Meet Dr. Cavender
Dr. Cavender is a 1994 graduate of the West Virginia University School of Dentistry. The following year he completed a General Practice Residency at the Charleston Area Medical Center located in Charleston, West Virginia. Immediately after the GPR, he continued his practice of general dentistry in Huntington, West Virginia.
Dr. Cavender soon developed a passion for endodontics. In 1996 he decided to further his education and in 1998 graduated from the Postdoctoral Endodontic Program located at Boston University. Dr. Cavender maintained a successful private endodontic practice in Charleston, West Virginia for nine years. He and his family then headed west looking for warmer and dryer weather. He visited Scottsdale, AZ and decided this is where he wanted to continue his career as an endodontist. He lived and worked out West for 10 years before eventually returning to the mountains of West Virginia.
Dr. Michael S. Cavender
Dr. Cavender has lectured at numerous dental study clubs and dental society meetings. He was an assistant professor of endodontics at the Charleston Area Medical Center during his stay in Charleston. Dr. Cavender spent 2 years as the Predoctoral Director of Endodontics at the West Virginia University School of Dentistry in Morgantown, West Virginia during the Covid-19 era. While teaching in the dental school, he was able to perform endodontic research and was published in the International Journal of Dentistry in August of 2023.
Dr. Cavender has always practiced at the highest level standard of care and is very in tune with his patients needs. He utilizes the latest techniques and equipment available. In his free time, he enjoys sports and especially spending time in the great outdoors. Dr. Cavender now resides in his home state and maintains a full time endodontic practice in Lewisburg, West Virginia.