Thursday, October 28, 2010

Dr. Dan Bills Joins the University of Pennsylvania Faculty


Dr. Dan Bills was recently given the appointment of Clinical Associate in the Department of Orthodontics at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania. As an Honors graduate of Harvard University and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, Dr. Bills has always had a firm dedication to education and to his profession. This Faculty appointment will allow him the opportunity to pass on his innovative and cutting-edge approach to orthodontic treatment to the next generation of orthodontists.

As the son of two teachers, the importance of education was instilled in Dr. Bills at an early age. He was a teaching assistant throughout his many years in school, and he immediately joined the Dental Staff at Virtua Hospital upon returning to South Jersey in 2004. He thoroughly enjoys teaching orthodontics to the dental residents at Virtua, and was honored as their 2008 “Teacher of the Year”. Joining the Faculty at Penn, the area’s only Ivy League Institution, has been a lifelong dream of his, and he could not be more excited about this opportunity.

As anyone who has ever spent any time at Innovative Orthodontics (Dr. Bills’ private office) will tell you, information and education play a key role in his approach to orthodontic therapy. He spends a great deal of one-on-one time with his patients and parents, and takes great pride in educating them about the many intricacies of orthodontic treatment. In addition, Dr. Bills is the Founder of the Innovative Orthodontics Institute, where he gives in-office lectures about key orthodontic issues to Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants. In his mind, orthodontic treatment and education are symbiotically linked, and one simply cannot exist without the other. It is his hope that this novel approach will ultimately change the way people think about orthodontics.