Dental Advisory Board

Myron R. Tucker, D.D.S.

Dr. Myron R. Tucker is a well-established oral and maxillofacial surgeon, professor, and editor and co-author of six textbooks on oral and maxillofacial surgery. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Tucker was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1976 to 1979. He received a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and a dental degree from Baylor College of Dentistry and 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 to 1992 where he was the director of graduate education in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Dr. Tucker has had more than 55 publications in scientific journals. His main subject of research is orthognathic surgery, and he has lectured nationally and internationally on the subject. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the North Carolina Dental Society, the Second District Dental Society, the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, the International Association of Dental Research, the American Association of Dental Research and the North Carolina Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons.