Meet Dr. Stahr

Dr. David Stahr, DDS is an oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMFS or OMS). Dr. Stahr is a board certified oral surgeon. He completed an internship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas and then went on to spend another four years as an oral and maxillofacial surgery resident at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) and an active member of continuing medical education so that he can be at the forefront of this advanced specialty.

Stahr Oral Surgery was established in 2013 in Fairmont and Morgantown, West Virginia.

A common question is what exactly is an oral surgeon? Oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMFS or OMS) are unique among dental specialists in a number of ways. After completing a 4 year dental program to earn their doctorate, they go on to spend another four to six years in a rigorous hospital-based residency program for surgery.

They are trained alongside other medical and surgical residents and are in fact the only other health care specialists (aside from anesthesiologists) who can administer all levels of sedation. Oral surgeons focus on treating complex surgical problems related to the hard and soft tissues of the face, mouth and jaws. Common problems they address are impacted teeth, complex dental extractions, performing dental implants, treatment and removal of some oral cancers and even higher level procedures such as facial reconstruction after trauma.