North Texas Dentistry Volume 4 Issue 3 | Page 12

Founder and Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Since graduating from Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas in 1973, Dr. Hall has specialized in implant dentistry. He completed his residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. Dr. Hall has performed more than 700 Full Arch on Four procedures in just the past two years. In 1983, Dr. Hall served as chief of staff at Abilene Regional Hospital in Abilene, Texas, and as chief of surgery and chairman of the credentials committee. He also served on the Credentials and Trauma Committee at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene and as president of the 17th District Dental Society. Before founding Archpoint, Dr. Hall established Park Forest Oral and Facial Surgery in Arlington and was a full-time oral surgeon at Clear Choice Dental Implant Center in Dallas. Dr. Hall is a diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has served as president of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners. He has served as president, secretary and board member of the Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dr. Hall also serves in the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons House of Delegates. He is an active member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Twelfth District Dental Society and the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. Tom Draper, DMD, MD Founder and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. Draper’s successful career in oral surgery influenced him to found Archpoint Implant Dentistry. After earning his dental degree in 2003 from Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, he earned his medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Science Center. Dr. Draper then completed an intern year in general surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He also completed residencies in oral and maxillofacial surgery there and at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry. In 2009, Dr. Draper became owner and lead oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Trinity Valley Oral Surgery and Dental Implant Center in Forney, Texas. Specializing in the treatment of oral diseases, injuries and malformation, he is now an attending surgeon at Baylor University Medical Center where he trains residents. Dr. Draper is a member of several oral and maxillofacial associations and holds surgical privileges at Baylor University Medical Center and BUMC’s Our Children’s House. 12 NORTH TEXAS DENTISTRY | www.northtexasdentistry.com Michael Oppedisano, DMD, MS Founder and Board Certified Prosthodontist Born and raised in New York, Dr. Oppedisano is a co-founder of Archpoint Implant Dentistry. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 1999 and was awarded a one-year research training position at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. In 2004, Dr. Oppedisano received a DMD degree at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Mass. From Boston, Dr. Oppedisano relocated to Dallas to specialize in prosthodontics at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry from 2004 to 2007 and pediatric dentistry from 2007 to 2009. He also received his Masters i