Specialties: Craniofacial orthodontics
Team Role: Craniofacial orthodontist, treatment of craniofacial vascular anomalies

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Dr. Kirt E. Simmons received his D.D.S. and a Ph.D in pharmacology from the University of Texas Health Science Center. He completed a residency in Orthodontics and a Fellowship in Craniofacial Anomalies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He served as and Assistant Professor of Orthodontics and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Indiana University from 1989 - 1992.

From 1992-1997 Dr. Simmons served on the faculty in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Simmons has taught courses in craniofacial growth and development, dental pharmacology, surgical orthodontics, oral-pharyngeal function, and orthodontic treatment in dental implant patients. He was the orthodontic consultant on the UNC Dental Implant Team and the Craniofacial Deformities Team, developed a residency training clinic in this area and provided care to most of these patients. He has conducted research on craniofacial anomalies, bone physiology, dental implants, orthodontic pain, endocrine disorders (including growth hormone deficiency, Turner's Syndrome and growth hormone resistant dwarfism), and the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).

Dr. Simmons is also the orthodontic consultant to a number of support organizations including the MAGIC Foundation (for children with statural disorders), Wide Smiles (for patients with craniofacial and cleft deformities), The Turner Syndrome Society and The Noonan Syndrome Support Group. He has presented numerous seminars at professional meetings, at parent support group symposia, and has published multiple scientific abstracts and papers. He is Diplomate of the American Society of Osseointegration and is board eligible in orthodontics. Dr. Simmons came to Arkansas Children's Hospital in 1997 to develop the craniofacial orthodontic program.