Meet Dr. Henry Ferguson, DMD

Board-Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Founder & CEO of OMS Concepts and Dental CE LLC

PROFESSIONAL BIO

Henry W. “Butch” Ferguson, DMD, is a recently retired Board-Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and Diplomate of both the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the American Dental Board of Anesthesia. A distinguished clinician, educator, and leader, Dr. Ferguson brings more than four decades of surgical, academic, and instructional experience to his current role as Founder and CEO of OMS Concepts and Dental CE LLC.

Dr. Ferguson served 25 years in the United States Army Dental Corps, including 7 years as a General Dental Officer and 18 years as an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He mentored and directed oral surgery residency training, providing full-scope surgical and anesthesia care in hospital and clinical settings.

Following his military career, he spent 19 years as Senior Faculty, Attending Surgeon, and Clinical Associate Professor at the Medical College of Georgia Medical Center at Augusta University and the Augusta University Dental College of Georgia, mentoring generations of dental professionals, medical and dental residents, and other health care providers. Upon retirement, he accepted a part-time appointment as Clinical Professor at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry, continuing his lifelong commitment to surgical education and CE.

TRAINING & EXPERTISE

Throughout his career, Dr. Ferguson has trained hundreds of dental students, dental and medical residents, practicing clinicians, and health care providers in the following disciplines:

• Comprehensive Full Scope Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (graduate & postgraduate levels)
• Oral Surgery Fundamentals for General Practitioners
• Intravenous Conscious Sedation/Procedural Sedation; Deep/General Anesthesia
• Local Anesthesia Principles and Techniques
• Management of Dental Office Medical Emergencies
• Emergency Team Preparedness and Simulation-Based Training
• Dentoalveolar and Pre-Prosthetic Surgery
• Dental Implant Surgery and Bone Grafting