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I took a lot of career paths before I found dentistry. I went to undergrad thinking that I wanted to go into medicine, and so I started taking all the pre-medical classes. A class came available for me to do an introduction to dentistry that I had never thought about before and I thought I would hate it. I didn’t like saliva and I… But I thought it was interesting to try so I did the introduction to medicine part. And it was almost, like, a collision of everything that I loved about medicine and health care.

It allowed me to do medicine and health care, it allowed me to have a lot of patient interaction. And it allowed me to stay away from insurance companies if I wanted to or run my own business if I wanted to and make things how I wanted to do it rather than have to let somebody else tell me how to do it. And that really just stuck with me. And I wanted to just keep going and keep going and take it to the next level so I applied to dental school, got in, and haven’t turned my back on it since.

I love to get to know people. I love to hear their stories. I love to know what brings them in, what makes them happy and how I can potentially impact that relationship, and how they feel outside of the dental office or even inside the dental office. They can come into our office and not feel judged in any way and they can be themselves, they can be nervous if they want to be nervous, they can be excited if they want to be excited and that, you know, I took the time to listen to them and empathize with them or, you know, give them a hug if they’re having a rough day.

That relationship part is probably what’s gonna, you know, give me the biggest smile at the end of my career when that time happens. We’re a warm, excited group of people who really care about you and want to hear your story and want you to be yourselves. And if you have any anxieties, we have a lot of ways that we can help with that and we’d love to have you here.

Meet Dr. Trevor Frideres

Proudly Serving the Sisters Community

For Dr. Trevor Frideres, practicing dentistry is a calling as well as a career. He genuinely enjoys getting to know the people who sit in his chair, and many of the patients he's treated over the years have become friends. Being a part of the Sisters community means as much to him as the work itself.

Dr. Frideres grew up in Helena, MT, surrounded by mountains and wide-open spaces that instilled a lifelong love of the outdoors. He studied at Montana State University, earning degrees in cell biology and neuroscience. His path eventually led him to Oregon, where he completed his Doctor of Dental Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University and planted roots in the Pacific Northwest near family.

After graduation, Dr. Frideres served rural communities in Washington as a National Health Service Corps Scholar. This experience deepened his commitment to accessible, patient-centered care. He later joined a private practice in central Oregon before realizing his long-held goal of owning his own practice at Sisters Dental.

Dr. Frideres stays current in his field through active membership in the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Dental Association, the Oregon Dental Association, and the Central Oregon Dental Society.

Outside the office, you're likely to find him telemark skiing or playing ice hockey in winter, fishing and rafting in the summer, or hiking and camping with his wife Kylie.

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