Dr. Jim Birckhead

Dr. Birckhead received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Tennessee in 1981, graduating Cum Laude. He earned his Doctorate of Dental Surgery in 1985 from the College of Dentistry, University of Tennessee at Memphis.

In order to stay on the cutting edge of technology, Dr. Birckhead continues to take an average of 60 units of continuing education per year. Also, he has received extensive post-graduate training in porcelain veneers, posterior composites, and root canal therapy.

Dr. Birckhead is a member of the American Dental Association, Tennessee Dental Association, Nashville Dental Society, Academy of General Dentistry, and is also on staff at the Sumner Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Jeff Powers

Dr. Powers received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1996 from Vanderbilt University. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Tennessee at Memphis.

Graduating in the top 5 of his dental school class, in 2000, Dr. Powers received several honors during his training. These honors include being a Dr. Robert N. Wilson and Thomas Weems Scholarship Award recipient, an inductee into the Richard and Marguerite Dean Honorary Odontological Society as well as the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society, and receiving the four year certificate of honor on the Dean’s List for Outstanding Academic Achievement. He is a member of the American Dental Association and volunteers his time with the Special Olympics, Special Smiles program.