Dr. Vance grew up in Baton Rouge and graduated from Baton Rouge High in 1989. After receiving a full scholarship, he attended LSU where he attained his bachelor's degree in engineering in 1994. He is a member of Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society. Dr. Vance attended the LSU School of Dentistry -- his last two years on scholarship from the US Air Force. He graduated from dental school in 2000 and subsequently had the highest academic marks in his Air Force class of 200 students and was awarded the Hoyt S. Vandenberg Academic Achievement Award. He is a member of the American Dental Association and the Academy of General Dentistry.

While at Barksdale Air Force Base, Dr. Vance accepted an Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency program. His advanced training was in all fields of dentistry including IV sedation, forensics and temporomandibular disorders. In 2003 he also presented continuing education on Localized Aggressive Periodontitis at a national dental meeting.

A new assignment at Eielson AFB, Alaska (where temperatures of -50F are not uncommon) brought greater responsibility and he was placed in charge of continuing education, dental readiness, dental forensics, medical emergency training, dental radiology and oral surgery. While he was stationed in Alaska, the Air Force sent him for additional training in prosthodontics, endodontics, and operative dentistry.

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