Dr. Ralph G. Merkel DDS
Dentist
1330 E STATE BLVD FORT WAYNE IN, 46805About
Ralph G. Merkel, DDS, is a leading dentist currently serving patients at Summit Smiles LLC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Throughout his fifty-nine years of practice, he has accrued extensive expertise in general and family dentistry. Dr. Merkel earned his Doctorate of Dental Surgery at Indiana University in 1958.
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What do you attribute your success to?
- A change in dentistry since 1958. Back then, more than 50% of patients ended up wearing dentures. He's also been honored to work with doctors who invented the fluoride treatment so that now more patients can keep their teeth healthier.
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- Traveling
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