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There are two golden rules in
my practice:
1. No one wants to go to the dentist.
2. Everyone would like to have a
healthy mouth.
These goals may seem contradictory, but both can be achieved.
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In more than 20 years of clinical dentistry, I have learned
that if we wish to reach both these goals, we cannot cut
corners. We can best serve our patients and help them be as healthy as
they choose, only if we practice dentistry at the highest levels of
competence and quality.
S. Clarke Woodruff D.M.D.
Dr. Woodruff has lived and worked in the Lehigh Valley
virtually his entire life. He left the region to complete
dental school in Philadelphia and to serve four years as an
officer in the U.S. Air Force. A member of the first
graduating class of Freedom High School in 1968, Dr. Woodruff
earned his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University in
1972. He received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree (D.M.D.)
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. Dr. Woodruff was
named a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry in 1987,
after successfully completing a comprehensive examination and
more than 500 hours of continuing education.
Dr. Woodruff has served as Chairman of the Department of
Dentistry at the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg since
1997. He has been a member of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem
since 1982 - he also sang with the choir as a Lehigh
University student. His outside interests include vintage race
cars, woodworking, and of course, singing.
Dr. Woodruff has two children, Colin and Lindsey. He and his
wife Susan reside in Fort Washington, just outside of
Philadelphia.
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