Brown Dental Associates carries an Abingdon dental tradition into a new generation

Frank Morris returned to Abingdon with a dental degree in 2024, bringing a new chapter to a practice whose roots reach back half a century. At Brown Dental Associates, his arrival sits within a longer story of clinicians building their working lives in the community.

Morris graduated from Abingdon High School in 2016, completed his undergraduate studies at Virginia Tech in 2020 and earned his dental degree at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2024. His return placed a locally educated younger dentist alongside an established practice serving children and adults.

Ronnie Brown’s path began earlier. After completing dental school at the Medical College of Virginia in 1969, he spent four years in the Army in Germany before entering private practice in January 1974. Bob Brown completed pharmacy studies in 1970 and dentistry in 1974, joining the practice that fall.

Those are distinct professional journeys, united by the work of caring for patients in Abingdon. The practice now offers general, cosmetic and restorative dentistry, including dental implants. Routine visits and more involved treatment are part of the same practice rather than separate identities.

Its community work also reaches beyond the treatment chair. Brown Dental Associates says its hygienists provide dental-health education to about 1,500 children each February. That outreach brings the practice into contact with young people through lessons and materials about caring for their teeth.

The combination of longstanding practitioners, a returning hometown graduate and school outreach gives the office a continuity that is about people as much as years. Brown Dental Associates welcomes inquiries about its services at its West Main Street office in Abingdon.