Instructors

Stephen Hutton, DMD, MPH, MS

A native of Boulder, Colorado, Dr. Steve Hutton was commissioned an ensign through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Program at Boston University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in BioMedical Engineering. He earned a Master of Public Health from A.T. Still University and a Master of Science from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. After receiving his Doctor in Dental Medicine, he completed post-graduate training in periodontics at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and served as Military Fellow at The Joint Commission. He served the Consultant for Dental Infection Control and Patient Safety to Chief Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and his final tour after 21 years of service was as Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Associate Director for Quality at Naval Medical Center San Diego.  Dr. Hutton is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontics, a member of the Intenational Sociatey of Periodontal Plastic Surgeons and is focused in private practice in performing high quality, minimally invasive microsurgy at Hutton & Norland Oral Plastic Surgery in La Jolla, California.