Springfield, MO Dentist Combines Love for People and Dentistry

Online, November 29, 2009 (Newswire.com) - Charles A. Vogel has a long history of helping his fellow man through his philanthropy and dental expertise. Born in Springfield, Missouri in the 1940s, Vogel continues to give back to the community that has given him so much. Growing up in Springfield, he idolized his grandfather, Dr. Charles B. Holt who was a practicing dentist. Inspired by his grandfather and others, upon graduation from Drury College, Vogel went on to pursue dentistry at the School of Dentistry at the University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC).

Upon graduation from dentistry school, he returned to Springfield to join his grandfather's dental practice located in downtown Springfield, Missouri's "old" Medical Arts Building at South Avenue and Pershing Street.

In 1969, he moved his practice to the rapidly growing south part of Springfield and still works one day a week for "A Beautiful Smile" at 1335 E. Independence St. There he uses his skill as a general dentist to create new smiles for adults with Invisalign and Powerprox 6-month Braces.

Around the age of 60, he began to look for additional ways to contribute further to the community. He began donating his services to The Boys and Girls Town of Missouri and victims of Katrina. However his life changing experience came when Stacy Schultz, fundraising volunteer with Project Hope, approached him and wife Ann (also from Springfield) to join them on a dental/medical mission trip to Nicaragua. This kind of dental service reminded him of stories his grandfather had told about dentistry in the 1930s in the US. This experience serving the very needy and relieving their pain and suffering was so personally rewarding to the Vogels that they went on to make several more trips with Project Hope to Nicaragua.

From Springfield's News Leader, Vogel learned of the great need in his home of Springfield, MO for dentists at the Kitchen Clinic. With surgical skills well honed from 40 years in dentistry and 1000+ extractions under primitive conditions in Nicaragua, he, Dr. David Small and Dr. Nathan Bauer cleared a 9-month waiting list at the Kitchen Clinic.

Back at his office, his brilliant and forward-thinking mind, coupled with his love for humanity and philanthropic spirit, bore the idea to create a walk-in clinic treating only dental emergencies. Thus in October 2009 the Dental E.R. was born at 222-A Primrose. The Dental E.R. is across from Kickapoo High just one block west of Campbell. Staffed by a team of highly qualified dental professionals committed to the health and well-being of each patient, they administer their emergency dental services in a comfortable, safe, highly technical and sterile dental environment.

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