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Richard Runkle
Richard Runkle has been a dentist since 1963, graduating with his class from Ohio State University College of Dentistry. After serving two years in the United States Air Force, he ...view moreRichard Runkle has been a dentist since 1963, graduating with his class from Ohio State University College of Dentistry. After serving two years in the United States Air Force, he started his own private practice in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio.
During this time, he was elected as a Dayton Dental Society Board member then eventually as president after going through the chairs of the Dayton Dental Society. As part of that service, he was a member of the Ohio Dental Association House of Delegates.
While in Dayton, he founded, helped sponsor, coached, and managed two baseball teams—one high school American legion team and a college-age adult team. Ten of his players were drafted by professional baseball teams, two of which eventually played in the major leagues.
After moving to Arlington, Virginia, in 1983 and practicing in Washington, DC, he served as vice president for Rule Enforcement for the Clark Griffith Baseball League, the organization that supported college baseball players in Washington, DC, Virginia, and Maryland summer baseball leagues.
Also, while in that area, he served on his church’s committee for Christian social concerns and founded a dental ministry to serve the inner city of Washington, DC, where he and twelve other church members helped about a thousand kids over a five-year period by treating them dentally. He also was appointed to the Arlington County Transportation Commission, where he served for several years.
In 2002, Dr. Runkle moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and has practiced there, emphasizing orthodontics and cosmetic dentistry. While in Las Vegas, he has been serving on the Southern Nevada Dental Society board of directors and recently resigned, thereupon relocating to Northern Virginia in April of 2008.
Here, he has reunited with his closest friends—his family. He currently is practicing orthodontics and cosmetic dentistry in Fairfax County, Virginia, and plans to resume all his previous activities.
He is a member of the American Dental Association (ADA), the Nevada Dental Association (NDA), the Southern Nevada Dental Society (SNDS), the American Association for Functional Orthodontics (AAFO), the International Association for Orthodontics (IAO), the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD), and the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD).view less
Books by Richard Runkle
Taking a Giant Bite out of Dental Confusion: The Consumer’S Guide to 21St Century Dentistry