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Clifford Salm, DMD

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Clifford Salm, DMD

Dr. Clifford Salm is a graduate of the Horace Mann School and received his B.S. in Biology cum laude from Tufts University. He went on to receive his D.M.D. degree from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1977 where he also received the class award for excellence from the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. Subsequently he completed a residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia and returned to New York to enter private practice and became one of the youngest to become Board Certified in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

He has been a clinical instructor in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery at NYU School of Dentistry and Mt. Sinai Hospital. Dr. Salm is one of the founders and a Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration a premier organization for advancement of the science of dental implants. He is also a former General Chairman of the Greater New York Dental Meeting, the largest dental congress in the United States where he continues to contribute as a clinician and on the Advisory Committee.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, New York Academy of Dentistry, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, a member of the New York State Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Association, Dental Society of the State of New York and New York County Dental Society. He is certified in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support.

Dr. Salm prides himself on his easy going bedside manner and ability to calm his patients if in a stressful situation. He enjoys tennis and swimming and his family during leisure hours. His son Adam Salm is also a dentist in Manhattan.