Dr Jacqueline S. Reid

Dr. Jacqueline Reid started working at a dental office at the age of 15. She says that it was this early work experience that made her the person she is today. Dr. Reid counts her dental degree as one of the most important life choices she has ever made, and she thoroughly enjoys all aspects of dentistry. She considers herself fortunate to have such a fulfilling career (pun intended!). Dr. Reid has been practicing in Chatham for over 25 years. She believes that Chatham is such a wonderful town to have a practice, and she thinks of all of our patients as family. Dr. Reid graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine in 1996, and she then went on to complete a hospital-based general practice residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 2004, Dr. Reid was appointed director of the same program and the chief of hospital dentistry at Robert Wood Johnson. She is responsible for the educational program of the dental residents, as well as the administrative demands of the program. What Dr. Reid enjoys most about her position as director is teaching and taking care of disabled patients’ dental needs in the operating room. After the tragic events of September 11, Dr. Reid became interested in using her dental degree to serve the community with forensic dentistry. In 2006, Dr. Reid completed a 14-month fellowship in forensic odontology (forensic dentistry) at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. She became board certified in forensic odontology in 2012. Dr. Reid works with several medical examiners’ offices to aid in the identification of victims for families, and she also assists law enforcement in various other forensic dental cases, including identification, dental age estimation, bitemark analysis, abuse, malpractice and standard of care, dental fraud and dental workers’ compensation. Dr. Reid teaches at Rutgers Dental School in forensic odontology and is a member of the regional mass disaster team. She is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) and the current secretary of the American Society of Forensic Odontology (ASFO). She is also a member of the American Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and the American Dental Association® (ADA) and is currently on the executive committee of the American Board of Forensic Dentistry (ABFO), which she is in line to be President of in 2023. When not at the office, Dr. Reid enjoys spending time with her two daughters.