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The Implant & Prosthodontic Associates Team
Thomas J. McGarry | DDS
Experience, expertise, empathy—all qualities you will benefit from as a patient of Dr. McGarry. He is recognized as a leading expert in the field of Prosthodontics and Implant Placement. In fact, dentists from all over the nation attend his classes in order to learn from this well-respected clinician.
His number one goal has been and always will be providing his patients with the means to a better quality life. With his dedication to educating his dental peers, he is able to reach an ever widening group of patients who benefit from their doctor’s increased skills and knowledge.
Dr. McGarry has been in private practice in Oklahoma City since 1978. He has been the director of Southwest Center for Dentistry in Oklahoma City for two years after many years of teaching and lecturing worldwide.
Organizations & Leadership Positions
American College of Prosthodontists
Fellow
President (as President, instituted $5 million capital campaign for ACPEF)
President-Elect
Vice President
Prosthodontic Classification System Subcommittee Chair
Board of Directors
Public & Professional Relations Division Director
1997 Annual Session Committee Chair
Parameters of Care Subcommittee Chair
Classifications Subcommittee Chair
Annual Session Commercial Exhibits Subcommittee Chair
Administrative Oversight Committee
Ad Hoc Committee - Study of Division/Committee Structure Planning Committee
Ad Hoc Committee for Search for Executive Director
Private Practice Committee Chair
Dental Care Committee Chair
House of Delegates Member
American College of Prosthodontists Education Foundation
President (as President, instituted $5 million capital campaign for ACPEF)
President-Elect
Vice President
Prosthodontic Classification System Subcommittee Chair
Board of Directors
Public & Professional Relations Division Director
1997 Annual Session Committee Chair
Parameters of Care Subcommittee Chair
Classifications Subcommittee Chair
Annual Session Commercial Exhibits Subcommittee Chair
Administrative Oversight Committee
Ad Hoc Committee - Study of Division/Committee Structure Planning Committee
Ad Hoc Committee for Search for Executive Director
Private Practice Committee Chair
Dental Care Committee Chair
House of Delegates Member
Chair
Board of Trustees Member
American College of Prosthodontists Oklahoma Section
Board of Trustees Member
Founder
President
Oklahoma Society of Prosthodontists
President
Founder
President
American Dental Association
President
Future of Dentistry Oversight Committee
Committee G
Committee on Diagnostic Coding
Academy of Prosthodontics
Committee G
Committee on Diagnostic Coding
Fellow
Academy of Osseointegration
Commercial Exhibits Committee Chair
American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics
Membership Committee
Annual Session Committee
American College of Dentists
Annual Session Committee
President
President-Elect
Vice President
Board of Directors
Program Chairman
Administrative Affairs Committee
Peer Review Committee, Chair and Consultant
Oklahoma Dental Association
President-Elect
Vice President
Board of Directors
Program Chairman
Administrative Affairs Committee
Peer Review Committee, Chair and Consultant
Board of Trustees
Council on Budget and Planning
Local Arrangements Chairman for Annual Meeting
House of Delegates
Annual Session Chairman
Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics
Council on Budget and Planning
Local Arrangements Chairman for Annual Meeting
House of Delegates
Annual Session Chairman
Fellow
University of Missouri School of DentistryAssistant Professor, Fixed Prosthodontics
University of California School of Dentistry
Instructor, Removable Prosthodontics
St. Anthony’s Hospital General Practice Residency
Consultant
University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry
Preceptor, Department of Community Dentistry
University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry
Clinical Associate Professor Department of Removable Prosthodontics
University of Illinois School of Dentistry
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Graduate Prosthodontics
Periodontics and Restorative Study Club
Co-Chair
Southwest Center for Dentistry Study Club
Director
Acceleration Study Club
Director
President’s Award
Oklahoma Dental Association
Distinguished Service Award
American College of Prosthodontists
President’s Award
American College of Prosthodontists
Problem Denture Patients - Treatment Begins with Communication
Oklahoma Dental Association Journal, Fall, 1984
Private Practice Procedures Manual - First Edition
American College of Prosthodontists October, 1990
Parameters of Care Document - First Edition
American College of Prosthodontists
Journal of Prosthodontics March, 1996
Classification System for Complete Edentulism
Journal of Prosthodontics, Vol. 8, No. 1 (March), 1999: pp 27-39
Classification System for Complete Edentulism
Oral Health, pp. 73-94, November 1999
Classification System for Complete Edentulism
Dentistry Today, Vol. 20, No 10, pp. 90-95, Octoboer 2001
Classification System for Partial Edentulism
Journal of Prosthodontics, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 181-193, September 2002
The Professions of Dentistry and Dental Laboratory Technology
JADA, Vol. 135, pp. 220-226, February 2004
Classification System for the Completely Dentate Patient
Journal of Prosthodontics, Vol., 13, No. 2, pp. 73-82, June 2004
Guardians or Luddities? Why are Prosthodontists so Resistant to Change?
Journal of Prosthodontics, Vol. 14, No 1, March 2005, pp 1-2
Extensive lecturing both nationally and internationally 2008-2009 Schedule
Clinical Director of McGarry Implant Institute (Formerly Southwest Center for Dentistry)