Dr. Lawrence Eugene Mast, DDS

LAWRENCE E. MAST, D.D.S, M.S.D., P.S.
Larry Mast is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. He was a paperboy, sang in the Phoenix Boy's Choir, played trumpet in the school band, swam competitively in high school, bussed tables at the Ramada Inn and was a lifeguard during summer vacations. A graduate of the University of Arizona, he was a member of SAE fraternity and ROTC. Doctor Mast received his DDS from Baylor University in Dallas, Texas, where he met wife Carol, a Dental Hygienist.
They spent 4 years in the US Army, stationed at Landstuhl General Hospital in West Germany, where their elder son, Ryan, was born in 1970. Ryan went to Bellevue HS, studied two years at his Dad's Alma Mater in Arizona and is a graduate of the UW in International Studies. But let’s go back to the 70s, when the University of Washington had the best Pediatric Dental program in the nation. Dr. Mast, fresh from the US Army, was accepted for a two year residency in Seattle, which included training at the Children's …Hospital, the UW Children's Developmental and Mental Retardation Center as well as the UW Dental School. His mentors were recognized experts in the field, Dr. David Law and Dr. Thomson Lewis, legends in the field. They wrote the book! The Atlas of Pediatric Dentistry, that is.
Doctor Mast's thesis was on the subject of then-new bonding materials that are now commonly used in all facets of dental repair. His work in preparation of thousands of teeth for his thesis study gave him a great body of experience in restoration of chipped broken kids' teeth, an unfortunate common injury in soccer, skateboard, skiing, biking, baseball outfield collision-filled childhood. Today, 95% of his patients are children with "normal" dental problems. Thousands of those kids are decay-free with the benefits of aggressive preventive programs and treatment.
Younger son Cody was born in '75 during the first year of his practice in a much smaller and quieter Bellevue. Cody graduated from Newport HS, Willamette U. in Salem, Oregon and met his wife of one year, Kelley McGrath Mast, during their junior year abroad programs while studying in Munich. He is a Magna Cum Laude D.M.D. graduate of NOVA Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine and was chief resident during his pediatric dentistry training at Riley Hospital for Children. Riley Hospital is a tertiary care center affilitated with Indiana University and Purdue University of Indiana.
The Mast family sails and skis and Dr. Mast is an instrument-rated pilot. He is an active Rotarian, with special interest in the student Foreign Exchange program. Through hosting young people in his home, he has added students from France, Norway, Germany, Uruguay, Israel and Belgium to his family.
Programs in Continuing Dental Education and activities on behalf of King County, Washington State and national Dental Societies keep him quite busy, so when you cannot reach your child's dentist on any given day, he may be meeting with policy makers or legislators, hammering out children's health issues, or learning the newest concepts in treatments for our children. If asked, "What's your mission in life?" he'd likely answer, "I am an advocate for children. They have few choices in life, and I speak on their behalf."