{"id":18,"date":"2015-07-18T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T14:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caringdentists.com\/blog\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-11-01T09:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:13:04","slug":"philip-a-gentry-dds-fagd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/philip-a-gentry-dds-fagd\/","title":{"rendered":"About Dr. Gentry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Philip A. Gentry, DDS, FAGD<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Philip Gentry<\/a>, DDS, FAGD has been keeping smiles bright and healthy in Arlington, Virginia for over 37 years. He is a Fellow of The Academy of General Dentistry<\/a>, only 6% of Dentists have achieved Fellowship, and Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Maryland Dental School<\/a>. He served for 10 years on Dean\u2019s Faculty in The Advanced Education in General Dentistry Department, at The University of Maryland, and was awarded The University of Maryland School of Dentistry\u2019s Honorary Alumnus Award. He is currently on faculty, teaching in The Department of Comprehensive Dentistry<\/a>, teaching and supervising 4th year dental students and Advanced General Dentistry Residents treating patients at The University of Maryland Dental Clinic in Rockville, Maryland.<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Gentry graduated with \u201cDistinguished Honors<\/em>\u201d from The George Washington University undergrad, and \u201cSumma Cum Laude”<\/em>,\u00a0 With Highest Honors, \u00a0from Georgetown University School of Dentistry. While at Georgetown, Dr. Gentry received numerous honors and awards for his outstanding work, including the Georgetown Alumni Association Award. While a dental student he worked doing research at The NIH in Bethesda, Maryland.\u00a0 Dr. Gentry has appeared on television and radio and written and published numerous articles for newspapers, magazines, and journals.<\/p>\n

Dr. Gentry is a member of The American Dental Association<\/a>, The Virginia Dental Association, Northern Virginia Dental Society, Maryland State Dental Association, The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and\u00a0 is a Fellow of The Academy of General Dentistry. He was voted one of the Washington D.C. area’s Top Dentists by Washingtonian Magazine<\/a>, voted a top dentist in Virginia by Virginia Living Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine and Arlington Magazine. He is listed in The Guide to America\u2019s Top Dentists. Dr. Gentry maintains his private practice in Arlington, Virginia and also teaches at The University of Maryland Dental School.<\/p>\n

Dr. Gentry enjoys all aspects of dentistry and has a special interest in dental implants, crown and bridge, restorative, reconstructive, and cosmetic dentistry. As a patient of Dr. Gentry\u2019s,\u00a0 you can trust that you will be receiving excellent care from an experienced, well-respected, and skilled caring dentist. New patients are always welcome in his private practice office in Arlington, Virginia, and Dr. Gentry himself is accepting a limited number of new patients.<\/p>\n

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  Dr. Philip A. Gentry, DDS, FAGD Dr. Philip Gentry, DDS, FAGD has been keeping smiles bright and healthy in Arlington, Virginia for over 37 years. He is a Fellow of The Academy of General Dentistry, only 6% of Dentists have achieved Fellowship, and Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Maryland Dental School. He … Continue reading About Dr. Gentry<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3227,"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/3227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caringdentists.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}