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212: Interview with dentist and owner of a dental practice with emphasis on geriatric dentistry, Dr. Melissa Scaggs

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After graduating from University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio Dental School in the year 2000, Dr. Scaggs continued her education by completing a 12 month Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at Texas A&M (Baylor) College of Dentistry. She then entered private dental practice, purchasing her first office in Carrollton, Texas, in 2003. She diligently took many hours of Continuing Education and by 2008, had been awarded the prestigious Master status in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Scaggs began specifically marketing to Senior patients in 2014 and has focused on treating this special population ever since. She has been married for 25 years and has a 10 year old son, named Wilson.

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