General 2

Dr Ritzau and Cory on campus at UCLA School of Dentistry.

Dr Ritzau graduated at the top of her class from UCLA School of Dentistry in 2010.

2010-2012. After graduation, they moved to Riverside with Cory's family and Dr Ritzau began her associateship at a well established local practice. This was an excellent opportunity and provided inspiration for the practice Shoreline has developed into today.

Dr Ritzau aspired to practice in her hometown. With just a laptop and a cell phone, Cory and Dr Ritzau began practicing out of an office on Del Mar a few days per month, while still practicing and commuting from Riverside.

True losses reveal what truly matters. While emotionally recovering from a miscarriage, Dr. Ritzau and Cory make the decision to embrace change, accept an opportunity to take over a practice in San Clemente and move back to her hometown.

12-12-12

Opening day! Together with one dental assistant, Cory and Dr Ritzau open Shoreline’s doors to the San Clemente community.

The O.G. Shoreline building looked a bit different.

Please note the carpet and the intra-oral camera!

Shoreline’s original reception area. Time for an update?

The Shoreline team began to grow.

And the Ritzau family grew as well!

In May of 2014, Dr Ritzau and Cory welcomed Hayley, all while renovating Shoreline Dental Studio’s original building.

As our team grew bigger, our needs changed. We began working with the Scheduling Institute to begin growing our teams’ skills.

2014 S.I. Summit

Dr Ritzau and Cory had a big decision to make with their coaching from S.I.; were they all-in? They made the decision to become 5 X members and commit to growing the practice five times over!

To achieve this goal, Dr Ritzau wasn’t going to be able to do this alone. In 2016, Dr Livingston joined Shoreline Dental Studio.

As they grew the practice, they grew the team as well as their family.

In May of 2017, the Ritzau’s welcomed Hunter!

Over the next few years, the practice grew to the point that we needed to find a way to make more space for our team and patients!

In 2019, we purchased Tommy’s Diner with the intent of having our new building in the coming year.

But God had other plans; our building was delayed due to the pandemic in 2020. While we were (im)patiently waiting, the opportunity to open Shoreline Dental Studio, Mission Viejo landed in our laps.