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Oral surgeon group opens office in Cleveland

Dr. Bill Childress, an East Brainerd oral surgeon, cleans Thomas Leggett's teeth, while dental assistants Ashley Sample, center, and Tammy Bryson stand by to help. Remote Area Medical clinic organizers said they distributed 500 tickets for Saturday's Remote Area Medical clinic inside the Rhea County High School gymnasium. RAM, a clinic for the uninsured, underinsured or unemployed, continues today with doors opening at 6 a.m. for the next 300 people.
Photo by Kimberly McMillian — Dr. Bill Childress, an East Brainerd oral surgeon, cleans Thomas Leggett's teeth, while dental assistants Ashley Sample, center, and Tammy Bryson stand by to help. Remote Area Medical clinic organizers said they distributed 500 tickets for Saturday's Remote Area Medical clinic inside the Rhea County High School gymnasium. RAM, a clinic for the uninsured, underinsured or unemployed, continues today with doors opening at 6 a.m. for the next 300 people. Photo by Kimberly McMillian Dr. Bill Childress, an East Brainerd oral surgeon, cleans Thomas Leggett's teeth, while dental assistants Ashley Sample, center, and Tammy Bryson stand by to help. Remote Area Medical clinic organizers said they distributed 500 tickets for Saturday's Remote Area Medical clinic inside the Rhea County High School gymnasium. RAM, a clinic for the uninsured, underinsured or unemployed, continues today with doors opening at 6 a.m. for the next 300 people. Photo by Kimberly McMillian

By Staff Report August 4, 2015 1 min read

Center for Oral and Facial Surgery has added an office in the Spring Creek development at 2565 Business Park Drive in Cleveland, Tenn.

The office is the third for the six oral and maxillofacial surgeons, who already have offices in Chattanooga and Fort Oglehtorpe. Drs. Wayne Tipps, Steve Tipps, Hal Jones, John Spann, Ivo Miller and Brandon Cannon practice the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery with special interests including: dental implantology with an emphasis on CT guided dental implant placement, facial traumatic and reconstructive surgery, third molar (wisdom tooth) removal, maxillofacial pathology and dentoalveolar surgery.

A Cleveland native, Dr. Miller said he is thrilled to return to his hometown.

All of the surgeons are board certified and members of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Association, the Tennessee Dental Association and Chattanooga Area Dental Association.