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B.S., University of
Kentucky, graduated Magna Cum Laude; D.M.D., Universtiy of Kentucky
College of Dentistry.
Dr. Stone has served as the Dental Program Director of the UK North Fork
Valley Community Health Center since July 2004. She also directs the
Eastern Kentucky Ronald McDonald Care Mobile dental outreach program and
coordinates the dental residency rural rotations for the College of
Dentistry General Practice Residency Program. She serves a joint
appointment between the College of Medicine and the College of
Dentistry.
Dr. Stone began her career serving patients at a community health center
(CHC) near her hometown in rural Kentucky, Mountain Comprehensive Health
Corporation in Whitesburg. While there, she was promoted to Assistant
Dental Director. After three years, she moved out west and became the
Dental Director for a frontier CHC in northern New Mexico where she
received loan repayment through the National Health Service Corps. After
two years, she transferred closer to home and served another year in a
community health center in rural southwestern Virginia. Dr. Stone then
spent three years working part time as a clinical instructor for the
dental hygiene programs in Hazard and Prestonsburg. Her nine years of
clinical service have been exclusively with indigent rural populations.
Dr. Stone is a member of the American Dental Association and the
Kentucky Dental Health Coalition. She serves on the local Rotary Free
Clinic Board and is an Ambassador for the National Health Service Corps.
Her special interests include preventive care, wellness, rural public
health dentistry, and community outreach projects. She is considering
pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Health.
Dr. Stone’s goals are to create a dental environment of excellence
emphasizing education and prevention in which underserved populations are
ensured the same standards of care as patients elsewhere. She seeks to
improve both the dental health and the overall health and well-being of
the populations she serves by educating and exemplifying a healthy
lifestyle based on knowledgeable choices. |
