majored in biology at the University of Arizona and graduated from the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, in 1985. Dr. Don completed a two-year post doctoral specialty program in periodontics (gum treatment) at the University of Southern California. Dr. Don specializes in periodontics and implants. His main office is in Tucson, and he has been coming to the Gila Valley on Thursday for the past 25 years.

Dr. Don is a past chair of The Arizona Dental Association Council on Membership. He is married to Kacy, also a dentist, and they have two sons, Tony and Ben, both of whom are planning to become dentists.

In his spare time, Dr. Don enjoys hunting (especially bow hunting) and fishing (especially fly fishing).

Fun facts: Dr. Don is part of a “dental dynasty.” His dad was a dentist, and both his brothers are dentists, as well as several cousins, a niece and a nephew.

Bonnie attended Northern Arizona University and graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in dental hygiene. She has been happily practicing at Mt. Graham Dental since 2007.

Bonnie is married to Von Richardson, and they reside in Pima with their five children.

Bonnie enjoys running. She is a triathlete and won the Tri-Community Triathlon in her age division in 2011! She also likes hiking, reading, and cooking.

Jillian spent a high school semester at Los Olivos preparatory school in Valencia, Spain. She earned a record four associate degrees from Eastern Arizona College, in psychology, languages, pre-nursing, and general studies. She was a member of EAC’s International Club and president of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, where she implemented a recycling program. Jillian represented EAC at the 2009 National College Summit in Washington, DC., which led to a 2010 internship for Congresswoman Anne Kirkpatrick. At EAC Jillian also won a Phi Theta kappa All-USA Academic Team scholarship.

At Northern Arizona University, where she earned her bachelor of science degree in dental hygiene, with dual minors in biology and psychology, Jillian completed ten weeks of rotation at the Hopi Health Care Center, Polacca, Arizona, and a summer internship at the Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Maine. She was selected to accompany NAU’s 2012 Mainpat Multidisciplinary Global Learning Project in eastern India, where she gave dental care to inhabitants of seven Tibetan refugee camps. Jillian was a member of the NAU chapter of the senior honor society Mortarboard.

Shirley has worked in the dental field for over 35 years. She’s married to Dennis Haralson and has two children and five grandchildren.

Abbie has been working at Mount Graham Dental for 20+ years as a dental assistant. She has two children and five grandchildren. She also is an amazing cook!