OMS currently has 74 employees, both full and part-time. At OMS we believe that family is important, therefore we have several employees that job-share. This allows for staffing adequate to meet the needs of our patients as well as meeting the needs of our employees and their families. Our staff is proud of our employee longevity. Twenty-two of our employees have been here over ten years, some for more than twenty!

Our front office staff is highly trained in meeting the needs of our patients. Our insurance and financial department is educated in insurance claim coding and filing specific to the oral surgery practice. All of our front office staff is cross-trained and many started out their careers at OMS as assistants that gives them more of an insight into the frustrations that our patients face when dealing with insurance companies and finances, and the fear and anxiety that some patients feel. They are very compassionate and caring and will make every effort to help find a resolution to the problems faced when dealing with insurance companies.

Each doctor has a team of assistants that help him with his daily schedule. All of our surgical assistants have completed and passed the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Anesthesia Assistants Program and have IV Certification for our facility. They have annual medical emergency training as well as quarterly emergency procedure reviews.

Our recovery room is staffed with senior assistants and three registered nurses. They care for our patients after a surgical procedure that involves IV sedation (20 minutes minimum time spent in our recovery room). They also give after care instructions to the patients driver, making sure that they know how to care for you when you get home.

OMS has a nurse on call that takes all of our post-operative calls. She is our on-the-phone advocate between the patient and doctor and is very helpful with information when you have a question or need.

Dr. Steven P. Quinn joined the practice in 1989. He grew up in Springfield and attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, completed his dental education at University of Missouri School of Dentistry, Kansas City, and his Oral Surgery Fellowship at Gundersen Medical Foundation Lutheran Hospital, LaCrosse, Wisconsin where he was Chief Resident in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He also has comprehensive training in dental implants, outpatient anesthesia, facial reconstructive surgery and surgery and treatment, dentoalveolar surgery and exodontia. Dr. Quinn is a fellow in the Academy of Osseointegration, past president of the Greater Springfield Dental Society, a diplomate of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. Quinn has been an active member of the Springfield community. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Boys Scouts of America and is currently a scout leader, he has also been on the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross Tissue Bank, and the Childrens Dental Health Chairman for the Greater Springfield Dental Society.

Dr. Thomas A. Collins, JR. joined the practice in 1993. He grew up in Springfield and attended Southwest Missouri State University where he majored in pre-med. He acquired his dental education at the University of Missouri School of Dentistry, Kansas City and completed his Oral Surgery Internship and Residency at Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Dr. Collins, Jr. furthered his education with a Fellowship in Advanced Facial Reconstructive Surgery at Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana and also a Fellowship in Oral and Facial Cosmetic Surgery at the Institute of Facial Surgery, Murray, Utah. Dr. Collins, Jr. is a member of the Academy of Osseointegration, the Greater Springfield Dental Society, a diplomate of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.

Dr. Collins, Jr. is an avid sportsman with interests that include hunting, competitive sporting clays, wildlife and land management, upland bird hunting, fly fishing, snow and water skiing. He is married with two children.

Dr. J. David Gipson joined the practice in 1997. He grew up in Bolivar and attended Southwest Baptist University. He completed his dental education at University of Missouri School of Dentistry, Kansas City where he received the Deans Academic Achievement Award. Dr. Gipson received his Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his General Surgery internship as well as his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery internship and residency as Chief Resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with extended training in traumatic and cosmetic reconstruction of the face. Dr. Gipson is a member of the Academy of Osseointegration, the Greater Springfield Dental Society, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Greene County Medical Society, American Medical Association, American Dental Association, Missouri Dental Association, and serves as head of the Dental Section at Cox Hospitals.

Dr. Gipson is a member of South Haven Baptist Church where he has serves as a deacon, and teaches in the High School department. Dr. Gipson enjoys running, coaching sports and spending time at the lake with his family. He is married to Julie Gipson and has six children.