General Info

AVIE ORAL SURGERY GROUP IS A SPECIALIST DENTAL OFFICE IN ODENTON, MARYLAND CLOSE TO FORT MEADE SPECIALIZING IN ORAL SURGERY FOR THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. WE WERE FOUNDED ON THE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE THAT YOUR MOUTH IS AS INTEGRAL TO YOUR WELL-BEING AS EVERY OTHER PART OF YOUR BODY. WE STRIVE TO LISTEN TO EACH PATIENT CAREFULLY SO THAT WE CAN ARRIVE AT AN IDEAL SURGICAL TREATMENT PLAN THAT MEETS YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS, NO MATTER WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. OUR APPROACH TO ORAL SURGERY IS HOLISTIC, IN THAT WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOUR WHOLE PERSON. IT IS WHY WE ARE CALLED AVIE. IT IS FROM THE FRENCH PHRASE: À VIE, WHICH MEANS “TO LIFE”! DR. EDNA BUCKLE WAS BORN IN GHANA AND GREW UP PRIMARILY IN MICHIGAN. SHE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (GO BLUE!) AND COMPLETED HER DENTAL TRAINING AT THE WORLD'S FIRST DENTAL SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS ANESTHESIA AWARD FOR MANAGEMENT OF ANXIOUS PATIENTS. AFTER DENTAL SCHOOL, DR. BUCKLE COMPLETED FOUR YEARS OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY TRAINING AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON, DC WITH EMPHASIS ON TRAUMA AND FACIAL SURGERY, AS WELL AS EXTRACTIONS, PATHOLOGY, SEDATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF MEDICALLY COMPROMISED PATIENTS. DR. BUCKLE IS WRITTEN BOARD CERTIFIED AND CREDENTIALED WITH LAUREL REGIONAL HOSPITAL. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS, THE MID-ATLANTIC SOCIETY OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS, THE INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATION OF TONGUE TIE PROFESSIONALS, AND THE HOLISTIC DENTAL ASSOCIATION. IN HER SPARE TIME, DR. BUCKLE IS AN AVID READER AND SHORT STORY WRITER, AND ENJOYS TRAVELING, RUNNING, AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY.