Dr. Kevin S. Smith was raised in Oklahoma and attended college at The University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. He completed his Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry in 1988. His academic record was outstanding and he was inducted into the national dental honor society Omicron Kappa Upsilon. Following completion of dental school with honors he was accepted into a one year General Practice Residency at the Veteran Administration in Houston, Texas. In 1989, Dr. Smith entered a four-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at The University of Texas-Houston. During his residency he was involved with the cleft lip and palate team and performed numerous procedures regarding cleft lip and palate. This interest in cleft lip and palate care sparked the application and entrance into a one-year fellowship at The Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. During his tenure there Dr. Smith participated in the care of pediatric patients and had a special emphasis in on cleft lip and palate surgery and craniofacial surgery. Upon his return to the United States in September 1994, Dr. Smith was appointed assistant professor in Oral and Maxillofacial at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Smith has continued his service to cleft lip/palate and craniofacial patients volunteer service to the Rotary International sponsored
Thousand Smiles project in Ensenada, Mexico and Costa Rica. He has traveled to Romania with the internationally acclaimed Operation Smile. He has organized Smile for a Child Foundation helping children with facial differences.
Dr. Smith is accepting new adult and pediatric patients for general and complex oral and maxillofacial procedures including wisdom tooth
extraction, dental implants, orthognathic surgery and primary and secondary cleft lip and palate surgery.
Kevin Smith, DDS, an oral facial surgeon at OU Medical Center, was awarded the HCA's Physician Frist Humanitarian Award. The Frist Humanitarian Awards are given annually in recognition of the caring spirit and philanthropic work of the late Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr., a founder of HCA. Employees, volunteers and physicians who demonstrate commitment and dedication to providing care and humanitarianism are selected from around the country and honorees are recognized at the local level. Smith was selected as physician winner of the award from a pool of more than 200 nominees.
Oral Surgeons Steven M. Sullivan, DDS, and Kevin S. Smith, DDS are using leading-edge techniques to change lives. By combining specialized training with innovative technology to perform advanced Maxillofacial reconstruction for traumatic and congenital anomalies in addition to oral and craniofacial implant reconstruction.The Oral Facial Surgery Center is located at 1000 N. Lincoln Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, phone: 405.271.4955.
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Dr. Kevin S. Smith was raised in Oklahoma and attended college at The University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. He completed his Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry in 1988. His academic record was outstanding and he was inducted into the national dental honor society Omicron Kappa Upsilon. Following completion of dental school with honors he was accepted into a one year General Practice Residency at the Veteran Administration in Houston, Texas. In 1989, Dr. Smith entered a four-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at The University of Texas-Houston. During his residency he was involved with the cleft lip and palate team and performed numerous procedures regarding cleft lip and palate. This interest in cleft lip and palate care sparked the application and entrance into a one-year fellowship at The Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. During his tenure there Dr. Smith participated in the care of pediatric patients and had a special emphasis in on cleft lip and palate surgery and craniofacial surgery. Upon his return to the United States in September 1994, Dr. Smith was appointed assistant professor in Oral and Maxillofacial at the University of Oklahoma. 