All our professionals at O'Brien Dental Care maintain the highest levels of accreditation and pursue ongoing education to stay abreast of the latest trends in dentistry.

Dr. Jody O'Brien

Dr. Jody O’Brien was born and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota and performed her undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities Campus. After undergraduate studies were completed in 1992, she entered dental school at Creighton University. As a sophomore at Creighton she received the SCADA research award in ER-YAG lasers and presented her table clinic at the National ADA Convention in San Francisco, CA. During her dental school years she also completed a mission through the ILAC program in Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic where she provided dental care in third world conditions to residents with none of the comforts of modern life such as running water or electricity.

After graduation from Creighton Dental School in 1996 she returned to the Twin Cities and joined her father-in-law’s dental practice in Shakopee, MN. She has been an active community member as a Rotarian, Chamber of Commerce Board member, Crime Prevention Board member, St. Mary’s Church Trustee, as well as volunteering at schools, the hockey association and fund raising for the annual town festival.

Professionally she has continued to grow since her graduation from dental school. In 2003 she became certified to perform Invisalign and currently holds an advantage club level with them. In 2006 she was certified in California through the AEI to perform Botox and dermal filler procedures. She extensively pursues her passion for esthetics in any cosmetic continuing education and has completed over 100 hours of continuing education in the past two years. Her passion continues at the prestigious and world renowned Las Vegas Institute (LVI.com). She will have attained her mastership in neuromuscular dentistry by the winter of 2010. Her professional memberships include: ADA, AGD, AACD, AICA, and Advantage level with Invisalign.

Dr. Bril graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 2007 and has been practicing in the Twin Cities area since his graduation. Dr. Bril has focused on continually educating himself on the professions newest technologies and the incorporation of these practices into every procedure in a constant effort to better serve his patients. He has amassed a significant amount of continuing education credit focusing on the areas of oral surgery, implant placement and restoration, endodontic and laser dentistry. Dr. Bril strives to continually stay on top of advances in state of the art dental technology and techniques in order to constantly provide patients with exceptional dental care. Dr. Bril's goal is to provide exceptional care for his patients while utilizing and expanding on his current skills and knowledge in dentistry.