Kerr David R

About Kerr David R

Our goal in my practice is to provide you with comprehensive care that focuses on your long term health. To make that a reality, we work together so that you understand your oral health. I am an expert advisor to you. I am here to answer your questions. I practice using the most up to date techniques and evidenced based research. Every one at the office, from making your first appointment to continued care , focuses on providing you with the information and care that you need to maintain a healthy mouth. Dr. Kerr graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1978 in San Francisco having gone to St. Lawrence University for his undergraduate studies. He completed a General Practice Residency in New York City at the Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center. While there he developed a new technique for splinting traumatized teeth. Following his residency he went to the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine where he was an associate professor in the Department of Form and Function of the Masticatory System. Concurrently, he obtained a Masters in business from the Wharton School's Leonard Davis Health Institute Health Care Program, which focuses on health care management and policy issues and majored in decision science, graduating in 1981. He then went to the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and was responsible for clinical outpatient clinics and taught medical and dental students in Biomedical Statistics and Clinical Decision Making. He has published papers in the field of decision science and computers and sports trauma. He came to Portland in 1985, taking over Dr. Samuel Cope's practice. He completed a postgraduate program in 1993 in the surgical placement and prosthetic treatment of dental implants from The Boston Seminars in Implant Dentistry directed by the former chair of the Department of Implant Dentistry at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Kerr has always focused on esthetics as well as function in dentistry feeling that they are part the whole. He has taken numerous courses in esthetic and functional dentistry as well as the ?art? of a smile. In 1987 before esthetic dentistry was emphasized, he had custom shaded filling materials made for him to use. In 2002 he started to use CEREC technology allowing more effective, conservative, and esthetic treatments. Most crowns can be made in one visit. He feels strongly that delivery of excellent care can be accomplished by combining personal relationships with the use of technology to enhance care. He has continued his interest in decision science as it applies to clinical decision making. Currently, he is working on ways to improve patient care through evidence based dentistry and information systems and is developing standardized treatment protocols based on current research as they apply in the clinical setting. Also, he is involved in access to dental care issues and continues his interest in health care policy. Having recently worked with the state to help understand access to care issues. Dr. Kerr is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry and the American Academy of Implant Dentistry.

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