Dr. Brian Hutto iscommitted to providing safe, individualized, compassionate oral surgical care to you and your family.Dr. Hutto is a board-certified Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon with a strong and diverse educational and surgical experience history. After proudly serving his country for 10 years in the United States Navy, Dr. Hutto is a dedicated surgeon in the Modesto community, directing trauma and medical support services at several large local hospitals.
Our practice offers a full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery services including dental implant placement, wisdom teeth and non-restorable tooth removal, bone grafting, impacted canine tooth exposure, pre-prosthetic surgery, diagnosis and treatment of oral and facial pathology, orthognathic and reconstructive jaw surgery, facial trauma management, evaluation of TMJ & facial pain disorders and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is an internationally recognized surgical specialty which requires 4-6 additional years of hospital-based surgical and anesthesia training after graduation from dental school. These specialty surgeons treat a wide spectrum of diseases including injuries, pathology and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and facial regions.
Additionally, Dr. Hutto has successfully completed the rigorous American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons (ABOMS) written and oral certification process designed specifically to foster excellence and encourage learning in the promotion of the delivery of superior health care.
Patients are often referred by their dentists, physicians or other specialists to an oral surgeon when oral and facial surgical evaluation and treatment are needed. This reflects strongly on the high ethical standards of your health-care providers and demonstrates a dedicated commitment to you and your families. Always working closely with your referring doctors, we pledge to provide you with the highest quality health care possible.
As part of their residency and continued education, our doctor prides himself on excellence with his outpatient anesthesia techniques ensuring safe, efficient and comfortable IV Conscious Sedation or General Anesthesia delivery while expertly completing the needed surgical procedures.
While the majority of the surgical treatments are carefully and conveniently completed in our comfortable office setting, Dr. Hutto maintains hospital privileges at Doctors Medical Center of Modesto and Memorial Medical Center for required outpatient procedures. With significant training and experience in managing a wide array of facial injuries, Dr. Hutto actively participates in several hospitals facial trauma call schedules.
Most importantly, doctors refer their patients to Modesto Oral Surgery because of the years of honesty, trust, compassionate care and dependable services we strive to provide to each and every patient who walks through our doors.
After graduating from UC San Diego in 1995, Dr. Hutto proudly continued a long family history of United States Navy service receiving a Health Professions Scholarship to attend the prestigious University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Four years, four professional degrees (between Dr. Hutto and his wife, Caroline) and two children later, the Hutto clan started their military adventure at Camp Pendleton, CA, where he successfully completed an AEGD dental internship and served as a general dental officer.
Under the rewarding mentorship of several US Navy surgeons, Dr. Hutto caught the surgery bug and was accepted into the very competitive civilian Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency program at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, TX. After four years, another son, and many surgical cases later, Dr. Hutto and family set sail for a four-year assignment in beautiful and historic Okinawa, Japan. During this tour, Dr. Hutto was specially selected for a 5-month deployment on the USS Mercy, with medical humanitarian missions in the Philippines, Vietnam, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Micronesia.
Dr. Hutto was honorably discharged after 10 years of distinguished military service and joined the private practice of three spectacular doctors at Spokane Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in Spokane, WA. While participation on a regional cleft lip/palate team as well as a fast-paced maxillofacial surgery trauma organization proved rewarding, the call of a solo practice brought Dr. Hutto back to California.
When not caring for patients, youre most likely to find Dr. Hutto at one of his childrens baseball, softball or soccer events. He and Caroline enjoy sports, outdoor activities, traveling, learning, teaching, reading and rooting for the San Francisco Giants and 49ers.
