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Meet Dr. Daryl Gasca

Raised in Reno, Nevada, Dr. Gasca was introduced to the outdoors growing up in the Sierra Nevadas, near Lake Tahoe. Little did he know, the Sierra Nevada mountains would only scratch the surface for his passion to seek and live in a smaller mountain-town community.  After completing undergraduate training at Whitman College, a liberal-arts school in Washington state, he wanted to seek out a new experience to continue to grow and mature.  He traveled across the country to attend New York University’s College of Dentistry, located in Manhattan New York.  The experience of going from a small town in Washington state to the big city, promoted personal growth, new perspective and awareness of people and community.  Upon finishing dental school in New York, he moved back to Washington state to complete his specialty training at the University of Washington.  In Seattle he completed his master’s degree and specialty certificate in periodontics.  Having gotten to experience both coasts, where philosophies in dentistry vary greatly, Dr. Gasca had a better understanding of how dentistry was planned and executed in practice. 

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In 2014, Colorado became the perfect state to start growing a practice.    After working as an associate for one year, he bought into a private  practice in southeast Aurora, CO.  Here he helped grow the office tremendously over the next 6 years.   This included increasing production in the practice by a multiple of five and strengthened relationships with over 40 general practitioners.  In 2021 Dr. Gasca decided to sell his share of the practice to pursue his dream of living in the mountains with his wife, Sarah. 

Upon selling his practice in May of 2021, Dr. Gasca was asked to join and create a periodontal program in the state of New Mexico for Pacific Dental Services.   With an interest in learning more about another model of practice, Dr. Gasca took on this challenge working out of 11 general practices throughout Santa Fe and Albuquerque New Mexico.  Setting out with the intention to both learn and grow in this model, Dr. Gasca was able to establish solid foundations within the general practice community and help elevate office’s periodontal programs.   This included increasing the number of referrals into the periodontal programs, supporting the teams to understand how periodontics fits into everyday practice, and increase the quality of patient outcomes. 

Dr. Gasca and his wife Sarah have moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in pursuit of an amazing community to live, work and grow.  Dr. Gasca intends to provide new and more collaborative experience for patient’s and practitioners alike by providing in-house specialty mixed with outstanding customer service. 

This gentleman desired a brighter smile, but wanted a natural look to suit his face. New veneers were handcrafted to look completely natural, and his smile was designed to better support his face.

A long time Aspenite didn’t like her two front teeth. After proper analysis and a Smile Test DriveTM we determined it was a more complex problem than just two teeth. Her bite had destroyed her teeth and smile, and aged her face. So we fixed her bite and smile using our Ageless Smile algorithm, which turned back the clock.

This 40 something Aspen and Sydney resident presented looking for a better smile. Because after 2 rounds of Invisalign and plenty of whitening, he was still left wanting. With almost no preparation of his teeth we were able to add the length, prominence, broadness on sides and the shade his smile was wanting for resulting in a more youthful attractive smile and fuller lips. He is ecstatic about his new smile! The Ageless Smile Algorithm nailed it again.

This hospital exec traveled for a couple of hours in search of the smile of her dreams. Her lack of tooth display was due to a skeletal issue known as an impacted and retrognathic maxilla, which means her upper jaw was too far up and back causing her smile to show less tooth volume and less lip support than ideal. We designed a new smile to correct that deficiency by making her teeth longer and building them out for more tooth support. Now she shows a more attractive and youthful amount of tooth display that is in harmony with her lower lip. She loves her new smile which gives her renewed confidence every day.

Unhappy with the size of her smile and her local dentist’s attempt to bond a little more length, this Florida woman came to Aspen to receive The

Ageless SmileTM. Traditional dentistry would have referred her for Jaw Surgery in order to bring her upper jaw down and forward to show more teeth. Although this was discussed, the patient chose the non-surgical route which gave a near surgical result for her esthetics and bite. Tooth display at smile and at rest are some of the main determinants in guessing ones age. She now shows a more youthful amount of tooth, which takes years off of her look.

Our favorite Miami Housewives star, interior designer, and hotelier was just back in our office for his new smile. Exactly like the temporaries but the brighter shade he chose. In fact, this is our very brightest shade that he saw on his dear friend and fell in love with, and why he came to us to begin with. He has been looking for a decade for someone who could give him a super bright smile that still looked natural. It’s all in the natural tooth form, texture, and translucency. He loves his new smile and commented after each visit that he was amazed that he felt like he had no work done after each appointment as he had no pain or sensitivity. Another great Ageless Smile!