Gregory F. George, D.D.S. BIO

Dr. George founded PDC Press Inc., a publishing and video production company that published the Look Mom No Cavities! book and whose focus is to create educational and child health-related books, videos and products. The PDC Press, Inc. mission is to Educate Children Today for a Healthier Tomorrow.

Gregory F. George, D.D.S., a Buffalo-based pediatric dentist with over 20 years experience wrote the book titled "Look Mom…No Cavities! How to Raise a Cavity Free Child" and produced the "Look Mom…No Cavities!" video, based on his strong belief to educate parents and children about the importance of oral health care.

The "Look Mom…No Cavities!" video was nominated for a Time-Life Health award, and received an award at the Festival International du Film Dentaire - Paris 2000. These educational pieces have been designed for children, birth through 18 years of age and are included in the Cavity Busters Total Oral Health Care Kit.

The Cavity Busters Total Oral Health Care Kit was introduced May 2001 at the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting in Atlanta and has been sold to over 20,000 dentists nationwide. September 2002, PDC Press, Inc. introduced two new orthodontic specific oral health care kits, Cavity Busters Complete Orthodontic Care Kits, one for the Junior patient (6 to 12 years) and one for the tween/adult patient (12 years and older). Both Orthodontic Kits contain an orthodontic-specific 15-minute video and a Passport to Oral Health instructional booklet, written by Dr. George. Both Orthodontic Kits contain a full complement of general and orthodontic-related oral care products.

Dr. George is on the staff of the Children's Hospital of Buffalo and has also been a faculty member of The University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine as an instructor for over 10 years. He is founder and co-chair of the Dean's Associates, a branch of the school's development office and the Program Chair for the Buffalo Niagara Dental Meeting. Dr. George is actively involved through these activities to try to raise money for scholarship funds to help students who cannot afford dental school access to an education and career they might not otherwise obtain.

In addition, Dr. George has been selected by Procter & Gamble to write and produce a video for the National Head Start Program. This video is shown nationwide to over 3 million head start teachers, assistants, and parents and children.

The Discovery Channel highlighted Dr. George for a ½ hour health special, which was filmed in his dental office.

Dr. George and the Cavity Busters kits have also appeared on ABC, NBC and CBS news affiliates in over a dozen cities nationwide.

Dr. George has also been selected by Fisher Price as their website pediatric dental expert.

Johnson & Johnson has selected Dr. George to create and write an educational booklet for children. 2.5 million booklets have been produced and sent to dental hygienists nationwide.

The office of the Special Olympics contacted PDC Press, Inc. to co-sponsor a national cause-related marketing program, and to help facilitate an educational program targeted to dental professionals.

PDC Press, Inc. is "kicking-off" the Cavity Busters Lunch Brush Club, a national school-based dental health awareness campaign, in association with the National School Nurses Association and the American Dental Hygenists Association, in February of 2003.

To answer the needs of health professionals who go out into the field to teach oral health care, PDC Press, Inc. created a dental health curriculum guide, "A Dental Health Education Adventure Kit", which allows someone who has not received special dental health education to teach children about oral health. This guide is currently being used as the dental curriculum for multiple states, by public health departments and by schools and private dental offices nationwide.

Other affiliations Dr. George is involved with include the American Society of Pediatric Dentists, the American Dental Association, the New York State Dental Association, the American Academy of Pediatricians and the International Dentaire Federation, and the Hispanic Dental Association.

Dr. George was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Massapequa, Long Island and graduated from Farmingdale High School in 1971 where he played football and lacrosse. He graduated from SUNY at Potsdam in 1975 with a degree in chemistry/biology. After a year of surfing, Dr. George attended and graduated from the University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in 1980, and graduated from a pediatric dental residency at the Children's Hospital in Buffalo in 1982. He has been in private practice since 1982

GregGeorge@LookMom.com