Dr Derek Stokes

I was born in Provo, Utah and I spent my early childhood in Chicago Illinois while my father was in dental school. After that, my family moved to Preston, Idaho where my father started a dental practice in 1970. I started kindergarten in the basement of a house before moving to a regular school building. My formal education was in Preston until graduation. I was active in athletics and the scouting program. I served a two-year religious mission in southern Mexico and after that attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and graduated with a B.A. in Spanish with an emphasis in interpretation and translation, and a minor in Linguistics and computers. I attended Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska for dental school; and have been practicing dentistry since 1995. The best thing I like about dentistry is helping people out of pain and get healthy again so they can eat, smile and live healthy lives. I am married with 3 children. A boring fact about me: I don’t like a lot of mayo on my sandwich. I like a diverse and wide range of music...except rap. I like movies, music, theater, collegiate and high school sports.