Dr Steve Taborda

Dr. Taborda is originally from Colombia, South America. As a 2003 Honors Graduate from the Universidad de Antioquia Colombia, Dr. Taborda was instrumental in developing affordable dental programs for the underserved population in nearby urban and rural areas. Later on he moved with his family to the United States where Dr. Taborda successfully completed his post-graduate residency in Advanced Education in General Dentistry at the College of Dentistry at the University of Florida in 2012. Dr. Taborda knew from an early age that dentistry was a very important emotional component to overall health. As a young boy, he discovered his father wore a partial denture which he hid because he was embarrassed by his appearance. His father never smiled because of the poorly-made appliance, which impacted many of his father’s social relationships. It was then that Dr. Taborda, now one of the top dentists in the nation, committed to a dental career-simply to help his father, and thousands of others, feel proud to smile again. Dr. Taborda is an active member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Dental Association, the Florida Dental Association, the Volusia Flagler Dental Association, and the International Team for Implantology. In 2014, Dr. Taborda was selected by his peers as the recipient of the Doctors’ Choice Award for the Daytona area and in 2015, he received this award for the New Smyrna Beach area.