Patricia Blanton, DDS, MS, PhD

Industry Icon

The recipient of the Industry Icon award continually drives change with the optimism vital to leadership roles. Beginning with her first faculty appointment in 1967, Dr. Blanton embraced her talents as a groundbreaker and stays true to that course as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, BCD/TAMUS; Interim Dean, James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina; Clinical Professor of Stomatology, Medical University of South Carolina, and owner of a private practice in periodontics and implantology in Charleston. The first female President of the Texas Dental Association, she recently served as Vice-President of the American Dental Association and President of the American College of Dentists. Dr. Blanton most recently received the highest honor given from the ACD, the William John Gies Award.

Practice: James Island Family, Cosmetic & Implant Dentistry, Charleston, South Carolina; interim dean, Medical University of South Carolina’s James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine

Specialty: Periodontics