Meet Our Team

Kristin Wade

DMD, FAGD

• I ultimately graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1998 with a bachelor of science degree in dental hygiene.
• Following graduation, I began working at High Desert Dentistry in Payson, Arizona.  During this time, I commuted to Phoenix to complete my prerequisites for dental school.
• In 2009, I earned my DMD from Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health in Mesa, AZ, and I returned to High Desert Dentistry. I knew that Payson was where we wanted to be, and that I would be joining (or rejoining) many wonderful employees that shared a vision of providing the best dental care for our community.  I also knew I would be able to reconnect with many of the extraordinary patients I served as a hygienist.  This was particularly exciting since so much had changed in the four years I was away at dental school.  Especially the kids… my, how they grew!
• In 2015, I purchased this practice and renamed it Payson Premier Dental.
• In 2019, I completed my Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry!

Katie Egbert

DMD, Pediatric Specialist

• I graduated magna cum laude from Northern Arizona University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology.
• Immediately after graduation, I attended Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health and received a scholarship with the Army Health Professions Scholarship Program.
• In 2009, I earned my Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree (DMD) with a certificate in public health and was commissioned into the Army.
• I served as a general dentist at Vilseck Dental Clinic in Germany from 2009 to 2012, and in 2010, I served a four-month deployment in Bagdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.
• In 2014, I graduated from a two-year pediatric dentistry residency from Texas A&M University College of Dentistry.
• My pediatric experience began at Camp Humphreys Dental Clinic in South Korea and Tripler Army Medical Clinic in Hawaii.
• I am currently the full-time pediatric dentist at Arrowhead Dental Group and Orthodontics, and I see pediatric patients at Payson Premier Dental once a month.
• I am currently a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a member of the:
  • American Dental Association®
  • American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
  • American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
  • Arizona Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

Thomas Mattern

DDS

Dr. Thomas M. Mattern graduated from Creighton University School of Dentistry in 1988 (the same day his daughter was born). He has been a member of the American Dental Association and The Academy of General Dentists for over 20 years. Dr. Mattern is a graduate of the Las Vegas Institute’s cosmetic dentistry program. He obtained both his fellowship in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and his diplomat in the American Academy of Implant Dentistry.

Giving back to the community has always been a priority for Dr. Mattern. He has offered his office every year since 2003 to the ADA Give Kids a Smile program, which provides care to hundreds of disadvantaged children. His monthly visits to Saint Vincent DePaul’s dental clinic in downtown Phoenix and his on-going trips to the dental clinic in Atoyac, Mexico, have been rewarding for both Dr. Mattern and the patients he served.

Dr. Mattern enjoys all aspects of dentistry, and due to his many hours of continuing education, he is able to provide all forms of treatment, including implants, complete smile makeovers, root canals, dentures, orthodontics (including Invisalign and Fastbraces), and all restorative work.

Outside of work, his passion is golf and spending time with his wife and four children.