Carol Lockwood

Graduated first in the recorded history of Northwestern University in Restorative Dentistry. Committed to proactive patient education, to maintaining the highest standard of dental care, and to eliminating inflammation at the gum to tooth interface. Over a decade of dental hygiene care and state-level professional association leadership More than two decades of general dentistry care, mostly perio-prosth and cosmetic Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Dentist at FQHC Kenai AK PCHS Dental (2026-01 – 2026-02)

• Performed all aspects of general dentistry-root canals (except molar endo) extractions, flap SRP, restorative (fillings, crowns and bridges, restoration of implants.)

Dentist at Wisconsin DOC Stanley WI for ICON Staffing Locums Klamath Falls, OR (2025-02 – 2025-11)

• Performed all aspects of general dentistry-root canals (except molar endo) extractions, flap SRP, restorative (fillings, crowns and bridges, restoration of implants.)

Dentist at Arrow Dental Locums with Consilium Staffing (2024-11 – 2025-01)

• Performed all aspects of general dentistry-root canals (except molar endo) extractions, flap SRP, restorative (fillings, crowns and bridges, restoration of implants.)

Dentist at Wellpath (2023-09 – 2024-05)

• Responsible for triaging and treating emergency patients for the Milwaukee County Jail and the Community Reintegration Center after not having a DDS on staff for 6 months.
• Performed extractions initially for only emergent patients with severe pain or swelling. Later often combined decay removal with quick CaOH pulp caps and glass Ionomer fillings in quadrants of patients who were already anesthetized for extractions.
• Co-defined, with nursing staff, the standardized criteria for triaging patients who were: Emergent, Urgent, & Routine
• Refined our prescribing of analgesics: giving acetaminophen and ibuprofen conjointly and at more optimum levels in order to make our patients more comfortable while either on the waitlist for treatment or during post-operative healing.
• Co-established policy with medical staff to eliminate prescribing antibiotics for pain, thereby bringing our prescribing into compliance with the CDC, AMA and ADA-established standard of care, using antibiotics only for systemic infections. This restricted the patients being prescribed antibiotics to patients with: fever, facial swelling or lymph node tenderness.
• Designed a spreadsheet (to supplement software) to “at a glance” monitor treated patients to insure
• progress notes were complete
• post-op Rx’s were created in time for patients’ needs
• attitude/acceptance of care for patient noted
• next visit tx plan done
• possible dismissal date

Part-time Dentist at Wellpath (2021-01 – 2023-06)

Provided 16 hrs/month emergent care to the Douglas County Jail in my current hometown, Roseburg OR, 16 hours/month.

• Provided periodontal therapy and extractions, both simple and surgical.

Dentist at Bright Now Dental (2022-09 – 2022-12)

Re-started a DSO office after Covid shut-down. Attempted to encourage staff to build back systematic procedure descriptions, armamentarium set-up and organization of entire treatment area, as well as to maximize patient appreciation by doing same-day treatment and optimizing each appointment to its fullest potential.

• Upon my start date I achieved production equal to my adjusted gross production necessary for my draw.

Locum Dentist at Smiles Dental (2021-03 – 2022-09)

Worked for one week at Eugene, 2-3 weeks at Roseburg, which included 2-3 days at Riddle.

Locum Dentist at High Country Dental (2022-01 – 2022-03)

• Performed all aspects of general dentistry-root canals (except molar endo) extractions, flap SRP, restorative (fillings, crowns and bridges, restoration of implants.)

Locum Dentist at Quintana Dental (2021-07 – 2021-10)

All aspects of general dentistry with the exception of 3rd molar extractions and challenging molar root canals.

General Dentist at Advantage (2019-02 – 2020-02)

• Served mostly Medicaid patients, seeing 35+ patients/day
• Performed many extractions and quadrant caries-control patients, did some full-mouth rehabilitation using resin-bonding and full/partial dentures.

Dentist at Aspen (2018-11 – 2019-01)

• Provided general dentistry to 40 patients/day.
• Designed many dentures and did quadrant dentistry on mostly Medicaid patients
• Worked closely with the denture lab technician to try to improve their skills.

Owner/operator at Carol Lockwood, DDS (1993-01 – 2018-11)

Worked in my personal start-up private practice in the northern suburbs of Chicago for 25 years on FFS and indemnity insurance patients only.

• Emphasis in prosthodontic and cosmetic cases
• Moved to Oregon in November, 2018 to be closer to family.
• Grew my start-up practice with 99.9% positive Google and Yelp reviews from my Highland Park, Illinois patients

Doctorate of Dental Surgery in Dentistry – Northwestern University Dental School (1988-09 – 1992-04)

AAS in Applied Science – Prairie State College (1969-06 – 1971-08)