About Trine Dental
Trine Dental Group is a dental clinic at 13121 South La Grange Road in Orland Park, Illinois, where the recorded work spans mercury-free restorative dentistry and aesthetic treatment. The clinic states it uses no materials or products containing mercury, and that its dentist and team have been trained in safe dental amalgam removal, work carried out here for well over a decade. The clinic also reports low-radiation Nomad radiography, VELscope oral cancer screening, HEPA air filtration, extraoral aerosol evacuation and 222 nm far-UV disinfection lighting in its treatment spaces. The clinic describes itself as not a volume dental office.
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Credentialed Clinician
Christopher Pavletic
SMARTIAOMT recordverified 27 October 2026
Procedures
Clinic Details
- Address: 13121 South La Grange Road, Orland Park, IL 60462
- Telephone: 708-448-2588
- Website: https://www.trinedental.com/
- City: Orland Park, IL (all Illinois clinics)
Common Questions
What protocol does Trine Dental Group follow when removing an amalgam filling?
The clinic describes an efficient intraoral suction system with a special tip that captures amalgam particles and mercury vapour, a vacuum system run at maximum efficiency, copious water applied to the filling throughout, and removal of the amalgam in large segments to minimise vapour and particulate release. The patient is provided with oxygen and the clinical team with a mercury-free air source.
Does the clinic use mercury-containing materials at all?
No. The clinic states that it does not use any materials or products that contain mercury, and replaces old silver or mercury fillings with composite restorations, which it describes as mercury-free, tooth-coloured and able to be matched to the surrounding dentition. The clinic says it is happy to answer questions about amalgam and mercury.
What happens to the removed amalgam waste?
The clinic states that it protects the environment with approved mercury recycling equipment, and that its recapture unit prevents dental mercury from contaminating drinking water.
Which credential body is recorded for the clinicians here?
The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. The clinic's own page on safe mercury and silver filling removal records IAOMT membership, and frames its removal technique as the IAOMT approach to limiting additional mercury exposure during the procedure.
Can a crown be completed without a second appointment?
The clinic uses CEREC same-day crowns and states that a crown can be created and placed within one two-hour appointment. Crowns are described as fitting over the top of a damaged tooth, addressing both the tooth's health and its appearance.
What aerosol and surface controls are in place during treatment?
The clinic reports Krypton far UV-C sanitation lighting at a 222 nm wavelength, a professional HEPA mini air scrubber and extraoral aerosol evacuation. It describes the far-UV mechanism as resonating with proteins in a microbe's outer membrane rather than acting on DNA alone, and states that these wavelengths do not penetrate to the nucleus of human cells.