Meet the Team

 

We are extremely proud of our long-established dental team.

With over 30 years of combined experience, the professional staff of Encore Family Dentistry shares the pleasure of really getting to know all of our dental patients under our care. Some of our professional staff have had the pleasure to see some of our younger patients grow into adults and become our patients on their own. Whether you’re an old friend or new in town, you can be sure that when you come to our office you’ll be warmly welcomed by our staff!

Debbie – Office Manager

Debbie is a Georgia native and has over 25 years of experience in the dental field serving the Marietta – East Cobb area. Debbie joined our team in 2024 looking forward to continue to serve our patients and the local community. In her spare time, Debbie enjoys spending time with her family and friends, being devoted to her Church and traveling.

Shirley – Front Office Admin

Shirley was born and raised in Savanah, GA, and has over 18 years of experience in the dental field. She earned her dental assistant certification from the Atlanta School of Medical and Dental Assistant of Business. She has served in various roles including dental assisting, front office administration and management, and dental treatment coordinator.

Shirley and her husband DeWayne have been happily married for over 25 years, have a beautiful daughter named Jasmine, and a Siberian Husky named Faith Dakota. In her spare time, she enjoys maintaining a vegetable garden, doing home improvement projects, reading, exercising, studying the bible, and traveling with family and friends.

Michon – Hygienist

Michon is from Ft. Wayne, Indiana and had been living in Marietta-East Cobb area since the early 90’s. In 1989, she earned her Dental Hygiene Degree from Indiana University and leverages her vast experience to provide the best hygiene care to all of her patients. She enjoys many aspects of dental hygiene including patient education, restorative dental health and really getting to know her patients in order to provide the best oral hygiene advice to each patient. Michon enjoys the camaraderie of the team and Dr. Castiblanco’s approach to patient care. She lives in East Cobb with her two teenage children. Besides managing a very busy household, she finds time for her hobbies, which include running, restoring old furniture, and decorating and staging houses for sale.

Deyse – Hygienist

Deyse was born and raised in Marietta but she maintains family ties to Guatemala. She is bilingual fluent in English and Español. Deyse began her career in the dental field in 2016 where she was as a receptionist and as she saw first hand how dentistry impacts the quality of life of patients, this inspired her to further advance in the field and become a dental hygienist. She graduated from Fortis College with an associate’s degree in Dental hygiene.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband Greg and their lab mix dog name Sadie. She likes going on walks, trying new restaurants, spending time with friends and family and enjoy traveling!

Amanda – Hygienist

Amanda is a Georgia native and a mom to a beautiful little girl. She received her Associates in Dental Hygiene in 2012 from Georgia Perimeter College and her Bachelors in Dental Hygiene from Georgia Highlands College in 2016.

Amanda enjoys spending time with her family, friends and dog. She also enjoys hiking, traveling and working out in her gym at home. Her favorite places she has traveled to and hiked is Banff, Canada and Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Amanda hopes to hike in all of the national parks in the United States some day!

Cinthia – Dental Assistant

Cinthia was born in Mexico where she spent most of her childhood before moving to Marietta in 2001. She is bilingual fluent in English and Español. She graduated from Marietta High School and later attended the Dental Career Institute and earned a certification as a Dental Assistant. Cinthia has over 9 years of experience as a Dental Assistant and enjoy learning and applying the latest developments in the dental field.

Cinthia have been married for over 15 years and have two wonderful children named Emily and Sebastian. She also have two beautiful pugs named Bruno and Diego and loves spending time together as a family and enjoy traveling to different places with family and friends. During her spare time, she enjoy maintaining an active lifestyle by working out, hiking, and kickboxing in her spare time.

Alejandra – Sterilization Technician and Front Office Admin

Alejandra is a long time Marietta native graduating from Lassiter High school. She is bilingual fluent in English and Español. In additional to being a member the Encore ream, she is also currently pursuing her advance studies at Oglethorpe University working towards a major in business and minor in accounting. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking and swimming and some of her hobbies include gardening and traveling.

Larry – Office Consultant

Larry and Dr. Castiblanco have been happily married since 2015, and have known each other for many years before that. Larry was born in Puerto Rico and grew up on the island for most of his childhood and later moved to Georgia. Larry graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009 with a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering. You may see him from time to time in the office where he assists in the general operation and management of the practice. Larry works full time as an evaluator in the commercial nuclear power industry and he applies his unique experience, skills, and an outside-the-dental-industry perspective to help identify and improve performance gaps, processes efficiencies, ensure regulatory compliance, and technical skills to help maintain equipment and processes to high standards; all with a clear vision to deliver the ENCORE WOW EXPERIENCE! to each and every one of our extended family members – YOU, OUR PATIENTS!

Some unique things about Larry are that he is bilingual fluent in English and Español, have lived in the Marietta-East Cobb area for over 15 years, he loves the outdoors and traveling. Being an engineer, he enjoys fixing things including working on his 2006 Lotus Elise, and doing house improvement projects. Larry also enjoys DJ’ing small events and of course, Larry takes great joy raising both of his sons Manu and Matti.