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Spartanburg · Practice profile · November 11, 2026

Upstate Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral surgery with implants, bone grafts, wisdom-tooth removal, jaw surgery and facial-trauma information, plus IV-sedation preparation and postsurgical instructions.

Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryDental Implants
Informational listing. Overall evaluation withheld. Mandatory eligibility checks remain incomplete; this is not a verified-eligible or “best” recommendation.

Services and treating clinicians

Oral surgery with implants, bone grafts, wisdom-tooth removal, jaw surgery and facial-trauma information, plus IV-sedation preparation and postsurgical instructions. [office] [detail]

  • Laura Mills Summers — unverified license status. [office]
  • Kevin Schwartzman — unverified license status. [office]
  • James Strider — unverified license status. [office]

Service tags describe offerings; specialist status requires a separate individual credential check.

Credential & eligibility checks

Practitioner LicenseUnverified

Current branch-specific treating-clinician licenses and disciplinary records have not been checked to an individual regulator detail record.

Specialty CredentialsUnverified

Service categories, biographies and Google labels are not independent specialist verification.

Sedation PermitsUnverified

Confirm whether sedation is proposed, the clinician and facility, and any applicable current permission. No blanket permit verification is claimed.

Professional LiabilityUnverified

No current professional-liability evidence was supplied or verified.

Safety EvidenceUnverified

Practice-specific infection-control compliance and relevant facility inspection evidence were not independently verified.

The ten-category evidence review

Expand a category for the finding and its sources. These editorial weights are not a clinical standard; no numeric scores are calculated.

Business Reputation · 15%

Customer-reported. Google listing “Upstate Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery”: 4.8 / 5 from 233 ratings on 2026-11-11. The 10 newest returned records contain 1 at 4 stars, 9 at 5 stars. 7 returned records contain text; 0 contain owner responses. Selected newest sample, not representative. Ratings and individual accounts do not establish clinical quality, safety or complaint outcomes. [google]

Quality of Service · 15%

Not established. Clinical outcomes, comparative quality and suitability for an individual patient cannot be established from this research. Practice marketing and reviews are not outcome verification.

Experience & Qualifications · 15%

Practice-reported. The official source identifies Laura Mills Summers, Kevin Schwartzman, James Strider. Training and specialist representations remain practice-reported; current state detail records and disciplinary status have not been verified. [office]

Specialties & Expertise · 10%

Practice-reported. Oral surgery with implants, bone grafts, wisdom-tooth removal, jaw surgery and facial-trauma information, plus IV-sedation preparation and postsurgical instructions. [office] [detail]

Customer Service · 10%

Practice-reported. A public practice telephone and website are provided for direct questions. Response speed, accommodation availability and complaint handling have not been independently tested. [office] [google]

Pricing & Transparency · 10%

Not established. No patient-specific written estimate, exact-plan network determination or complete treatment fee was verified from the reviewed material.

Reliability & Professionalism · 10%

Not established. Current appointment capacity, punctuality and treatment follow-through were not independently tested. Posted opening hours are not live availability.

Licensing, Insurance & Safety · 5%

Not established. Current individual licenses, disciplinary history, applicable specialty/sedation permissions, professional liability and facility safety evidence remain unverified. This is not a finding of noncompliance.

Local Experience · 5%

Checked source fact. The sources identify the Spartanburg listing at 280 N Grove Medical Park Dr. A location match does not establish years in practice, municipal boundaries, or a local clinical reputation. [office] [google]

Guarantees & Support · 5%

Practice-reported. The official site provides surgical or postoperative instruction resources. These do not establish an outcome guarantee, free adjustments or a patient-specific follow-up arrangement. [office]

A question for this practice

Which surgeon performs the procedure, at which facility, under what anesthesia arrangements, and who handles postoperative concerns?

Third-party feedback snapshot

Google snapshot for Upstate Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, November 11, 2026: 4.8 / 5 from 233 ratings. 10 newest returned records inspected, dated 2026-10-28 through 2026-11-11. 7 returned records contain text; 0 contain owner responses. Selected newest sample, not representative. Ratings and individual accounts do not establish clinical quality, safety or complaint outcomes. [google]

Research limits and sources

  • Confirm the exact office and treating clinician before sending records or traveling.
  • Professional liability, facility safety, exact-plan network participation, current availability and full treatment costs remain unverified.
  • Review samples are selected and do not establish clinical outcomes. No clean disciplinary or complaint record is claimed.

Missing evidence does not imply noncompliance. Search leads alone are not proof of active licenses or complaint outcomes.

  1. Upstate Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery — office: Official source reviewed for branch identity, contact and the practice-reported offerings described here. This is not independent credential or clinical-quality certification. Accessed 2026-11-11.
  2. Upstate Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery — detail: Screened official source for the treatment scope discussed on this profile; branch-specific availability still requires confirmation. Accessed 2026-11-11.
  3. Upstate Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery — additional: Additional official page reviewed; group information is not proof that all procedures or clinicians are available at this branch. Accessed 2026-11-11.
  4. Google listing: Upstate Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery — google: Dated Google branch identity and third-party rating/count snapshot. Provider-listing ratings are not transferred to an entire practice. Accessed 2026-11-11.
  5. South Carolina LLR — regulator: Official individual dental-license lookup route. No individual detail record is claimed for this practice. Accessed 2026-11-11.

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