Henry Blair

Biography

Dr. Blair is a Georgia native. He was born in Augusta and spent his early years in Columbia, SC. Dr. Blair’s family then moved to East Cobb where he graduated from Lassiter High School. He graduated with honors from Auburn University with a degree in exercise physiology. After one year as an oral surgery assistant with Atlanta Oral & Facial Surgery, Dr. Blair attended Tufts University School of Dentistry in Boston, MA. Upon receiving his D.M.D. degree, Dr. Blair entered the four year Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency program at Emory University. After completing his residency, Dr. Blair completed a one-year fellowship in bone grafting and dental implants at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.

Dr. Blair rejoined Atlanta Oral and Facial Surgery in September 2011. Dr. Blair and Atlanta Oral & Facial Surgery had kept in close contact over the nine years during his dental education, residency and fellowship. He is now proud to be a partner of the very practice that inspired his career.

Dr. Blair is board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has privileges at  Northside Hospital and is a Clinical Associate Professor at Emory University working with the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residents. He is also a member of several professional organizations that include:

• The Ga. Dental Association
• The American Dental Society
• The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• The Academy of Osseointegration

Dr. Blair is a Fellow of the American Society of Implant & Reconstructive Dentistry (ASIRD). ASIRD is committed to improving the quality of care for dental implant patients by elevating the standards of surgical and restorative dental education and practice. Not every dentist routinely restores and maintains dental implants and not all placers of dental implants are surgeons.  By using an ASIRD team, rest assured that your dentist routinely restores and maintains dental implants and only a trained surgeon will place your implant. Learn more about Dr. Blair at ASIRD.

Dr. Blair’s enjoys the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery, with a special interest in trauma, dental implants and bone grafting, reconstructive surgery and surgical extraction of wisdom teeth. His innovative surgical techniques have been published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (JOMS). Dr. Blair has also worked in Central America, performing facial reconstruction for children with cleft palates and other facial deformities.

Dr. Blair and his wife Danielle have two children, both boys, named Charlie and Parker.  The Blair family lives in North Buckhead and attends Buckhead church. Dr. Blair enjoys long distance running (competing in many of the top US marathons), fishing, golf, and college athletics. Especially, if it’s for Auburn!

Dr. Blair practices out of the Roswell and Dunwoody offices.