Meet Our Specialists
Why Total Freedom?Gerald L. Kaiser D.D.S.
Dr. Kaiser is a residency trained, board eligible periodontist. He is from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He attended college in his home town, graduating from Southeast Missouri State University. He received his dental and periodontal specialty training from the University of Missouri, and subsequently moved to Scottsdale in 1978. Dr. Kaiser is married to Shawn, and they have a daughter, Lauren, and two granddaughters Sienna and Nyla.
Dr. Kaiser began his specialty practice limited to periodontics and surgical implant dentistry in 1978. He placed his first dental implant in 1978 and has placed several thousand since. Dr. Kaiser is particularly proud of the fact that while his daily practice, for over 30 years, has included periodontal, dental implant, and dental alveolar surgery he has never had a single complaint filed with the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners.
Dr. Kaiser’s leisure time is based around athletics. He is a former triathlete with several victories on both the national and state level. Also, Dr. Kaiser was a competitive cyclist winning both state and national age group championships. He continues to train daily, and has begun to focus on Olympic-style weight lifting.
Gerald L. Kaiser D.D.S.
Dr. Kaiser holds memberships in several professional organizations including The American Academy of Periodontology, The American Academy of Implant Dentistry, The Arizona Society of Periodontists, and both the American and Arizona Dental Associations.
Mark Nelson
Mark began his dental career in 1992 in a management capacity for the Portland based Artisan Dental Lab, a 90+ person commercial lab. While at Artisan he teamed with dental instructors from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in performing chairside evaluations and treatment planning. Mark was also actively involved in product development and participated in leading instructional seminars. He received an Associates of Arts Degree from Portland Community College before being selected by Clear Choice Dental Implant Center to be their National Implant Scanning Manager. While at Clear Choice he personally designed over 2,500 titanium bars while assisting in developing the protocols used by the company. Titanium bars are the most technique sensitive part of the popular All on 4 or Teeth in a Day procedure. Without an accurate bar the procedure fails.
However, involvement with volume focused commercial labs did not allow Mark the freedom to work with individual patients from start to finish. To provide his family with a climate better suited to their lifestyle, Mark accepted employment in Scottsdale, with the well – known and highly respected Wiand Dental Lab directing and coordinating laboratory operations before coming to Total Freedom Dental Implant Center.
Mark Nelson
At Total Freedom Dental Mark believes his dream has now come true. He now has the opportunity to work with a small group of skilled and motivated Doctors and assistants on one patient at a time, start to finish, delivering what he believes to be the highest quality of care available anywhere.
