James D Spivey, DDS, Ms

Specialties

Dr. James D. Spivey is a board certified by The American Board of Periodontology (www​.abpe​rio​.org/) and The American Board of Oral Implantology /​Implant Dentistry (www​.aboi​.org/).

As of the year 2013, Dr. Spivey has the experience, expertise, and resources to enhance the evaluation and diagnosis of oral conditions, assessment of risk for future disease, and delivery of specialty periodontal non-​surgical, surgical and medical care for patients. *His surgical expertise includes but is not limited to correction of oral hard and soft tissue defects and surgical placement/​management of dental implants.

History

Established in 1995.

Dr. Spivey acquired an established periodontal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The practice is the most experienced periodontal practice in New Hampshire that provides periodontal, dental implant, and intravenous sedation services.

Meet the Business Owner

James D.

Business Owner

Dr. Spivey is an experienced educator and dental practitioner. He has worked as a clinical instructor teaching dental students in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Michigan subsequent to graduating from dental school. This experience included extracting wisdom teeth, providing biopsies, and intravenous sedation. After completing a postdoctoral masters degree at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, he was appointed professor in Periodontics. He taught dental implant surgery to residents and worked in the faculty dental practice. In addition, he mentored, published and presented several classifications of dental research. At the University of Iowa he was co-​chair of the Interdepartmental Dental Implant Team and introduced several new implant systems to the Periodontal department, while providing interdisciplinary periodontal services throughout the dental college. Since 1995, Dr. Spivey has been in full-​time private practice in Portsmouth, NH