About Palmetto Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
At Palmetto Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. Rhyne, Dr. Shelbourne, and staff go beyond your expectations to provide you with excellent patient care. Our oral and maxillofacial surgeons have advanced training in anesthesia, allowing them to perform procedures safely in the comfort of an outpatient office setting.
Not only are the doctors highly qualified, but so are their surgical assistants. Our assistants are certified as OMFS anesthesia assistants, which requires an understanding of basic sciences, patient evaluation and preparation, anesthetic drugs and techniques, monitoring, and emergency procedures. We congratulate them for also maintaining certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Both of these certifications indicate our staff's ability to provide a higher level of care for our patients.
Craig H. Rhyne, Jr., DMD
Craig H. Rhyne, Jr., DMD is Board Certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has extensive training in all areas of oral and maxillofacial surgery including facial cosmetic surgery. After graduating from the Medical University of South Carolina and receiving the AAOMS Dental Implant Student Award, he was trained in surgery, anesthesia and medicine at Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and served for seven years in the U.S. Army as a Major. After being honorably discharged in 2008, he and his family returned home to begin serving patients in the Lowcountry.
As Chairman of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Roper and St. Francis Hospitals and a Staff Surgeon at both East Cooper Medical Center and Roper Mount Pleasant Hospitals, Dr. Rhyne treats a wide variety of patients, including children, and practices the full-scope of his specialty. He most enjoys treatment planning and placing dental implants, removing wisdom teeth, performing jaw reconstruction surgery, and evaluating and treating TMJ disorder patients with 3D imaging capabilities and advanced anesthesia practices. Dr. Rhyne is a Diplomate of the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology and Fellow of the American Society of Dental Anesthesiology. He served as the Medical Director of Anesthesiology at Winn Army Hospital, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Dr. Rhyne has recently been appointed as Adjunct Clinical Faculty at the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. He also serves as a member of the Mount Pleasant Town Council, and is an active member of Hibben United Methodist Church. An avid lecturer and educator in his field, he frequently appears as a guest on local television news programs discussing dental and facial disorders and their treatment options. Dr. Rhyne was raised in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and is a 1996 graduate of The Citadel. He enjoys fishing, watersports, the smell of salt air and spending time with his family.
Courtney W. Shelbourne, DMD
Educated at the Medical University of South Carolina and Yale-New Haven Hosptal, Dr Shelbourne is board certified by the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. His residency training stressed anesthesia/pain control for both children and adults, removal of wisdom teeth, soft and hard tissue reconstruction for dental/facial implants, corrective jaw surgery for children and adults, facial trauma repair and reconstruction, and evaluation and treatment of various oral pathology and TMJ disorders.
Although extensively trained in the broad scope of oral & maxillofacial surgery, Dr. Shelbourne’s greatest interest is in removal of wisdom teeth, reconstruction of the oral cavity/face with dental implants, and treatment of oral pathology while using the most modern and safe methods for anesthesia and pain control. Using the most sophisticated 3D imaging equipment available, he also enjoys 3D diagnostic evaluation of facial/oral pathology or problems.
In order to serve the Charleston area, Dr. Shelbourne has hospital privileges at Roper Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, and East Cooper Regional Medical Center. Since starting his private practice in 2001, he maintains an active continuing education schedule and is an active member in multiple dental societies.
Dr. Shelbourne is an Adjunct Clinical Faculty member at the Medical University of South Carolina’s James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine.
Dr. Shelbourne and his wife have two daughters and live in Charleston, SC. They are active in the community and maintain a particular concern for orphans.
