Specialist periodontal & implant care — Beverly Hills
350 S Beverly Drive, Suite 160 (310) 553-2940
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Periodontist

Ethan S. Madison, DDS, MS

Dental implants, gum grafting, and periodontal care, with a focus on digital planning and microsurgery.

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Dr. Ethan S. Madison, DDS, MS

American Academy of Periodontology Foundation · 2025

Dr. Mark K. Setter Leadership in Periodontology and Dental Implantology Award

Recognizing leadership in periodontology and dental implantology.

Biography

Meet Dr. Ethan Madison.

Dr. Ethan Madison treats gum disease, recession, and missing teeth. His clinical interests include guided implant surgery, bone regeneration, and microsurgical gum grafting.

He asks what concerns you and what you hope treatment will achieve. He reviews the findings with you, explains the options, and is direct about the likely result. During treatment, he checks on your comfort and explains each step to the level of detail you prefer.

He completed his certificate in Periodontology and Implant Surgery and his MS at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He earned his DDS at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, following a BS in Computer Science at the University of Michigan. That background informs his work with digital imaging, surgical planning, and clinical research.

He practices alongside his father, Dr. Miles Madison. They review complex cases together and want patients to feel as comfortable asking questions as they would with family. Both are faculty at gIDE, where they co-direct Everyday Soft Tissue Mastery and teach gum grafting to dentists and dental specialists.

  • Certificate in Periodontology & Implant Surgery — UAB
  • MS — University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • DDS — University of the Pacific, Dugoni
  • BS Computer Science — University of Michigan
  • Board-eligible — American Board of Periodontology
  • AAP Foundation — Setter Leadership Award, 2025
  • Faculty — gIDE Global Institute for Dental Education
  • California moderate sedation permit

Clinical approach

How Dr. Ethan Madison works.

  1. 01

    A plan you understand

    Discuss your concerns, review your scans together, and decide on the next steps with a clear explanation of timing and cost.

  2. 02

    Microsurgical care

    High magnification and fine instruments allow precise work with delicate gum tissue. The technique is chosen for the area being treated.

  3. 03

    Support for dental anxiety

    Tell us about past experiences or concerns when you book. We can discuss how to make the visit more comfortable, including sedation options.

  4. 04

    Digital planning

    Digital scans help him assess the site and plan implant placement in coordination with the dentist making your final restoration.

Research

Studying how dental implants perform in everyday practice.

Dr. Ethan Madison is an investigator and image review lead for the Dental Implant Restoration Registry, through the Fahimipour Lab at UAB and the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.

The registry includes 2,087 implants in 1,453 patients across six regions. It follows implants placed and restored in community dental practices, with follow-up over four years.

He revised the radiographic protocol and reviews study images. The research examines how implant placement, grafting, restoration, and patient health relate to outcomes. Follow-up is ongoing; the registry does not yet provide five- or ten-year results.

What the registry records

What the registry records against every implant

  • Implant type and dimensions
  • Three-dimensional position
  • Bone and soft-tissue grafting
  • Prosthetic design
  • Systemic health and medications
  • Maintenance and recall interval

Teaching

Father and son, teaching soft tissue together.

Dr. Ethan Madison co-directs Everyday Soft Tissue Mastery: Predictable Results Around Teeth & Implants with his father. The two-day gIDE course includes lectures, practical training, and live surgery, with Dr. Miles Madison operating and Dr. Ethan Madison providing commentary.

Both doctors are faculty at gIDE and lecture nationally and internationally on soft-tissue surgery.

He has also taught periodontics and hygiene fundamentals for the Alabama Board of Dental Examiners’ dental hygiene program, and periodontal examination and clinical skills to UAB dental students.

The course at gIDE
Live surgery at the Institute
Education, credentials, publications, and community work

Credentials

Training and
licensure.

Periodontics is a recognized dental specialty. It takes three years of accredited residency beyond dental school.

Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • Certificate in Periodontology & Implant Surgery, 2026
  • Master of Science, 2026
  • Master of Business Administration, expected 2029

University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry

  • Doctor of Dental Surgery, 2023

University of Michigan

  • Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, 2019
  • University Honors, 2016 & 2019

Board certification

  • American Board of Periodontology, board-eligible. Residency complete; examination anticipated 2027.

