Dr. Edwards is a native of Birmingham,Alabama and moved to Randolph County in 1979 to practice dentistry. He attended college at Birmingham Southern College and the University of Alabama in Birmingham earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Sciences and Mathmatics. He earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. Dr. Edwards received additional training in the United States Public Health Service and has earned his Fellowship and Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Edwards has a wife; Terri,and four children. They all enjoy outdoor activities, sports and spending time as a family. Dr. Edwards has taught at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry from 1998 to 2006 in the Department of Restorative Dentistry. Dr. Edwards is very active in the profession having served in all the offices of his district dental society and the Alabama Academy of General dentistry, including president in 1995. Dr. Edwards is currently a national delegate to The Academy of General Dentistry and is chairman of the Academy's taskforce on sedation and anesthesia. He serves on the same committee with the American Dental Association. He has received numerous awards in dentistry including being inducted into Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Dental Society, Fellowship in the Pierre Fauchard Society, and Fellowship in the The American College of Dentists. He has also received the Fellowship Award and the Mastership Award of the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Edwards has postgraduate training in dental techniques such as dental implants, cosmetic dentistry,and restorative dentistry, only to mention a few. He is dedicated to continuing education and teaching to bring his family of patients the very latest advances in the profession.