Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery — Sumter
The Wilson Hall Road branch is part of Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery. The location page identifies Strauss, Oliphant and Mealy. Its published services include dental implants, wisdom-tooth removal and oral medicine; confirm the surgeon and procedure arrangements for this branch.
Services and treating clinicians
Oral surgery, dental implants, wisdom-tooth removal and oral medicine are advertised by the practice. [office] [detail]
- Edward Strauss — unverified license status. [team]
- A. Drane Oliphant — unverified license status. [team]
- Tyler Mealy — unverified license status. [team]
Service tags describe offerings; specialist status requires a separate individual credential check.
Credential & eligibility checks
Current individual licenses are pending detail-record verification. Search leads alone are insufficient; the official lookup presented a CAPTCHA during further searches.
No independent specialist endorsement is claimed for the listed service tags.
Whether sedation is provided, by whom and under which permit/facility authorization must be confirmed.
No current professional-liability document was supplied or verified.
Facility inspection and practice-specific infection-control compliance 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 snapshot: 5 / 5 from 27 ratings. Written feedback in the newest sample discusses staff manner and explanations around consultations and extractions. Several records have no text. This cannot establish surgical quality or safety. [google] [reviews]
Quality of Service · 15%
Not established. Clinical quality and outcomes cannot be established from the material reviewed. No comparative quality rating is assigned.
Experience & Qualifications · 15%
Practice-reported. The practice describes its providers as board-certified. Individual specialty credentials and current licenses have not yet been independently matched. [team]
Specialties & Expertise · 10%
Practice-reported. Oral surgery, dental implants, wisdom-tooth removal and oral medicine are advertised by the practice. [office] [detail]
Customer Service · 10%
Practice-reported. The Sumter location page identifies its office and links consultation-preparation information. [office] [detail]
Pricing & Transparency · 10%
Not established. An insurance-carrier page is provided. Participation, the treating surgeon and any separate anesthesia/facility charges need confirmation. [office] [detail]
Reliability & Professionalism · 10%
Not established. Appointments, response times, complaint handling and treatment follow-through were not independently tested.
Licensing, Insurance & Safety · 5%
Not established. Individual license findings are shown separately. Professional liability and facility safety evidence remain unverified; unknown does not imply noncompliance.
A question for this practice
Who will perform surgery in Sumter, who provides anesthesia, and which charges are billed separately?
Third-party feedback snapshot
Google snapshot for Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery — Sumter, November 11, 2026: 5 / 5 from 27 ratings. 10 newest returned records inspected, dated 2026-01-30 through 2026-10-14. 10 newest returned records; 7 with text. Selected sample, not representative; clinical outcomes unverified. [google]
Research limits and sources
- Individual credentials remain incomplete except for the specifically documented Wallace state record.
- Review samples are selected and do not establish clinical outcomes.
- Professional liability, facility safety, specific-plan participation, current appointment availability and full treatment costs remain unverified.
Missing evidence does not imply noncompliance. Search leads alone are not proof of active licenses or complaint outcomes.
- Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery — Sumter — office: Practice identity, public contact and the services or location described in the record. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery — Sumter — detail: Specific service, patient-policy or professional-biography findings in this record. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Charleston Oral and Facial Surgery — Sumter — team: Names and practice-reported training of clinicians; not independent license verification. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Google Business Profile via OpenSEO — google: Dated branch address/telephone and third-party rating/count snapshot; not a clinical-quality finding. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- South Carolina LLR — regulator: Public dental-license search route; individual status is verified only where an actual detail record is documented. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Google reviews — reviews: 10 newest returned records; 7 with text. Selected sample, not representative; clinical outcomes unverified. Accessed 2026-11-11.
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