Dr. Steven D. Hokett is a 1983 graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center Dental School at San Antonio where he received a DDS. degree.  He received a certificate in Periodontics at Fort Gordon, Georgia in conjunction with the Medical College of Georgia in 1991. Additional assignments include tours at Nürnberg, Germany, Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He served as the Assistant Director and Director of the U.S. Army Periodontic Residency at Fort Gordon, Georgia from 1997 – 2003 whereupon he retired from active duty in the U.S. Army Dental Corps. He is a Diplomate and Examiner of the American Board of Periodontology and holds the U.S. Army Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator.  He is currently a Periodontist in Vancouver, Washington and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Periodontology at the Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Dentistry.