MICHAEL T. Ridley, DMD Retired from practice

• Hometown: Dawson Springs, Kentucky.

EDUCATION:

• Undergraduate: Western Kentucky University, 1959-1962.
• University of Louisville School of Dentistry (DMD), 1962-1966.

CLINICAL TRAINING:

• US Navy internship, Philadelphia Naval Hospital, 1966-1967.
• US Navy Oral Surgery fellowship, 1969-1970
• University of Louisville Oral Surgery residency, 1970-1973
• United States Navy oral surgeon, 1973-1978.
• US Navy veteran with 12 years of service
• Started private practice in Murray, KY in 1978.
• Two years later, started a second oral surgery office in Union City, TN.

CERTIFICATION:

• Board Certified, American Board of Oral Surgery.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

ASSOCIATIONS:

• Past president of Purchase Area Dental Society, past president of Kentucky Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, past president of University of Louisville Dental Alumni Association, past president of Kentucky Board of Dentistry.
• 2004 KDA Fellowship award recipient.

SCOPE OF PRACTICE:

• His practice encompasses the following procedures: IV sedation/general anesthesia, extraction of teeth, management of oral infections, and oral pathology.

INTERESTS:

• Motorcycle riding, farming, spending time with grandchildren. He is also elder and Sunday school teacher at a local church.