About Bruce W. Johnson, DMD
As a patient, you will always receive my best performance. I have a strong desire to meet my expectations and exceed yours. Key elements to performing my best are the extra time I take to carry out procedures and the routine I maintain to be physically and mentally capable. It is not in my nature to rush through my work, nor is it in my nature to fall short of the demands of long surgeries. I have a history of high performance in all activities that are of priority, particularly academic, professional, and hobbies. I only enjoy an activity if I push myself to acquire mastery and be at my best in that endeavor. This is particularly true of my professional work as a dental implant and periodontal surgeon. In 1986, four years after the start of my private practice, I began training at the Branemark Clinic in Gothenburg, Sweden — the home of titanium dental implant treatment. Since then, dental implant surgery has grown to 70% of my practice and I have skill and experience in all levels of implant treatment, from straightforward to advanced and complex case types. I have particular expertise in cosmetic implant surgery (when the teeth being replaced are in the area of the smile). I was trained in, and am a proponent of, the team approach, in which treatment steps are performed by specialists who act as a well-coordinated team. These specialists are surgeons, restorative doctors, and lab technicians acting together as a team for the benefit of the patient. No one individual performs the entire treatment in the team approach. Dental implant surgery is the primary area of my work, but I also have superior experience in gingival (gum) grafting and treatment of periodontitis (gum disease). The same level of care, skill, and judgement goes into any type of treatment I am proposing, regardless of its relative size or whether the need is due to disease or aesthetics.
