Our Team
Meadowview Dental Group has a highly trained and qualified team of dental professionals to take care of all your needs while visiting our practice. It is our commitment to make certain that each of our patients is comfortable, that your individual dental health goals are achieved and hopefully exceeded, with results above and beyond, usual and customary.
Doctor
Trish Kessler-Bookhout, DMD
Dr. Trish Kessler-Bookhout spent her childhood working and growing up on her family’s rural Clay County, Illinois farm where her parents still reside. At an early age, she had a distinct interest in dentistry, often spending her summers assisting in the dental office, which is now her own, Meadowview Dental Group. After attending the University of Illinois, she accepted invitation into the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine where she excelled as one of the top clinical students in her class and graduated with honors in 1994.
The new doctor quickly established a successful practice, but actively continued to seek advanced training in cosmetic dentistry from the world renowned, Las Vegas Institute (LVI). Dr. Bookhout has also compiled extensive training in digital dentistry, implants, orthodontics, office management, and other specialties. She has established memberships in the American Dental Association (ADA), the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD), Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), American Academy of Women Dentists (AAWD), and many others. Dr. Trish has been the recipient of awards and accolades from the Quintessence Award in Restorative Dentistry, the American Society of Dentistry for Children, and the Edward Hatton Rural Dentistry award. She has been a guest lecturer at SIU-SDM and is a past President of the Wabash River Dental Society.
In addition to treating thousands of patients, she is also committed to serving the community on the Carle Richland Memorial Hospital board of directors, the Jasper County Health Department, and volunteering to help various local organizations.
Dr. Trish truly enjoys her work and the relationships she builds with her patients. She takes pride in providing premier dentistry with her team right here in southern Illinois. In her free time, she enjoys time spent with her four children and her husband.
Front Office
They are here for you when making appointments, assisting with payments, or answering questions concerning your account.
Marla Adams
Kathy Martin
Janet Slunaker
Hygienists
Our Hygienists: Lisa Rauch, Rachel Kidwell, Sara Bergbower. Your regular check ups and preventive visits are extremely important. We believe in diagnosing problems at an early stage and preventing these from becoming major issues, which saves you valuable time and expense. Our hygienists provide the most up to date preventive and periodontal treatment, as well as more extensive services.
Lisa Rauch
Rachel Kidwell
Sara Bergbower
Dental Assistants
While working very close with Dr. Bookhout, their ultimate goal is to make sure patients are comfortable and have everything you need to make your appointment a pleasant experience.
Shannon Baker
Ashley Welker
IT/Lab Assistant
Mason Bookhout
Dental technology is rapidly evolving. From computer aided design and milling of esthetic porcelain crowns, to the use of 3D cone beam images to fabricate models, guided implants, night guards, and other appliances, our in-house lab assistant helps to minimize the need to send lab cases outside of our practice.
Practice Management
Kevin Bookhout
Behind the scenes, our practice manager assists in numerous capacities to assure our patients continue to smile, and Meadowview Dental continues to shine bright in our community!
Our Location
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Hours of Operation
Our Regular Schedule
Monday:
8:00 am-5:00 pm
Tuesday:
8:00 am-5:00 pm
Wednesday:
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Thursday:
8:00 am-5:00 pm
Friday:
8:00 am-12:00 pm
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed