{"id":214232,"date":"2015-11-11T06:06:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=214232"},"modified":"2015-11-11T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:06:33","slug":"paradise-dental-center-opens-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/paradise-dental-center-opens-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Dental Center opens for business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The island\u2019s newest dental clinic, Paradise Dental Center, opened on Monday, offering state-of-the-art general and cosmetic services at their location on Middle Road, Gualo Rai, at the old Commonwealth Development Authority building.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic features x-ray technology that uses 90 percent less radiation than traditional x-rays and does not use any material containing mercury.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their grand opening, new patients are encouraged to avail of a complete dental exam, x-ray, and consultation\u2014a $200 value\u2014all for free. For those seeking a routine teeth cleaning, the service is priced for $59.<\/p>\n<p>Clinic owner Dr. Nelson Krum and his team have a combined 60-plus years of dental experience, receiving his Doctorate of Dental Science from the University of Colorado School of Dentistry. He is a recipient of many rewards for public service and volunteer work and is an author of two published books. He has been on Saipan since February 2013.<\/p>\n<p>According to Krum, he has a local team to emphasize a multicultural atmosphere and their business supports the hiring of the local workforce, which reflects a lifelong passion for local dentistry team building and training.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested, Paradise Dental Center accepts Hawaii Dental Service, TakeCare, and StayWell insurance. For those without dental insurance, annual discounted dental plans are available at $104 for individuals, $130 for a party of two and $156 for families. Employer group plans are also available for $4 to $6 per bi-weekly pay period depending on the plan chosen.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and details, log onto islandsmilesdentalplan.com or call (670) 234-4040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The island\u2019s newest dental clinic, Paradise Dental Center, opened on Monday, offering state-of-the-art general and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8121,1306,8122,8123],"class_list":["post-214232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-hawaii-dental-service","tag-middle-road","tag-nelson-krum","tag-paradise-dental-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}