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Myron R. Tucker, DDS

Science and Education Liaison
Osteo Science Foundation
Isle of Palms, South Carolina

Dr. Tucker attended Arizona State University on a full gymnastics’ scholarship. In 1973 he was given the Male Athlete of the Year Award at ASU. Dr. Tucker then received his dental degree from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1976. He completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. He was a full-time faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry and UNC Hospitals from 1982-1992 where he was the director of graduate education in oral and maxillofacial surgery. He was in private practice in Charlotte, NC. for 17 years and retired from clinical practice in 2009. During his time in active clinical practice he performed orthognathic surgery on over 4500 patients. While maintaining a private practice he held academic appointments as an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, LA and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Department of Orthodontics. Dr. Tucker is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and served as an examiner and section chairman for the ABOMS board examinations.

Dr. Tucker is an editor and co-author of 10 textbooks on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. These textbooks have been widely used throughout the United States and other countries with the book Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery translated into 7 different languages. He has also written 50 chapters in 11 other books. Dr. Tucker has been very active in clinical and basic science research and has written over 60 publications in scientific journals. He has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally (over 500 invited lectures). These publications and presentations have mainly been focused on Orthognathic Surgery with a specific emphasis on prevention and management of complications as well as the transition of inpatient surgery to outpatient ambulatory surgery. Dr. Tucker is currently involved in several educational and consulting activities and is the Science and Education Liaison for the Osteo Science Foundation.

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