Monthly Spotlight – Dr. Eric Garver

In the spotlight this month we have Dr. Eric Garver, owner of Garver Dental Health.

Since 1928 Garver Dental Health has been caring for the Oral Health needs of North Pittsburgh. With a unique combination of technology and third generation expertise, Dr. Eric Garver practices a unique style of Oral Health Care that drastically reduces time in the dental chair and assures clinically superior results.

The office is located at 8135 Perry Highway, Pittsburgh PA, 15237 (in the North Hills). You can contact them at 412-364-4434, or garverdentalhealth@verizon.net

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3 Favorite Foods - Almonds, apples, anything my wife cooks – I hope she reads this

Top 3 Movies - Fletch – Chevy Chase is classic in this movie, Breakfast Club – excellent music, Kronk’s New Groove – Patrick Warburton in awesome

3 Pet Peeves - Misspelled words – especially on street signs. The statement “I’ll tell you the truth”, no, please lie to me. People who do not tip well in restaurants.

3 Favorite Characters From History / People You’d Like To Meet – Ernest Shackelton – In 1914 he lead a group of stranded men through the arctic for several months and did not lose any of them – great leadership – “Superhuman effort is not worth a damn unless it achieve results.”; John Wooden – one quote of his explains this very well – “Things turn out the best for people who make the best of how things turn out.” He was brilliant, he never used curse words or was physical with any of his players; James Bond – He always drove the coolest cars and he always got the hottest women – I hope my wife does not read this.

Pick 1: Blue, Yellow, Red or Green - Blue – add some gold and you have the Pittsburgh Panthers

Night Owl or Early Bird - I used to be a night owl, now I love to exercise at 5:30 am – get it done early, great start to the day.

Best Vacation - Western Caribbean Cruise with family and friends on Royal Caribbean. I took my wife and daughter for their birthday – they have the same birthday. On the day of their birthday I was walking through the ship with my daughter and our friends just gave her a really cool present she was very excited about and she said to me “I can’t wait to see what you and mom got me!” I laughed and told her she was she was standing on it; she said “Oh, this cruise is my present.” I thought to myself, I really want to be eight years old again – life is so simple at that age! There is something amazing about floating in the middle of the ocean with a cool breeze and the sun warming you that makes you feel like everything is ok – hot pizza at 2am also makes you feel pretty good too!

Dream Vacation - Western Caribbean Cruise in summer 2011 on the Royal Caribbean ship Allure of the Seas, I just booked it.

Scariest thing you’ve ever done - Having a child! Who is to say that I am ready to shape someone else’s life? My life still needs some shaping. Scary, but also the greatest thing I have ever done, by far.

Email, Texting, or Phone Calls - Email if they are good jokes, exting if you want to tell me something that will make me feel good, phone calls for meetings as long as there is a clear agenda and begin and end time.

Favorite Halloween costume you’ve worn - First grade, I broke my femur and I was in a body cast and my mom painted it with tiger stripes and she made me a tiger mask. My brother got to pull me around in a wagon for trick or treating – he was not happy about taking care of me so he dumped me out of the wagon several times and threatened to break my other leg if I told my parents. I did not tell, but I got him back about 5 years later when I ran over his new Nike shoes with the lawn mower.

Favorite job task - I really enjoy using our CEREC 3D Cad/Cam restoration design system for making same day crowns and restorations – how is that for a great plug for me! I also enjoy massage day in our office when a Massage Therapist comes to our office to give the staff and myself a Deep Tissue Massage.

Leasst favorite job task - Bookkeeping – that is why I have Padgett Business Services – how is that for a great plug for Padgett!

This has been a lot of fun. Thank you for the opportunity and thank you for being such fantastic friends!