Wayne Hickory, DMD, MDS
Dr. Hickory is a graduate of Trinity College (BS), Connecticut. He earned a Masters Degree (MS) in nutritional science at Boston University, School of Graduate Dentistry. Dr. Hickory studied at the University of Connecticut, School of Dental Medicine for seven years receiving his dental degree (DMD), Master of Dental Science (MDS) and a three year postdoctoral certificate program in Orthodontics at the Vrijie University, Amsterdam and the University of Maryland. Dr. Hickory has twenty years practice experience in orthodontics and also gives orthodontic courses internationally.

Joseph W. Lopez, D.M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Lopez completed his undergraduate studies at the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Following this, he earned a Master of Public Health from The George Washington University with a concentration in Epidemiology-Biostatistics.

While working at the United States Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, MD, he decided to pursue dentistry at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine where he earned a Doctor of Dental Medicine in 2003. He then completed a two-year advanced pediatric dentistry Certificate program at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Lopez is excited to return to the area and has joined us after five years in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. During that period, he also served as clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine. He has been a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry since 2003.