Dr Gary Klemons

Dr. Gary Klemons is a senior partner at Total Dental Care, and possesses a lifetime of experience in the field of dentistry. Dr. Klemons' father owned one of Brooklyn NY's leading dental laboratories. As a young boy he worked in the lab learning, performing and observing the planning and fabrication of state of the art dental appliances. By the age of 17 he was an accomplished dental technician. Upon completing his pre doctoral training at New York University was accepted to the New York University College of Dentistry in 1978. Upon completing dental school, Dr. Klemons was awarded a dental residency at The Maimonides Medical center of Brooklyn NY. After successfully concluding a yearlong residency, Dr Klemons began his private practice in Brooklyn NY as an associate to Dr. Michael Turoff, A prominent Prosthodontic (reconstructive) dentist at The Williamsburgh Bank building at One Hanson Place. This was the same location as his father's dental Lab and the epicenter of quality dentistry in Brooklyn. In the mid 1980's when dental implants arrived in the United States, Dr Klemons was well positioned and equipped along with his father to become some of the first dental professionals to restore dental implants. Soon thereafter, Dr Klemons was offered a teaching position at The Woodhull Medical center in the Dental department as an attending doctor teaching Implant dentistry on a post-Doctoral level. While at Woodhull Dr. Klemons met the prominent Oral-Maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Harry Dym. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Dym accepted the position of Chairman of The Department of Dentistry at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Dr Klemons was offered and accepted the position of Director of Implant Prosthodontics where he remains to the present, while continuing his private practice currently located in Brooklyn Heights. In 2002 he joined Total Dental Care Of Mattituck. Dr. Klemons a longtime member of the Second District Dental Society serves on the Continuing education committee and serves as presiding chairman at many of the courses offered. In addition Dr Klemons has chaired presentations and has presented papers on Dental implantology at the Greater New York Dental Meeting, the worlds largest gathering of dental professionals. More locally Dr Klemons and His wife Lisa are patrons of The Quogue Wildlife Refuge and The Kent Animal Shelter in Riverhead.