Dental Care for the Entire Family

Dr. Shawn M. Kerby and his caring staff are here to serve you, your family, and all of your dental needs. Our goal is to help you achieve a healthy and beautiful smile to last a lifetime.

Our dental office has been at the same location for almost 30 years providing excellent care and beautiful smiles. In February of 2007 we changed our name to Kerby Family Dental, when Dr. Shawn M. Kerby took over for Dr. Grover Hahn upon his retirement. Dr. Kerby graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 2004 and practiced as an associate dentist with Donald Copley, DDS for 2.5 years before moving to West Des Moines. Dr. Kerby was also appointed adjunct faculty in 2005, for the University of Iowa, teaching the dental students at Broadlawns Hospital and continues to do so on Friday afternoons. The staff at Broadlawns Hospital were also in need of a dentist proficient in surgery to aid in removing difficult and impacted teeth in 2008 and Dr. Kerby took a position there as well to help, as needed.

Our office and highly trained staff wish to provide you with dental education, prevention and treatment of dental disease, cosmetic enhancements to improve your smile, and implant dentistry to replace missing teeth or retain dentures. At Kerby Family Dental, we are here to give you the knowledge you need to achieve and maintain a healthy smile no matter what your age or dental history!

Dr. Shawn M. Kerby is dedicated to providing excellent dental care for our entire family of patients. We have dedicated countless hours in continuing education courses to expand our knowledge of dentistry and provide you with the most up to date dentistry available. We have also updated the office by adding computer systems, video displays that have television, intraoral cameras, and new delivery units. We will soon have digital x-ray units drastically reducing the amount of exposure the patient receives during routine dental appointments.

Especially for You

Your comfort is our ultimate goal! We individualize your care to help create a visit that is pleasant and relaxing. Dental visits have historically been associated with discomfort and pain. We wish to change those misconceptions! We will always use topical anesthetic to make the injection of local anesthetic virtually undetectable. We have special neck and back pillows available to anyone needing extra support in those areas. Nitrous oxide is available as well and for the highly anxious patient we often prescribe anti-anxiety medications that will drastically improve your perception of the dental visit. Oftentimes we have found that after the first couple of visits there is no need for these aids but if you continue to have anxiety they are always available.