Honesty before margin.
If you don't need it, we won't recommend it. If your old dentist suggested a treatment we disagree with, we'll tell you that to your face — and write down why.
About the studio A small practice
A small practice
built around how it feels.
We opened in 2011 with one goal: build the kind of dental practice that we'd actually want to send our parents, kids, and friends to. Fourteen years later, that's still the only metric we measure.
Our story
It started with one bad cleaning.
In 2010, Dr. Reyes — three years into private practice in a 12-chair production mill — went in for her own cleaning at her own office. Forty-three minutes, no eye contact, three recommendations for cosmetic work she didn't need. She drove home thinking, this is not what I went to dental school for.
A year later she opened Happy Smiles in a converted 1920s craftsman on Willow Creek Lane. Three operatories. One promise: every patient gets the kind of dentistry we'd want for our own people.
Fourteen years and one renovation later, we're still a small practice on purpose. We see about half as many patients per dentist as the national average — and that's how it's going to stay.
14 years same building, same standards
What we hold to
Four habits, kept stubbornly.
Pace yourself.
We block longer appointments than most practices. Nothing about your mouth deserves to be rushed. Nothing.
Stay current.
Every clinician here puts in 30+ hours of continuing education per year — more than double the state requirement. Dentistry has changed a lot in twenty years.
Treat people as adults.
We explain things. We share x-rays with you. We don't mumble in code over your face. You're a participant in your care, not a passenger.
The team
Six people who'll know you by your second visit.
We don't have a "team" of forty. We have six people. By design.
Dr. Mariana Reyes, DDS
Founder · Lead clinician
Boise State undergrad, OHSU dental school, 14 years in private practice. Started Happy Smiles in 2011 because she couldn't find a dentist she actually wanted to send her own family to.
Outside work: backcountry skier, mediocre potter.
Dr. James Okafor, DDS
Associate dentist
Marquette Dental School, AEGD residency at the VA. Joined the practice in 2019. Particularly skilled with patients who are nervous, neurodivergent, or coming back after a long absence.
Will talk to you about classic Game Boy games for as long as you want.
Renata Klein, RDH
Lead hygienist
Twelve years of clinical hygiene. The unofficial vibes-keeper of the practice and the person most likely to remember your kid's soccer team and your dog's name.
Spends weekends at the rescue dog she's slowly rehabilitating.
Sam Chen, RDH
Hygienist
Trained in periodontics and laser-assisted therapy. Sam is unusually patient with kids and the dentist-anxious — and unusually fast with a scaler.
Competitive bouldering. Listens to true-crime podcasts, sorry.
Aubrey Pell
Practice manager
The person who actually makes the practice run. Insurance, scheduling, billing — Aubrey will untangle anything for you, calmly, the same day.
Knits sweaters faster than most people read books.
Mia Anders
Patient coordinator
The voice on the phone and the warm welcome at the front desk. Also the person who quietly remembered to put a weighted blanket in your operatory.
Owns three cats. They all hate each other politely.
2011
Founded in Boise
4.9★
Average review · 480+ ratings
30+ hrs
CE per clinician, per year
60 min
Average new-patient appointment
Visit the studio
You're welcome to walk in for a tour. Truly.
Some of our patients booked their first appointment after dropping by on a Saturday morning walk. No pressure, no sales pitch. If we're between patients, we'll show you around. Coffee's usually on.
Happy Smiles Dental Studio
2814 Willow Creek Lane
Suite 200
Boise, ID 83702
- Mon — Thu
- Friday
- Sat — Sun
- Closed
Book a visit
Tell us when works, we'll do the rest.
Most new patient visits include exam, panoramic x-rays and a thorough cleaning — about 60–75 minutes total. We confirm by text within an hour.
- $89 new patient special · exam, x-rays, cleaning
- In-network with most major plans
- Same-week emergency appointments available