Independence, MO
816-373-0800
Dr. Kern and Staff Welcome You to Our Practice!
Over 20 Years of Experience as an Oral Surgeon
Over 20 Years of Experience as an Oral Surgeon
Welcome
Dr. Kern and staff welcome you to our practice! We are happy to provide you with personalized care. We know that your care is important to you, and it is important to us. We will coordinate your care with your dentist, physician, and other health care providers to ensure the care we provide is specific to you.
Meet Robert J. Kern, DDS
Dr. Kern offers excellence in patient care. He has more than 20 years of experience as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. His private practice has been open since 2002 in Independence, MO and he has been attending at Truman Medical Center since 2005. The surgeries that Dr. Kern performs, but not limited to, are tooth extractions, exposure of an unerupted tooth, torus removal, biopsies, implants, bone grafts, sinus closure, frenectomies, epulis removal, and apicoectomies.
Most procedures are performed in his private office, but when necessary to operate at a hospital, Dr. Kern has privileges at Truman Medical Center and Children's Mercy.
Professional Affliations:
- American Dental Association
- Greater Kansas City Dental Society
- Missouri Dental Association
- Fellow-American Association of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery
- Diplomate-American Board of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery
His education and training includes:
- 1981 Atlantic Union College, A.S. Nursing
- 1986 Eastern Connecticut State University, B.S. Biology, Summa Cum Laude
- 1990 University of Iowa College of Dentistry, D.D.S.
- 1991 General Practice Residency, Southbury Training School, Southbury, CT
- 1995 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, OH
- 2002 Fellowship Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
