ACP News
2024 Pacific Region Private Practice Prosthodontist Award
The American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) honored Dr. Larry Over with the Private Practice Prosthodontist Award for the Pacific Region of the ACP at the 2024 Annual Awards & President’s Dinner held at the 54th Annual Session of the ACP on Nov. 8 in Marco Island, FL. This award recognizes private practice prosthodontists who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the specialty of prosthodontics, through prosthodontic practice, enhancing the public’s understanding of the role of a private practice prosthodontist in comprehensive oral health care as well as exemplifying collegiality and cross discipline outreach, or exemplary community service.
"I have been a member of the ACP since my residencies at Indiana University." Dr. Over said, "The ACP has supported me as a private practitioner through its overall mission. I am very grateful the ACP recognizes those of us in private practice. I love treating my patients and am very thankful that we have the specialty of prosthodontics. To be recognized for my care as a private practitioner is very humbling to me."
Dr. Larry Over is a 1985 honors graduate of the OHSU School of Dentistry. He completed a general practice residency in the United States Air Force in 1986. He then served as a general dentist in Italy for three years. He completed residencies in both prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics, and also received an MSD from the Indiana University School of Dentistry and Medical Center in 1992. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, and belongs to several other esteemed dental organizations. He is an adjunct professor in the department of restorative dentistry at the OHSU School of Dentistry and the department of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at the OHSU School of Medicine. He is a visiting lecturer at Lane Community College and at the OHSU School of Dentistry. He is a regular contributor to prosthodontic and maxillofacial prosthetic peer reviewed literature. Dr. Over maintains a full-time private practice limited to prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics in Eugene, OR.
To learn more about all of the 2024 Awards of Distinction Recipients here.
Previous
Next
Back to News