Dr. Raymond van Gennip, DDS

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Get to know Periodontist Dr. Raymond van Gennip, who serves patients in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Dr. van Gennip is an experienced periodontist who is currently serving patients’ dental needs at his private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland. There, he uses today’s most effective technology and therapies to achieve optimal gum health. What he does goes far beyond scaling and root planing. His broad educational background in medicine and dentistry gives him a unique perspective on periodontal care and a strong focus on promoting gum health instead of just treating gum disease.

Dr. van Gennip’s patients have excellent things to say about him, one stating “Dr. van Gennip is very thorough and professional, yet is also very kind and friendly. He cares deeply about his profession, and loves to explain (to both his patients and his staff) what he is doing, why he is doing it, and the research behind it.”

Dr. van Gennip is a faculty member at Dental Seminars, LLC, which provides a wide variety of dental education courses, both lecture and hands-on. He teaches advanced surgical techniques in both periodontics and implant dentistry. 

Dr. van Gennip earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and his Master of Science in Dentistry degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He also holds a Doctorandus from the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dr. van Gennip is a Fellow of the International Congress for Oral Implantologists and a Fellow of the Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation.

Periodontology or periodontics is the specialty of dentistry that studies supporting structures of teeth, as well as diseases and conditions that affect them. As a periodontist, Dr. van Gennip specializes in dental implant placement, advanced bone grafting, and reconstruction. 

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