Dr. Robert A. Bouffard, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, attended Archbishop Curley High School and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy Dental Corps. Among his assignments while serving in the Navy, Dr. Bouffard served with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One (Seabees) and the Second Marine Division. He served two tours at the United States Naval Academy, as a general dentist and later as the staff periodontist for the Brigade of Midshipmen, and later served as the director of the Navy Dental Clinic in Newport Rhode Island, and at the Naval War College. Dr. Bouffard completed two residencies while in the Navy, the first, a hospital based general practice residency at Naval Hospital Oakland, and the second, a specialty residency in Periodontics at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School in Bethesda, Maryland. Doctor Bouffard successfully attained Board Certification in Periodontics in 1999, and maintains his Diplomate status. Following his Naval service, Dr. Bouffard established South River Periodontics and maintains private practices in both Rhode Island and Maryland.

By choosing treatment with South River Periodontics, you should expect that you will benefit from the most up to date procedures for treating periodontal disease and placing dental implants and cosmetic periodontal procedures to help you achieve the smile you desire.