Michael Pruett, DMD Assistant Professor of Restorative Sciences, and Director of the General Practice Residency Program, received his D.M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia. He completed a two year General Practice Residency at the University of Virginia and then became the Director of Dentistry at Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. While in Hartford he also served as the Assistant Program Director of the General Practice Residency at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He has placed and restored dental implants for the last 25 years. As well he maintains an active practice with emphasis on hospital dentistry, management of medically compromised patients, implant placement and restoration and sedation dentistry. Dr. Pruett is also the director of several hands on courses at The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University; which include implant placement, sinus augmentation, and I.V. sedation. He was also the Dental College of Georgia 2013 Distinguished Alumnus.