Dr. Varipapa's Credentials

Washington, DC Cosmetic Dentist Serving Alexandria, Arlington, and Surrounding Areas

A native of Washington, D.C., Charley Varipapa is a 1984 Graduate of University of Maryland Dental School. He served as faculty member from 1986 to 1991 as well. He has completed extensive post-doctoral training at:

• Seattle Institute for Advanced Dental Studies
  This is one of the premier training centers for advanced esthetic and restorative dental training in the country
• Pankey Institute for Advanced Dental Education
  is the first and oldest post-graduate program in advanced restorative dentistry
• The MAP Implant Institute
  Run by Dr Michael A Pikos this Institute teaches restorative dentists along with Implantologists techniques and protocols for advanced implant restoration.
• Dawson Center for Advanced Dental Studies
  The premier post-graduate academy for study of the occlusion, function, the neuromuscular system and the bite
• Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies
  Dr. Varipapa is also attended the Las Vegas Institute ( LVI ), the premier cosmetic dental post-graduate institute in the world.
• Dr Varipapa is the only Dentist in Metropolitan Washington to have completed post-graduate studies at all five of these institutes

He is the founder and former president of the Patuxent Dental Society and the Bob Barkley Study Club. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was honorably discharged in 1984.

Dr. Varipapa trains dentists nationally on listening communication, and dental practice management. He has been involved mentoring dental students and new dentists for over 15 years. Dr. Varipapa is a member of the American Dental Association, The Virginia Dental Society, The California Dental Society, and the Northern Virginia Dental Society where he serves on the patient relations and peer review board. He is currently the Program Chair of the Northern Virginia Dental Society and the Alexandria Dental Society.

Additionally Dr. Varipapa is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and is licensed in Virginia, Maryland and California.

Charley resides in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia and enjoys cooking, the arts, traveling and relationships he has forged with people through the course of his life. He loves his work and the people he meets everyday.