Toledo dentist, Dentist in Toledo, OH

Matthew R. Lark DDS, MAGD, FICD, FACD

Dr. Matthew Lark is a 1981 graduate of the University of Detroit School of Dentistry and has practiced general dentistry in Toledo, Ohio for the past 28 years with an emphasis on Temporomandibular Disorders. Orofacial Pain, and Implantology.

Dr Lark Qualifications Include:

• Fellow and Past- President of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain.
• Past- President of the Toledo Dental Society, a division of the American Dental Association.
• Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Department of Dentistry.
• Diplomat of the American Board of Orofacial Pain in 1994
• Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists,
• Master in the Academy of General Dentistry
• Clinical Instructor at the Kois Center in Seattle , Washington
• Associate Instructor at the Ickert Teaching Centre for Implantology, Langely, British Columbia. www.ickertteachingcentre.com/
  
• Numerous Publications in Dental Journals and Professional Speaking Engagments at State , Local, and National Dental Scientific Meetings
• Fellowship in the American and International College of Dentists.

He and his wife of 24 years, Brigid Murphy- Lark, reside in Sylvania, Ohio and have two daughters who are Ohio State and the University of Cincinnati graduates.

Dr. Lark has accomplished advanced certification as a Master in the Academy of General Dentistry, an award coveted and revered by all General dentists. http://www.agd.org/education/magd/about/

Dr. Lark earned his Board Certification in the American Board of Orofacial Pain in 1994 http://www.abop.net/ and is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and has been elected President of this prestigious organization for 2009. http://www.aaop.org/. The American Board of Orofacial Pain is NOT a recognized specialty by the American Dental Association or the Ohio State Dental Board, however The Committee on Dental Accreditation is currently in the process of certifying orofacial pain graduate programs through the ADA which is stages of the process to develop certification as a recognized specialty.

Dr. Lark was bestowed with a Fellowship in the American College of Dentists http://acd.org/ and the International College of Dentists http://www.icd.org/.

Dr. Lark has earned his Implant Surgery Certificate from Temple University and the Misch Implant Institute and has been awarded Fellowship status in the International congress of Oral Implantology. http://www.icoi.org/

Dr. Lark is a Clinical Instructor at the prestigious Kois Center for Advanced Dental Education in Seattle, Washington. The Kois Center is a didactic and clinical program with the latest advances in esthetics, implant, and restorative dentistry. http://www.Koiscenter.com

Dr. Lark is an Associate Instructor at the Ickert Teaching Centre in Langely, British Columbia. The Ickert Centre teaches Predictable Solutions to Implant and Restorative Dentistry to Dentists from around the World.

Dr. Lark is an avid golfer, an amateur rock guitarist, enjoys long distance bicycle riding, is a film and art enthiusiast, and is a WWI and WWII history buff. He has a keen interest in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and has incorporated this genre into the design of the facility, seen below.