Meet our Doctors

Dr. Prillaman, DDSDr. Norman Prillaman
Dr. Norm Prillaman is a native of Lynchburg and a graduate of Brookville High School. He graduated from the University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, and completed his orthodontic residency training at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry.

Dr. Prillaman is a member of six professional societies including the American Association of Orthodontists and two dental study clubs. He is a past president of the Virginia Association of Orthodontists. He has had a clinical case presented in the Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.

Dr. Prillaman and his wife, Sonya, have been blessed with two amazing girls, Emma and Phoebe. The Prillamans are active members of their church, and Dr. Prillaman serves on dental mission trips to Jamaica. Outside of the office, Dr. Prillaman enjoys basketball, learning to play the guitar, and cheering on the UVA Wahoos at their football and basketball games. He loves talking with patients about sports, cars, music, computers, Disney, and cartoons. Just ask him to try talking like your favorite cartoon character.

Dr. SterneDr. Richard Sterne
Dr. Ricky Sterne is a native of Lynchburg where he graduated from Heritage High School and Lynchburg College. He completed dental school at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry. Dr. Sterne practiced general dentistry in Lynchburg before becoming a full-time assistant professor at the VCU School of Dentistry. He taught dental students for three years where he oversaw the preventive dentistry curriculum and maintained a private faculty practice. While teaching, he became very interested in orthodontics and left to pursue his specialty training in orthodontics at New York University. He then returned to Lynchburg to practice orthodontics.

Dr. Sterne is a member of six professional societies including the American Association of Orthodontists and two dental study clubs. He is also a past president of the Lynchburg Dental Society.

Dr. Sterne enjoys spending time outdoors with his family which includes his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, and their three sons, Joseph, Row, and Alex. He stays busy coaching his boys’ sports teams, hunting, fishing, and has completed an Iron Man Triathlon.