"Dr. Hedge was chosen by the ABC team to be the cosmetic dentist in Cincinnati, for Ohio's Extreme Makeover."

Dr. Hedge was born in Mentor, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. He, his wife, Tiffany, and his daughter Cecily, now live in Cincinnati. Dr. Hedge attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio where he double majored in biology and chemistry. During his education at the Ohio State University College of Dentistry he conducted research resulting in the publication of seven abstracts and one paper and numerous awards at the state and national level.

Following his graduation from dental school he completed a general practice residency at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. This advanced education included additional training in anesthesia, pediatrics, emergency medicine, geriatrics, Temporomandibular Joint Treatment, endodontics, periodontics, orthodontics, oral surgery, prosthetics and implantology.

Dr. Tom Hedge established the Dental Health Center in West Chester, Ohio, a Cincinnati suburb. Since founding the center in 1988, Dr. Hedge has established it as the leading practice for restorative dentistry in southern Ohio. Dr. Hedge is nationally recognized not only for excellence in clinical programs, but for sound business practices that make full use of the newest technologies in dentistry. Dr. Hedge is an alumnus of the L.D. Pankey Institute and the Las Vegas Institute for Cosmetic Dentistry. He has participated in over 250 hours of continuing education per year over the last decade. Dr. Hedge is a frequent contributor to newsletters and magazines that promote professional development, including Dental Economics, Dentistry Today, The Profitable Dentist, Dental Products Reports, Contemporary Esthetics, and Dental Town Magazine.