General Info

Board Certified Orthodontist, Dr. Eric Dugum, was born in California and completed his Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Residency at New York University in 2018. He graduated top of his class in 2014 and received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health while simultaneously attaining a Master of Public Health degree from A.T. Still University School of Health Management with a concentration on oral cancer awareness and education. Dr. Dugum completed his undergraduate education at the University of California in Los Angeles in 2009 and holds a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. In addition to his ability to provide specialized services in Orthodontics, Dr. Dugum is well versed in multidisciplinary care that can be done in conjunction to orthodontic treatment. Dr. Dugum is a published researcher; he contributed as a Second Author in the Human Molecular Genetics Journal and undertook clinical murine genetics research that he later compiled and presented into a publication entitled “Upstream Transcription Factor 1 Influences Plasma Lipid and Metabolic Traits in Mice”, he also created a researched based website to support oral cancer prevention and early detection, you can visit the site at www.StopOralCancer.org. His professional memberships include the American Dental Association and the American Association of Orthodontics. Dr. Dugum is fluent in Arabic and Spanish and when he is not practicing dentistry he enjoys traveling and spending time with his fiancé.