Most of Amy Scallon’s classmates went to work at existing dental practices after graduating from dental school in June.
But Scallon was different. Instead, she became her own boss.
On Aug. 1, the newly minted dentist purchased Palisades Family Dental in Mount Vernon from retiring Dr. Douglas Easker.
“I never really thought about it,” Scallon said of her decision to start her own business right out of dental school. “I always thought I would go the traditional route.”
But those plans began to change last October, when Scallon met Easker at a job fair at the University of Iowa, where she was in her final year of dental school.
“Talking to him made me realize that starting my own business was possible,” Scallon said. “He gave me the confidence.”
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