Dr. Cardona received her D.M.D. with Honors from the University of Puerto Rico, School of Dentistry in 2002. She then moved to New York to complete a year of General Practice Residency in Hospital Dentistry at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After a year in NY, she spent another 4 years at the same Institution finishing her Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency. She received extensive training in advanced oral surgical procedures (impacted wisdom teeth, dental implants, and bone grafting), facial trauma and reconstructive surgery (complex facial fractures and lacerations), orthognathic surgery (corrective jaw surgery), maxillofacial tumors and reconstructive surgery, and general anesthesia.

      Dr. Cardona is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a Diplomate of the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical College of Georgia.

      She is native from Carolina, Puerto Rico which makes her fully fluent in Spanish and English. Dr. Cardona joined Atlanta Oral and Facial Surgery in 2007. Her main interest is full scope Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. She resides in Gwinnett County and enjoys spending time with her husband Scott and her Yorkshire terrier. She practices at our Lilburn, Hamilton Mill, and Sugarloaf office locations.

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