Dr. Edwards is a native of Birmingham,Alabama and moved to Randolph County in 1979 to practice comprehensive dentistry. He attended college at Birmingham Southern College and the University of Alabama in Birmingham earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Sciences and Mathmatics. He earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. Dr. Edwards received additional training in the United States Public Health Service and has earned his Fellowship and Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Edwards has a wife; Terri,and four children. They Edwards enjoy outdoor activities, sports and spending time as a family. Dr. Edwards has been an associate clinical professor at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry since 1996 in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry. Dr. Edwards is very active in the profession having served in all the offices of his Alabama district dental society and the Alabama Academy of General Dentistry, including president in 1995. Dr. Edwards is currently chairman of the ADA anesthesia committee and is serving on the ADA Council on Dental Education. Dr Edwards lectures nationally on the subject of sedation and anxiety reduction in dentistry. He has received numerous awards in dentistry including being inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Dental Society, Fellowship in the Pierre Fauchard Society, and Fellowship in the The American College of Dentists. He has also received the Fellowship Award and the Mastership Award of the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Edwards has postgraduate training in dental techniques such as dental implants, cosmetic dentistry,and restorative dentistry, only to mention a few. He is dedicated to continuing education and teaching to bring his family of patients the very latest advances in the profession.