My name is Kelly Paxton, and I have been practicing dental hygiene since 2003.  I graduated  Magna Cum Laude from Armstrong Atlantic State University in 2003 with my associates in dental hygiene.  I continued my degree to finish my bachelors from Georgia Regents University in 2016.  I recenlty graduated in 2024 with my master’s degree in dental hygiene with a focus in education from Old Dominion University.  I obtained my South Carolina anesthesia license in 2006, and in 2017  I completed the PerioLase MVP-7 certification.

I consider myself one of the lucky ones, for I have never felt the dental hygiene burn out! Over the past two decades I have worked full time treating and educating my patients.  I have a long term goal of becoming a professor and taking my love for the profession to the students.  Periodontal therapy is my specialty and I would enjoy researching  different avenues to treat the periodontally involved patient.