Meet the Doctors

Meet the Doctors

Bruce R. Wrege, DDS

Dr. Bruce Wrege grew up in New Albany, Indiana graduating from New Albany High School. He attended the University of Evansville before completing his Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1976. Soon after, he joined Arlington Dental Group and has been practicing family dentistry for 35 years. Dr. Wrege is an active member of the American Dental Association, Indianapolis District Dental Society, Indiana Dental Association, The East Side Study Club, and The Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped. Most notably, he has been named as one of Indy's Top Dentist by Indianapolis Monthly eight times and as recently as 2015.

While Dr. Wrege performs all dental procedures, he does focus on Invisalign (clear braces), root canals, crowns, fixed bridges, and dentures. Precision and perfection are important to Dr. Wrege. You will be treated with the upmost care and respect when consulting with Dr. Wrege. If you were to consider dentistry an art, Dr. Wrege would be an accomplished artist.

Dr. Wrege resides on the Southside of Indianapolis along with his youngest daughter Emma who is an accomplished gymnast. Sadly, his wife Karen passed away in 2012. He delights in his family time with his five adult children, John, Nathan, Lauren, Nicki and Liz and their ten grandchildren. Dr. Wrege and his family have strong ties to Southport Presbyterian Church and School. He enjoys restoring his 1931 Ford Model A, history, sightseeing, and traveling and currently travels quite a bit locally, following Emma, while she competes in gymnastic meets all around the tri-state area. Dr. Wrege knows how important family is, and will treat yours with the same care as he does his own.

Dennis J. Waltke, DDS

Dr. Dennis Waltke grew up in Bloomington Indiana and went to Indiana University earning a degree with honors in Biology in 1972. From there he earned his Doctorate of Dentistry at the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1976. Upon graduation he became a member of the Arlington Dental Group; and additionally was a clinical instructor for many years at the IU Dental School, even earning the award of best Clinical Instructor in 1978. Dr. Waltke is an active member of the American Dental Association, Indiana District Dental Society, Indiana Dental Association and the East Side Study Club for Dentists and has been honored multiple times in the Indianapolis Monthly Magazine as a "Top Dentist".

Dr. Waltke specializes in the areas of crowns, fixed bridges and cosmetic dentistry. Dr. Waltke has completed many extreme dental make-overs and would be happy to share pictures of his results with you. He works with patients of all ages and has the pleasure of seeing multiple generations of families. Children have a special place in Dr. Waltke's heart and a good check up will often be rewarded with a balloon animal! Most importantly he truly takes pride in providing quality care within a relaxing and reassuring atmosphere.

Dr. Waltke is a life long "Hoosier Fan" and loves Indiana University Basketball. He has so many interests, nearly too many to name. He enjoys going to Colts games, backpacking, nature photography, collecting old cameras, tennis, jewelry making, and radio control model airplanes just to name a few! Dr. Waltke has been married to his wonderful wife Debbie since 1975, and you may catch them at Barbie convention now and then. They have two adult children, Rachael a local school teacher and Aaron who is recently engaged, a film editor in LosAngeles. As many interests as Dr. Waltke has, you can be sure he will take as much interest in you and your family's dental care.

Cory Zent, DDS

Dr. Cory Zent grew up in Rochester, Indiana, a small town known for its amazing hometown pizza, Nubiano's, and ice cream, the Flagpole. Dr. Zent feels very blessed to have been raised by a large family, where he learned the values of hard work, dedication, and treating everyone with a caring and compassionate attitude. Dr. Zent graduated with honors from Rochester High School and led a team to win the Purdue Engineering Expo in 1999. After working summers at Medtronic Sofamor Danek (an implant focused engineering company) he decided his passion was working with people and decided to change fields to pursue a degree in dentistry. He graduated from Purdue University in 2003 with a degree in Health Science with a minor in Management with a concentration in Pre-Dentistry in 2004. During his four years at Purdue University he was active in a service leadership organization, attended the Campus House (Christian church), involved in TNT (Thursday night Christian life group), on the Dean's List every semester with honors all four years, a recognized member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and recipient of the Roy Haggerty and Amanda Drudge Memorial Scholarships.

Dr. Zent graduated from Indiana University School of Dentistry in 2007. He was an active member of the CDA (Christian Dental Association), ASDA (American Student Dental Association), Kid's club, and a dental school tour guide. As a fourth year dental student he went on a dental mission trip to Ecuador for 10 days and completed dental procedures on patients who had no access to dental care. Dr. Zent desires to go on other dental mission trips in the future. After graduating dental school, Dr. Zent completed twelve months general practice residency affiliated with University and Wishard Hospitals where he treated special needs patients in the operating room and completed various rotations with Oral Surgery, Hospital Dentistry, ENT, Anesthesiology, TMJ Clinic, Medicine, and Head/Neck Cancer Clinic. After completing the GPR program, Dr. Zent has worked in corporate dentistry for the past four and a half years. He is currently actively involved with the American Dental Association (ADA), Indiana Dental Association (IDA), Indianapolis Dental District Society (IDDS), and Implant Study Club.

Dr. Zent prides himself in completing quality dentistry in a caring manner. He strives to make each dental visit a positive experience for each of his patients. Dr. Zent has experience in general dentistry, root canals, tori removal, crown and bridge, partials, dentures, oral surgery, and restoring implants. His goal in dentistry is to inform each patient of his or her options and help them decide which plan is the best one for their oral health and budget. Dr. Cory Zent and his wife, RaeAnn, have three small children, Gavin, Olivia, and Gibson. They enjoy spending time with friends and family. They have been active with their church family at Northview Church and have been involved with their life group for over seven years. They enjoy cheering on the Purdue Boilermakers, all things UFC and the Indianapolis Colts!