After obtaining an undergraduate degree in chemistry, Dr. Knechtel completed his Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. He then worked as a general dentist for four years before returning to Yale-New Haven Hospital to complete a residency in Pediatric Dentistry. During his residency, he received additional training in treating the pediatric patient and their unique dental needs. After finishing his residency, he completed the certification process of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry obtaining diplomate status.
Amy graduated from the Dental Assisting programat AB Tech in 2008. Her number one goal is patient comfort. She likes to make children smile and feel at ease at their visit and make it an enjoyable experience. She is an Asheville native and has a daughter named Skylar. She likes to spend her free time with family and friends, going for walks, shopping and reading.
Jessica graduated a semester early from East Tennessee State University in Dec. of 2010 with Bachelors Degree. She has extensive experience as a Front Desk Representative. Her main goal is to make the paperwork/billing side of your dental experience easy and painless. She loves children and loves to make people smile. She likes to spend her free time with her little dachshund Choco and her husband, Hctor. She loves to dance and watch movies.
Valerie is a native of Asheville, but is new to the field of dentistry. She is eager to learn all that she can, and is enjoying working with Blue Ridge Pediatric Dentistry team. In her free time she loves to spend time with her family and pets, and travel to new places. Valerie also loves to paint.
Martha is a graduate from AB-Tech. She loves the staff here and enjoys working at Blue ridge Pediatric Dentistry. In her free time she loves to hangout with her loved ones, go dancing, and watch movies.
Megan is another local to the area of Asheville, and began working with us as our sterilization tech in 2018. She has really enjoyed working with her co-workers and loves that we are having fun while also working hard and getting so much accomplished. In her free time she loves hanging with family and friends, being outdoors, hiking, exercising, and listening to music.
Sheila graduated from Asheville Buncombe Tech School in 1997 and began working in general dentistry. She switched to pediatrics in 2000 and realized thats where she belonged. She has now been in the dentistry field for over 20 years. Sheila is married, has 3 beautiful children, and is a grandmom to 2 precious boys. In her spare time, she loves spending time with family, enjoys hiking, sewing and baking whenever she can.
Mariela is a recent graduate of the AB tech dental program. She is originally from Florida but has lived here in Asheville since she was 3 years old. In her free time she loves to read, watch movies and go hiking around town with her sweet dog, Toby.
Nila lives in Asheville & has been in the dentistry field for over 12 years. She has always enjoyed working with children and loves that about our office. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her husband, her 4 children and her boxer, Rocco. They love to get outside and go for hikes in the mountains.