Dentists in Virginia

About Dentists:

General Dentist: A general dentist is the primary dental care provider for patients of all ages. The general dentist is responsible for the diagnosis, treatment, management and overall coordination of services related to patients' oral health needs.

Dental Public Health: The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice that serves the community as a patient rather than the individual. It is concerned with the dental health education of the public, with applied dental research, and with the administration of group dental care programs as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis.

Dentist Anesthesiologist: A dentist who has successfully completed an accredited postdoctoral anesthesiology residency training program for dentists of two or more years duration, in accord with Commission on Dental Accreditationís Standards for Dental Anesthesiology Residency Programs, and/or meets the eligibility requirements for examination by the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology.

Dentists: A dentist is a person qualified by a doctorate in dental surgery (D.D.S.) or dental medicine (D.M.D.), licensed by the state to practice dentistry, and practicing within the scope of that license. There is no difference between the two degrees: dentists who have a DMD or DDS have the same education. Universities have the prerogative to determine what degree is awarded. Both degrees use the same curriculum requirements set by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. Generally, three or more years of undergraduate education plus four years of dental school is required to graduate and become a general dentist. State licensing boards accept either degree as equivalent, and both degrees allow licensed individuals to practice the same scope of general dentistry. Additional post-graduate training is required to become a dental specialist.

Dentists in Virginia

Robert H Ashby, D.D.S.

Dr. French Hale Moore Iii, DDS

Christopher William Thurston, D.D.S.

Dr. Bobby L Brown, DDS

Dr. Timothy Ervin Collins, DDS

Dr. John Denley Lentz, DDS

Michael Dean Doty, D.D.S.

Jerry Elgene French, DDS

Dr. Carla Marie Keene, D.D.S.

Dr. Ronnie L Brown, DDS

Dr. Gregory Dean Owens, DDS

Julie Starnes Ferguson, DDS

Dr. Tyler Jefferson Toney, D.D.S.

Dr. John Wayne Hooker, DDS

Dr. Frances Anne Johnston, DDS

Dr. Colleen Carol Daley, DDS