Our Practice

Mission & Vision Statement

Excellent Dental Care is the finest technical procedure so that whatever dental treatment has maximum comfort and the best possible chance of lasting a longtime. But people in a dental chair rarely care about technical solutions.

Excellent Dental Care must, therefore, include exceptional concern, attention and service. For all of the time we spend on continuing education for the technical aspects of dentistry, we have put more effort into becoming better listeners.

Dental care is a uniquely individualized experience. Whenever you place yourself in the care of another individual, the relationship should be based on an openness, trust and mutual respect. In our office, we stress this concept of:

Personalized Dental Care

We develop this by listening to your concerns and working with you to help you achieve a healthy mouth and attractive smile. Our goal is to make sure we do what is appropriate for you based on your goals, temperament, and circumstances.

A History of Fischl and Weiss Dental Associates

Richard G. Fischl, D.D.S., received both his undergraduate and dental degree from Northwestern University. During college, Richard served in the Navy's V-12 program, a predecessor to today's R.O.T.C. officer training program. He met his wife, Lila, during dental school while she was an undergraduate in the Northwestern speech correction program. Upon dental school graduation, he enlisted in the Army, where one could say our practice began in a sandbag bunker in Korea during the Korean War. Dick served as the dentist for an engineering battalion in an "office" made of sandbags.

In 1954, after completing his service to the Army, where he earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service, Dick returned to Evanston and his wife and first child to look to set up private dental practice. He walked through the Carlson Building (same building as today), and he knocked on the door of every dentist to say hello. By dinner that evening, he had an agreement to purchase a dental practice from one of his Northwestern classmates, who had decided that Chicago was not the place he wanted to pursue his career.

Dick practiced on the seventh floor of the Carlson Building from 1954 until 1963. In 1963, Lyman-Sargent's Pharmacy moved from the corner of the second floor down to the first floor. When the second floor space became available, it was taken over by three different dentists with separate offices: Dr. Dick Fischl, Dr. Jim Best (Best Endodontics), and Dr. Doug Meinig.

In 1968, Dick asked his wife, Lila, to help out at the office for "a few weeks." She was the receptionist and office manager for the next 27 years.

Dick served as President of the Chicago Dental Society in 1978-1979.

Paul joined Dick in practice in 1981, and Marie joined them both in 1985. When Doug Meinig retired in 1985, the Fischls purchased his practice and expanded into his space on the Church Street side of the corner. Many of Dr. Meinig's patients remain in the practice today.

Dick and Lila retired together in 1995, just before the space that had belonged to Best Endodontics became available on the Orrington Street side of the corner. Paul and Marie expanded the office into the available space, giving our practice the office space it enjoys today.

Paul met Brad Weiss through a dental study club in 2001. In 2006, Brad joined the practice as a partner, and Fischl and Weiss Dental Associates was formed.

Philosophy

A uniquely individualized experience is an alliance characterized by mutual trust and respect. Our office is unique in our approach to creating a partnership with you in order to offer the most progressive preventive oral care available. Our obligation is to share with you what the present condition of your mouth is and to advise you of what steps are necessary for you to achieve optimal oral health. Then, we give you the trust and respect to decide for yourself what approach and what pace you believe is best for you.

This emphasis has provided years of growth and joy. We believe strongly in the dream we have created for people and we have learned that most people really appreciate our efforts to involve them in their own health care. We believe people want better control over their dental health and have many success stories that put smiles on our faces.