Lasting Impressions | Fall 2016

32 © NSU LASTING IMPRESSIONS Alumni Impressions Ashley Millstein , D.M.D., a 2014 graduate from the endodontics residency program at NSU’s College of Dental Medicine, chose a familiar path. She joined a busy corporate practice, where she is building her speed and stamina and develop- ing her consultation skills daily by tending to a steady stream of patients. Millstein is an independent contractor at Greenberg Dental & Orthodontics, shuttling between her home in Tampa and 6 of Greenberg’s more than 18 o ces on Florida’s west coast. As a CDM graduate, Millstein said a sense of “giving back” was ingrained in her, and she is proud to be part of an organization that does just that. She chose her current endodontics position not solely for the working experience, but also because of the clientele. Approximately 80 percent of Millstein’s endodontics patients are children, many of whom are covered by dental insurance through Florida Medicaid. She is one of few root canal specialists in the area who treat this underserved population. Another endodontist who cares for these patients is her husband, Mikhail Gankin, D.M.D. Gankin and Millstein, who met during their CDM residency training, were married on October 29, 2016. On any given day, Millstein’s patients may need upward of three root canals at the age of eight. “It’s a second chance to save their teeth,” she said. “A lot of them Alumna’s Practice of Giving Back Has CDM Roots BY LONA O’CONNOR Ashley Millstein’s practice takes her to six dental offices on Florida’s west coast.