Dimensions Board Member Receives AAP Service Award
Dimensions of Dental Hygiene Editorial Advisory Board member Wayne A. Aldredge, DMD, was honored with the American Academy of Periodontology’s (AAP) Distinguished Service Award at the end of 2020.
Dimensions of Dental Hygiene Editorial Advisory Board member Wayne A. Aldredge, DMD, was honored with the American Academy of Periodontology’s (AAP) Distinguished Service Award at the end of 2020. A longtime member and leader in the AAP, Aldredge is a past president, former chair of the Task Force on Dental Hygiene Engagement, and a trustee and member of several AAP committees.
“I’m extremely humbled and honored to have been recognized by the AAP for 20 years of dedicated service. This award means a lot to me…to be recognized by my peers for positively impacting the specialty and future of periodontics. Receiving recognition means that I have an obligation to continue mentoring the younger generation of periodontists,” Aldredge shared with Dimensions.
A clinical assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics and Implantology at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, Aldredge is also a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He maintains private periodontal practices in both Holmdel and Nutley, New Jersey.
From Dimensions of Dental Hygiene. February 2021;19(2):9.
