171: Interview with practice owner and dentist, Dr. Cindy Hylton

Mommy Dentists in Business

Dr. Cindy Hylton graduated with a psychology degree from Radford University and herDMD from Medical University of South Carolina. She bought a private dental practice immediately after graduation and is still practicing in same town, but now in her own building as of 2006. She resides and practices in Summerville, SC. Dr. Cindy Hylton has been married for 27 years and has 2 children, 1 dog and 2 cats. She loves animals and volunteers at local animal shelter.

Tidbits: She has Celiac Disease and has spoken at conferences concerning this and dentistry. She has the BRCA2 gene mutation and had prophylactic surgeries in 2015 and 2016 and is an advocate for genetic testing. She started E2M in 2020 and we now have almost 150 MDIBs (including Dr. Grace Yum). She thinks she was the first MDIB! She loves to read. She misses the mountains (grew up in mountains of Virginia) and want to move back when she retires. She loves Halloween. She loves anything purple or pink :)