Millersburg Dental marks 50 years with community celebration and raffle

Millersburg Dental is marking a half-century in business with an open-house style celebration that blends thank-you, reunion and neighborhood gathering. The Holmes County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau lists the event for Saturday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 135 S. Clay Street in Millersburg, with a complimentary food truck, a raffle and time to reminisce about 50 years of community involvement.

The anniversary lands in a place where local institutions still matter. Millersburg, the county seat, had 3,151 residents in the 2020 census, while Holmes County’s population was 44,223. In a county known as the center of Ohio Amish Country, long-running businesses often become part of daily life, and Millersburg Dental’s milestone reflects that kind of staying power.

The practice’s current owner, Dr. Kaila Dunn, brings a hometown link to the celebration. Millersburg Dental says she was born and raised in Millersburg, graduated from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry in 2016 and, with her husband Kevin Dunn, purchased the practice in October 2020. That continuity matters in a town where patients often want care close to home from people they already know.

The office has also adapted to the realities of modern dentistry. Millersburg Dental says it offers preventative, restorative, cosmetic and facial-rejuvenation services, and its website says, “Where kindness and dentistry meet.” The practice also notes that patients do not need insurance, a message that speaks to the way dental offices have had to adjust as coverage options and out-of-pocket costs have changed for families.

Dr. Dunn’s background also fits the anniversary’s community-service tone. Her biography says she volunteered with the North Carolina Missions of Mercy free dental clinic and took part in the American Student Dental Association, the American Association of Women Dentists, Give Kids a Smile and Phi Kappa Psi dental fraternity. Inside the office, the team includes both long-tenured staff and newer employees, underscoring that the practice’s strength is not only its history but the people who have kept it steady through the years.

Millersburg Dental says it is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The anniversary event offers more than a party at 135 S. Clay Street; it serves as a reminder that for many Holmes County families, longevity in local care is its own form of trust.