Joseph Grider, DDS

Dr. Grider received his Bachelor of Arts degree from DePauw University with a major in Biological Sciences and pre-medical studies. He then earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Indiana University School of Dentistry. Following dental school, Dr. Grider completed his hospital-based residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with the University of Miami School of Medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

His surgical residency training included rotations at several hospitals throughout the Miami area, including main Jackson Memorial Hospital in downtown Miami, Jackson South Community Hospital, the University of Miami Hospital, Miami-VA Hospital, and also at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. During his final year of residency training, Dr. Grider served as Chief Resident in managing both the elective and trauma services in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

His intensive surgical training included jaw reconstruction utilizing state-of-the-art techniques in dental implants and bone grafting, management of maxillofacial trauma, dentofacial deformities, tumor and reconstruction, dentoalveolar surgery, TMJ disorders, and facial cosmetic surgery. Dr. Grider also trained extensively in the medical management of patients and in providing IV sedation and general anesthesia for the comfort of his patients. On an annual basis, Dr. Grider attends various educational seminars to further his knowledge and maintain his surgical techniques at the highest level.

Dr. Grider now focuses his practice primarily on the replacement of missing and failing (decayed, infected, broken, fractured, loose, and unsalvageable) teeth utilizing the most cutting-edge technologies available. As an oral surgeon for several years with ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, and now having completed over 5,000 All-on-4 (Teeth in a Day) full-arch replacement surgeries, Dr. Grider is likely the most experienced surgeon in this treatment concept in the United States at this time. Additionally, he has placed over 35,000 dental implants in his career to this point with an annual average of approximately 3,000. In fact, several of his new patients now come to him requesting replacement of failing dental implant treatments previously performed by other providers.

With Dr. Grider, you can trust you are receiving dental implant treatment from one of the world's most experienced dental implant surgeons.