Dr. Richard D. Stern has been practicing dentistry in Big Rapids since 1974. With over thirty years of experience treating patients with the best dental care possible, he has dedicated himself to continual dental education and has incorporated the latest technologies into his daily practice of general dentistry.

Dr. Stern received his Bachelor of Science degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He went on to study dentistry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and graduated with a Doctor of Dental Science degree in 1974.

Dr. Richard Stern is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the West Michigan Dental Association, the Michigan Dental Association, and the Chicago Dental Society.

He and his whole family has been serving on short-term, volunteer, summer mission dental projects to Honduras and Ecuador since 1995 with the Christian Medical and Dental Society, Medical Ministries International, and Cure International.

Dr. Christa L. Stern has been practicing dentistry with her father, Dr. Richard Stern, in Big Rapids since 2001. She attended St. Peter's Lutheran School and then went on to Big Rapids High School. She graduated from Hope College with a Bachelor's degree in chemistry. In 1996 she began her dental studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and earned her Doctorate in Dental Science in 2000. She continued with a post-doctoral residency in the study of Advanced Education for General Dentistry at the University of Minnesota.

She is committed to continuing dental education and is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry.

Dr. Christa is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the West Michigan Dental Association, the Michigan Dental Association, the Chicago Dental Society, and the Christian Dental Society.

She also has served on short-term, volunteer, summer mission dental projects to Honduras and Ecuador, and Jamaica since 1995 with the Christian Medical and Dental Society, Medical Ministries International, and Cure International.