Todd G. Carter, DMD was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Carter is a board certified Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon, and a Diplomat of the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, School of Dental Medicine, earning his D.M.D. (Doctor of Dental Medicine) in 2001. He completed residency training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle. He joined Dr. Rasmussen in private practice in July 2005.
Dr. Carter is well trained in contemporary Oral & Maxillofacial surgery. He has expertise in dental implants and related bone grafting, orthognathic (corrective jaw) surgery, obstructive sleep apnea, maxillofacial trauma, pediatric oral surgery, and maxillofacial pathology and reconstructive surgery. He is also certified in advanced cardiac, trauma, and pediatric life support.
Dr. Carter is interested in international relief work and has served on relief missions in the Peruvian Amazon river basin, as well as Guatemala providing surgical correction of cleft lip and palate deformities.
Dr. Carter is a member of the surgical staff at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He is also privileged at the Kaiser Permanente Surgery Center as well as the Aloha Surgery Center.
Memberships and Honors:
- Diplomat, American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Diplomat, National Dental Board of Anesthesiology
- Fellow, American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS)
- Fellow, International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Fellow, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
- American College of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Hawaii State Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
- American Dental Association
- Hawaii State Dental Association
- Maui County Dental Association
- AAOMS dental student award 2001
- U. of Connecticut Dental School community service award 2001
Publications:
- Carter TG, Brar PS, Tolas A, Beirne
OR. Off label use of recombinant human bone
morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) for reconstruction
of mandibular bone defects in humans. J
Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008 Jul; 66(7): 1417-25.
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- Bagheri S, Stockmaster N, Delgado G, Kademani
D, Carter TG, Ramzee A, Dierks EJ. Esophageal
Rupture with the use of the Combitube; Report
of a case and Review of the Literature. J
Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008 May; 66(5): 1041-4
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- Carter TG, Bagheri S, Dierks EJ. Towel
Clip Reduction of Depressed Zygomatic Arch Fractures.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 63: 1244-1246, 2005.
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- Carter TG, Egbert M. Traumatic
Prolapse of the Buccal Fat Pad (Traumatic Pseudolipoma);
a Case Report and Literature Review. J
Oral Maxillofac Surg 63: 1029-1032, 2005.
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- Carter TG, Dierks EJ, Bracis K, Beirne
OR. Community Acquired Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Facial Abscesses:
Case Reports. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 63:
1021-1025, 2005.
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- Shafer D, Carter TG, Piecuch J. Biomechanical
Analysis of Grade IV titanium miniplates for
the Fixation of Mandibular Osteotomies.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 57: 75, 1999 (suppl 1)
- Carter TG, Leonard G. Blunt Carotid
Artery Injury; the Association with Maxillofacial
Fractures. Chapter Submission to “Current
Therapies in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery”.
In Press, Elsevier Publishing 2006.
