Ivory Dental and Orthodontic Specialists

Ivory Dental and Orthodontic Specialists is a family-owned orthodontic and general dental practice serving Chicago's South Side. The practice is led by Dr. Bonciel Griffin-Burress, a second-generation orthodontist and native Chicagoan who earned her orthodontic certificate from Howard University College of Dentistry.

The practice is best known for orthodontics, offering braces and smile alignment for children, teens and adults. Alongside orthodontic care, patients can get general dentistry, cosmetic procedures and tooth replacement, so families can handle most of their dental needs in one familiar place rather than being sent across town.

Ivory Dental has two locations on the South Side: one in Kenwood-Hyde Park on East 47th Street and another in Auburn-Gresham on South Halsted Street. Both offices share the same focus on personalized attention and orthodontic excellence, and both serve neighborhoods that have often had fewer specialty dental options.

Dr. Griffin-Burress has been recognized in her field, including a cover feature in OrthoTown Magazine, and is described as the only African-American woman to privately own multiple orthodontic and dental practices in Chicago. For