Meet Our Team

Our Dental Team has been specially selected to ensure that your child is well cared for in the most high-tech clinical and friendly environment.

All of our team members are CPR certified and have over 60 years of combined dental experience. Each team member attends weekly meetings which consist of training sessions, team building discussions and continuing education requirements to ensure they stay abreast of current concerns in the dental field and to ensure all of our patients concerns and needs are being met. Our team is unique in which they are all moms who have proven that their philosophy is to treat each patient as if they were their own. This wonderful practice is known for its hospitality and upbeat spirit.


	Ms. Amanda Guess, RDA - Attended Houston High School and graduated in 2000. She later attended University of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College where she received on the job training for three and a half years as a practical assistant. She has received her CPR, sealant, nitrous oxide and coronal polisher certificate. She is the proud mother to a beautiful step-daughter who is 10 years old and two great sons who is 4 years old and 8 months old. She has been happily married for 7 years. “My kids and husband are my everything.” She enjoys baking, cake decorating, spending time with family and attending church. She is also proud of being recognized as most positive in her profession this past year. Always look at the glass half full! I’ve always loved kids; I couldn’t see myself doing anything else!!

	Ms. Alisa Pratcher, RDA/Treatment and Financial Coordinator - Attended and graduated from East High School which she is an active alumni. She later attended and graduated from Memphis Area Vo-Tech Dental Assisting School in 1990 (a.k.a.Tennessee Tech). Though she is highly experienced in administration /financial aspects she also possesses her CPR and coronal polisher certificate. She is the proud mother of three of the most beautiful children which God has blessed her with whose names are Bradley, Brian and Brooke. She enjoys reading, cross stitching, serving at church and most of all traveling. She considers herself as being adventurous which she has decided to embark on a new hobby of “scrap-booking”! “Being a team member at Freeman Pediatric Dentistry is truly a blessing and an honor. I am very thankful and proud to be a part of the best pediatric dental practice”.

	Ms. Ginny Smith, RDA - Attended Concorde Career College and graduated in 2003. She has received her CPR, sealant and coronal polisher certificate. She is happily married to an incredible, hardworking, loving man that has blessed her in so many ways. They have dedicated their lives in raising three wonderful sons; Cody, Cory and Aidan. She enjoys spending her time with family, swimming, reading, attending yard sales and shopping. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference”.

	Ms. Debbie Ward, RDA - Attended Bartlett High School and graduated in 1988. She later attended Memphis Area Vo-Tech (a.k.a. Tennessee Tech) where she graduated in 1989. She has received her CPR, sealant, nitrous oxide and coronal polisher certificate. She is a mother of two; a son who is 13 and a daughter who is 7 and has been married for 17 great years, to her husband Michael. She enjoys going on cruises, spending time with family, shopping, eating out at her favorite restaurants and collecting flip-flops. She is proud of being recognized as most improved and always being recognized for doing a great job in her profession. “I love my job and I have been a dental assistant for 19 years and love what I do and love working in a Pediatric Dentistry specialty; the children are Great!”

	Ms. Eugenia White, RDA - Attended Kirby High school and graduated in 1997. She later attended Concorde Career Institute and graduated from the Dental assisting program in 1998. She is currently attending Southwest Tennessee Community college majoring in Applied Science to later attend UT-Dental Hygiene program to become a dental hygienist. She has received her CPR, sealant and coronal polisher certificate. She is a proud mother of two; a daughter who is 11 and a son who is 7 and has been married for five years. “I love them more than I ever thought I could love anyone”. She enjoys going to the movies, shopping, reading, dining out, traveling and spending time with family. She is proud of receiving the African American Dental Association Scholarship Award and becoming Valedictorian of her Dental Assisting Class. “Your kids are my kids; I have almost 5,000 kids, now who can say that! This is not just my job this is my life”.

	Mrs. Cheryl Bass/Hygiene Coordinator - Graduated from Melrose High School in 1986. In 1988 she decided to go to Job Corps to obtain a skill, she graduated from The Atlanta Job Corps Center in 1989 with a Georgia Nursing Assistant Certification, majoring in Geriatric Care. Her passion has always been to work with seniors and children. After working with seniors, she returned to Memphis to start in the dental field. She has over 8 years of dental experience and continuing care education. She has a 16 yr. old daughter named Ashlee. Surprisingly enough she met her now loving husband Terry at a dental convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. They have been married for 3 ½ years. She enjoys singing in her church choir & spending time with her family. She is passionate about customer service! “Being the newest member here at Freeman Pediatrics, I feel blessed and honored to have been chosen to be a part of this great team! Seeing how the kids don’t want to leave the office, makes me feel really good.”