Meet Dr. Chester V. Clark Jr.

Dr. Chester V. Clark, Jr. has enjoyed helping people through dentistry since 1977. He loves to find easier and better ways to enhance smiles, preserve or replace teeth, and maintain healthy jaw joints all in the context of improving health and well-being. In 1985 he discontinued placing amalgam fillings and since then has pursued the developing protocols for safe mercury removal and healthier alternatives. He has been a member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology since its founding in the 1980’s and has attended more than 20 conferences. He holds memberships in the Academy of General Dentistry, Academy of Laser Dentistry, the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, and the American Academy of Ozonotherapy.

Dr. Clark has been involved with his local community by serving as City of Amity Alderman for 18 years and as mayor for 16 years. He was a founding board member of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority for 8 years and has served on various other foundations and school boards of directors.

Since 1968 Dr. Clark has been happily married to Harriet who has had an illustrious career as a dietitian, teacher and school administrator. They have four children, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.

In his rare spare time, Dr. Clark enjoys piloting a Cessna 182, gardening, construction, spending time with young people at the academy and Bible college he and his wife founded, and generally making the world a better place with his John Deere tractor and excavator.