About David Zelby
David Zelby, DDS became interested in dentistry as he observed senior students busily occupying themselves making models of teeth and crafting their dental projects. This embarked his lifelong interest in perfecting dental techniques and helping his patients be pain-free while changing their lives as they experienced smiling again or maybe for the first time. “The rewards of handing a patient a mirror and seeing the glow of their faces is a life confirming commitment for me,” explains Dr. Zelby. He earned his general dental degree from the New York University School of Dentistry in 1974. he spent one year in general practice residency at French and Polyclinic Hospital in New York City. Dr. Zelby continued his education to become a certified prosthodontist at South Carolina College of Dental Medicine. Prosthodontics is a specialty in dentistry, recognized by the American Dental Association and requires two to three years of extra dental school after completion of a general dentistry degree. This higher level of training allows a prosthodontist to perform a higher level of dentistry with greater expertise. The primary focus of a prosthodontist is all treatments of restorative dentistry and full mouth reconstruction.
