Dr. Leonard Barry Smith, DDS, is recognized by Continental Who's Who
CALGARY, Alberta, July 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Leonard Barry Smith, DDS, is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional in the field of Healthcare as a result of his role as a Pediatric Dentist with Dental Care for Children.
Dr. Smith received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Alberta in 1968. He completed a hospital residency at the Winnipeg Children's Hospital in 1970 and earned a Master's of Science degree and Pedodontic Dentistry certification from the Ohio State University in 1972.
Furthermore, he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, Life Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and a Life Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
In 2005, Dr. Smith received the Integrity Award from the Rotary Club of Calgary, Downtown Chapter and received a special achievement award from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2014 for distinguished service and dedication to the mission and goals of the Academy.
During his 49 year career, with 45 as a Pediatric Dental Specialist, Dr. Smith has been an advocate for oral health needs of children. Throughout the years, he served a term as President of the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped 1982-83, Chief of the Dental Department at the Alberta Children's Hospital 1974-1986 and is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary. He is also the Chairman of the Non –hospital dental Facility Accreditation Committee of the Alberta Dental Association and College. He is the Founder and Chairman of The Society For A Healthy Mouth Healthy Child (Alberta) a registered not for profit in Canada and The Foundation For A Healthy Mouth Healthy Child, a not for profit registered in the USA.
He has self-published a number of books, such as, Pediatric Oral Pathology, My Smile ,The Pain Look at the Ravages of Early Childhood Caries, among others. He has worked with other doctors to author some of his works and articles, including Drs. A. Nowak and P. Casamassimo.
He is available to speak to other professionals about the reality of Early Childhood Caries and the fact that this is an infectious disease that is about more than just baby teeth.
He details the impact this preventable disease, which is now the most common, chronic infectious disease in children 5 and younger in North America.
This disease affects 28% of all children 2-5 years of age (5.6 million in North America) and of that 23% of children never get any oral health care (1.3 million in North America). Those children who do not receive care or who care is delayed suffer from sleep deprivation, malnutrition, neurodevelopmental impacts and are at risk of developing toxic stress.
These children are neglected and or abused and have a high potential of developing addictive behaviors, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease as they approach early adulthood. He also analyzes the impact it will have and on the family and its relationship to domestic violence, along with its impact on society in general.
Dr. Smith is currently associating in the office he owned and recently sold, Dental Care for Children in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
CONTACT: Katherine Green, 516-825-5634, [email protected]
SOURCE Continental Who's Who
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