Salvatore Ruggiero, DMD, MD

Dr. Ruggiero received his DMD degree from Harvard Dental School and his MD degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He received his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery board certification in 1994 and has served as a board examiner for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. After completion of his surgical training Dr. Ruggiero joined the full time faculty of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the University Hospital at Stony Brook. During his 14-year tenure at LIJ he served as Chief of Oral Surgery and Associate Chairman of the Department of Dental Medicine. Dr. Ruggiero is now in private practice as a member of the New York Center for Orthognathic and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Ruggiero practices the full scope of pediatric and adult Oral and Maxillofacial surgery that includes dental implant reconstruction, jaw reconstruction and the treatment of patients with facial cleft deformities. Dr. Ruggiero has a special interest and expertise in the management and surgical treatment of traumatic trigeminal nerve injuries and bisphosphonate related osteonecrosis of the jaw.