Laurence Palmer, DDS
Dr. Laurence Palmer was born and raised in Preston, Idaho. He lived, studied, and taught in Belgium, in the Brussels Mission, from 1979 to 1981. He made long-term friends with the people of Belgium and has continued to maintain those friendships. Years later, his oldest son, Wynn, served in the same area and met and made friendships with some of the same people.
Education
Laurence loves the French language and mastered it further while teaching at Brigham Young University in Provo, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in French. While at BYU, he met and married the love of his life, Trudy Wynn, a farm girl from Nyssa, Oregon, and they married eight months later. After graduating from BYU, Laurence applied to numerous dental schools and chose Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
During dental school, Trudy and Laurence had three children: Wynn, Mandy, and Julie. After graduating from dental school in 1989, Laurence immediately set up his dental practice in Ogden, Utah. One year later, they welcomed their last-born child, Krissy.
In the Community
Dr. Palmer and his family have traveled many times to the West African nation of Mali to give humanitarian aid to people who have no access to dental care. He volunteers locally at the Midtown Children's Dental Clinic in Ogden with the Junior League of Ogden's "Adopt a Patient" program, and he donates dental treatment to patients through the Lifeline Network. He has served on the executive committee of the Academy of LDS Dentists since 2007, including two years as Academy President.
