Jul 12, 2022
Tune in to Dr. Christina Carter
who will in 20 minutes give you some amazing and helpful practice
tidbits as you assess your patients for commonly observed growth
and development situations. Included in the array of
highlighted topics are impacted canines and class III malocclusion
in young children. Dr. Carter also enlightens us with what
she observes as a distinct pattern of tooth decay in patients with
orthodontic aligners. She offers some great tips for all of
this and more.
Bio:
Dr. Carter grew up in Short Hills NJ
and graduated from Millburn High School where she was on the
tennis, fencing and lacrosse teams. She earned her BS in Molecular
Biology from Haverford College, on the mainline of Philadelphia.
Here, she was captain of the fencing team, Rookie of the Year and
qualified individually for the NCAA tournament. She returned to New
Jersey for Dental School at UMDNJ-NJDS (now Rutgers School of
Dental Medicine) and was honored with earning the American Academy
of Dentistry for Children Award, the Pierre Fauchard Award and
others. Following graduation, she moved to New York City where she
completed her Pediatric Dentistry Residency and served as Chief
Resident at NYU College of Dentistry. She continued her training by
completing an additional residency in Orthodontics and Dentofacial
Orthopedics at NYU. During this time, she loved treating patients
with special needs and decided to spend another year in advanced
training. She completed the fellowship in Cleft, Craniofacial and
Surgical Orthodontics at the world-renowned Institute of
Reconstructive Plastic Surgery- NYU Langone Medical Center. After 9
years of training post college, she is one of a handful of doctors
with this comprehensive advanced training in the
country.
Following training, she taught at
NYU, worked with her father, Dr. Robert W. Carter an orthodontist
in Staten Island, NY and with Dr. Mitchell Bayroff in Summit, NJ
for over a decade. She lectures locally and internationally on
treating special needs patients, especially autism spectrum
disorder and Cleft Lip and Palate. She recently spoke at the
American Association of Dentistry’s Special Patient Care Symposium.
She is frequently a guest on Sirius Radio Channel 110 “Doctor
Radio” and has appeared on Inside Edition, WPIX, NBC Nightly News
and Today.com. She has also been published in Kiwi and
Scholastic Magazines. She has been honored to receive NJ Magazine
“Top Doctor” and NJ Family Magazine “Top Kids Doc Voted by Moms”
awards several times.
She is Past President of the
Northeastern Society of Orthodontists (NESO), the third largest
region in the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO). She is
one of 8 people to serve on the AAO Council on Orthodontic Health
Care. This group helps bring orthodontic care to children who need
and can not afford braces. She also serves as the NESO’s Delegate
Chair to the AAO House of Delegates, which is similar to our US
Congress.
In her spare time, she loves playing
with her toy poodle, Callie who is a certified therapy dog and AKC
Canine Good Citizen. They volunteer through Morristown based
Creature Comfort Pet Therapy to brighten lives. Callie is joining
our office team on some days, too! Dr. Carter is an avid golfer and
Bar Method enthusiast.