The Amazing and Caring Team At Foothills Family Dental

We all grew up in a small town in Georgia – for some of us that town was Cleveland! All of us now have strong ties to Cleveland and White County. We are your neighbors and friends. You know us for being active in local churches and charities. We care about you and hope this will be your dental home.

Brenda Shelnut

Brenda is the front office coordinator and the bright voice and smile you meet first at Associates of Family Dentistry. She has been with us since 2004 and before that she worked 6 years in other health care offices. Her job is to make appointments and to help with treatment planning, insurance and financial arrangements. She is a native of White County and lives in Cleveland with her husband. They have three adult children and four grandchildren. Brenda’s goal is to be fair to everyone she comes into contact with, always have a pleasing smile and to treat everyone as if they were family.

Briana Barrett RDH

Associates of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene – University of North Georgia-Associates of Dental Hygiene – Lanier Technical College. Briana has been working in the dental field since 2006. She has a passion for providing care, assistance and education to all patients with a goal of promoting a healthy lifestyle. Briana, her husband, and 3 boys live in Cleveland and spend most of their free time either on the baseball field or the race track!

Breena Greene

Breena has been a dental assistant since 2001 and Dr. Wall’s assistant since 2014. Dental care is a passion and lifestyle of hers and she helps provide quality lifetime dentistry. Among her many duties she makes temporary crowns, bleaching trays and assists in all doctor procedures. Breena resides with her husband in Free Home. They enjoy spending time with their three children, shopping and having quality family time at home. She will welcome you with a bright smile.

Helen Hutcheson

Helen joined the team in 2016 as our insurance specialist, with over 15 years experience in the dental field. Although born in Melbourne, FL; she has called Georgia her home since 1982. Helen resides in Clarkesville with her husband and just renovated their house for her mom to move in with them. They enjoy spending time with their family and friends and their fur baby, Annie!

Sara Adams

Associates of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene – University of North Georgia-Associates of Dental Hygiene – Athens Technical College. Sara has been working in the dental field since 2013 and has a passion for providing optimum and comprehensive patient care. She takes pride in her role as a dental healthcare professional and strives to educate and motivate her patients to successfully improve and maintain their oral/systemic health. Raised in Cleveland, Sara and her husband, Steven, reside in White county and have a little boy and a fur baby, too. In her spare time she enjoys loving on and spending quality time with her family.

Daphne

Daphne joined our practice (again) in 2021! She actually worked with Dr. Wall when she first started her dental career in 1999. She took some time off to be with her family and worked at a few other dental offices since then, and we are so happy to have her back! Daphne is our practice assistant and works in all areas of the practice. She is also our whitening professional! Originally from Cleveland, Daphne resides in Clermont with her husband Randy and son Grady. She has a true passion for helping and serving others.

Shelly

Associates of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene – University of North Georgia -Associates of Dental Hygiene – Lanier Technical College – Dental Assisting Diploma= Lanier Technical College. Shelly has been working in the dental field since 1995. She has a passion for providing gentle and thorough patient care with a smile. She enjoys developing patient relationships and educating her patients on prevention and maintaining their ideal dental health. Shelly and her husband Pat have four boys. In her spare time she enjoys traveling and spending time with her family, dogs and friends!