Licensure

  • California — Dentist, license 109310, with Moderate Sedation Permit
  • Alabama — Dentist by Regional Examination, license D.007218-C1, 2023 – 2026

Sedation & anesthesia training

  • Anesthesia rotation, UAB Hospital — a month in the operating rooms: intubation, general anesthesia cases, and moderate and deep sedation
  • Intravenous conscious sedation delivered to more than twenty patients during residency
  • Didactic and practical sedation coursework throughout the periodontics residency

Memberships

  • American Academy of Periodontology
  • International Team for Implantology
  • American Dental Association
  • California Dental Association
  • Los Angeles Dental Society

Languages

  • English — native speaker
  • Spanish — working proficiency

Awards & honors

  • 2026 VISTA × Elemental Grafting Competition, First Place VISTA Institute
  • 2026 Annual Meeting Scholarship American Academy of Periodontology Foundation
  • 2025 Dr. Mark K. Setter Leadership in Periodontology and Dental Implantology Award American Academy of Periodontology Foundation
  • 2025 Nobel Biocare Student and New Periodontist Annual Meeting Scholarship American Academy of Periodontology
  • 2023 Dental Student Award for Achievement in Periodontology American Academy of Periodontology
  • 2023 Professionalism and Ethics Award San Francisco Dental Society

Advanced training

  • 2026 Soft Tissue Management with Ricardo Kern Ricardo Kern Academy, Curitiba · five days
  • 2026 Paradigm Shift in Periodontology with Giulio Rasperini and Emilia Kazarian Studio Alania, Lima · three days · interdental attachment gain and papilla reconstruction under the microscope
  • 2026 Surgical Masterclass Level 2 with Giulio Rasperini, Giorgio Pagni, and Raffaele Acunzo iPerio · Piacenza, Italy · five days
  • 2025 Microsurgical hands-on workshop with Diego Velásquez-Plata 15th International Symposium on Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry, Boston
  • 2025 Periodontal Plastic Surgery with Vanessa Frazão Curry Red Rock Dental Center, Las Vegas · three days
  • 2025 gIDE Annual Symposium Global Institute for Dental Education, Los Angeles · five days

Leadership & service

Leadership and community service.

  • Los Angeles Dental Society New Dentist Committee

    2026 – present

    Member of the New Dentist Committee of the Los Angeles Dental Society.

  • AAP Resident Retreat Workgroup

    2024 – present

    Committee member for the American Academy of Periodontology, organizing the first and second annual retreats for third-year periodontal residents across the United States and Canada. The inaugural session drew over 150 residents from roughly 80% of North American programs; the second drew over 160, from very nearly all of them. He was the only resident selected to the workgroup at the outset, and has since been reappointed for a further cycle.

  • AAP Foundation Resident Liaison

    2025 – 2026

    Represented the AAP Foundation to faculty and residents at UAB, coordinating fundraising, service and award opportunities.

  • Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of Alabama

    2024 – 2025

    During his residency, he co-led the Woodlawn Road Diet in Birmingham. He gathered residents’ input, helped develop the street design, and worked with city crews and volunteers to install safer crossings, a protected bike lane, and other improvements. The project involved Birmingham’s Department of Transportation, the Woodlawn Neighborhood Association, REV Birmingham, and the Alabama Urbanists Coalition. He also recorded dental health education for Alabama’s Hispanic community.

  • Alabama Urbanists Coalition

    2023 – 2026

    A founding member, and vice president, of a statewide volunteer organization for better streets and public spaces. The role put him in the room for City of Birmingham decisions about transportation infrastructure, and produced a run of projects activating public space in Birmingham and across Alabama — the Woodlawn Road Diet among them.

  • Medical emergency response team

    2022 – 2023

    One of eleven students on the Dugoni campus medical emergency response team. He held ACLS certification, participated in drills and emergency responses, and taught advanced airway management to fellow students.

  • Volunteer dentistry

    2023 – 2024

    Provided restorative and surgical treatment at no charge at The Lovelady Center, a women’s shelter in Birmingham, and led his school’s service trip to Guatemala — twelve students and four faculty delivering over 300 treatments to more than 100 patients.

In the news

Care beyond the clinic walls.

Television · WBRC Fox 6 News, Birmingham Road project in Woodlawn creates more pedestrian friendly community September 2024 Interviewed on the Woodlawn Road Diet, the Schweitzer Fellowship project he co-led during his residency — a street built for speed, rebuilt in a single day by city crews and volunteers into one the neighborhood could use. He and his co-lead had spent an afternoon interviewing residents first: "All of them said it’s unsafe to go outside because people are passing by so quickly." Watch the report Video · Better Birmingham Woodlawn Road Diet: a retrospective of people-first infrastructure January 2026 · 8 minutes Eighteen months on, a retrospective on what the street became and what a neighborhood does with the space once it has it back. Dr. Ethan Madison is among those featured. Watch it

Also covered by BirminghamWatch (August 2024) Better Birmingham (newsletter retrospective)

In a patient's words

“I was SO impressed by his knowledge, his attitude and his demeanor. … Just saying this is the dentist you hope to find. Thank you Dr. Ethan Madison”

Pam R. Immediate extraction · Google review · 4.9 ★ practice average
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The team at the Beverly Hills Periodontal Institute

Continuity

Father and son, practicing together.

Drs. Ethan and Miles Madison review complex cases together. They also teach soft-tissue surgery as a team.

When treatment involves your regular dentist, they coordinate the plan with that office.

Meet Dr. Miles Madison

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