The Dental Health Group

About The Dental Health Group

Our mission is to emphasize preventive care and education to help you lead a healthy lifestyle and keep your teeth as long as possible. Our services include fillings, crowns, root canal therapy, periodontal therapy, extractions, implant restoration, cosmetic treatment, full and partial dentures, and other treatments as indicated. We also maintain good working relationships with local specialists. Our practice was first established in 1972. Dr. Jill Ellner & Dr. Dana Smith joined the group in 2002. The Dental Health Group moved to the current Dickens Place facility in 2005. Dr. Andrew Kutina joined the practice in 2018 and Dr. Vi Dinh Johnson in 2026. We are proud to have been serving the greater Manhattan area for over 50 years. Dr. Smith grew up in Manhattan, attending Manhattan High School and then Kansas State University. She graduated from Creighton University School of Dentistry (Omaha, NE) in 2000. Her husband, Doug Smith, is a science teacher at a local middle school, and togeth

In the practice's own words, from their website.

Services