Rocky Mountain High-End
“He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Comin’ home to a place he’d never been before
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found a key for every door.”
– “Rocky Mountain High,” John Denver
The opening lyrics of John Denver’s famous song, “Rocky Mountain High,” might have been written just for the doctors who founded Pine Grove Dental Arts in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Dr. Curt Comeau settled in Steamboat when he was 27; Dr. Bill Schwartz is from the Midwest but relocated to the Rockies soon after graduating from dental school; and Dr. Steven Diehl moved his family from the busyness of the city to the quietude of Steamboat’s mountains and woods.
As individual dentists, each excelled at patient care and worked hard to get to the top of his field. But when they joined forces to open a general practice together in 2009, the doctors found that they could offer more advanced dentistry and have even more time to enjoy the natural surroundings of their adopted home.
Pioneering Ways
Curtis Comeau, DDS, was the first of the three doctors to set up residency in Steamboat Springs in 1975. The Texas native visited the state as a teenager and never forgot its beauty. After graduating from the University of Texas – Houston, he took the Colorado state boards in anticipation of eventually practicing there.
When he finished his Vietnam Theatre tour of service in 1974, Dr. Comeau returned to Colorado, settled in Steamboat and started his own practice: the precursor to Pine Grove Dental Associates. By 1987, Dr. Comeau, who is a graduate of the Las Vegas Institute cosmetic dentistry program, had expanded his practice and relocated to a larger space.
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Bill Schwartz, DDS, was almost as predestined to wind up in Steamboat Springs as he was to become a dentist. His dad and three uncles are dentists and his mom and aunt are dental hygienists. Dr. Schwartz, who is from Eau Claire, Wisc., was an avid downhill skier and ice hockey player who visited cousins in Colorado on his holidays and grew to love the state for its weather, mountains and the lifestyle he envisioned for himself there.
After graduating from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and practicing in the state for several years, Dr. Schwartz moved to Denver, but found that he was driving to the mountains every weekend. When he discovered Steamboat, he fell in love. “Steamboat Springs is different from other ski areas. It’s a real community … it has a real Midwestern feel,” he says.
Luck and a practice broker helped Dr. Schwartz connect with Dr. Comeau in 2002. Dr. Schwartz, who enjoys working with CEREC and is trained in implantology, got along so well with Dr. Comeau that in less than two years, he became his partner.
Steven Diehl, DDS, is a Colorado native who left the state to attend Creighton University in Nebraska but then returned home. He owned and operated several dental practices in the Denver area, practicing general dentistry as well as developing a love for performing implants. In 1999, he and his wife sought a quieter place to raise their two children and moved to Steamboat. Dr. Diehl bought Steamboat Dental Group, becoming the sole practitioner with three dental assistants/hygienists.
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