"It is with a tremendous sense of personal enjoyment that I see children and adults positively transform their self-esteem and individual development after orthodontic care."
- Dr. Barone

Dr. Barone is a fourth-generation Rhode Islander, growing up in Warwick and currently residing in Lincoln with his wife Diane, whom he met in the first grade. He has made a habit of total involvement, commitment, and effort in every stage of his life. At Bishop Hendricken High School, he graduated as a member of the Rhode Island Honor Society, won all-state honors for his play on the varsity football team and received the leadership service award. He also graduated with honors from Boston University. He went on to attend Georgetown University, where he received the E. Reed Smith Award for pediatric dentistry and was inducted into the International Dental Honor Fraternity of Omicron Kappa Upsilon.

Since starting private practice in North Providence in 1977, Dr. Barone has been active in community and participated in many professional activities. He has served with distinction on the Rhode Island State Senate Oral Health Care Commission and the Rhode Island Department of Health Oral Health Care Advisory Board. He has held numerous leadership positions, having been president of the Providence District Dental Society, the Rhode Island Dental Association, the Rhode Island Association of Orthodontists, the Northeastern Society of Orthodontists and is president-elect of the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation.

His professional peers have recognized his contributions, and he has received multiple leadership and achievement awards. Additionally, Dr. Barone has been voted for twice as one of Rhode Island’s top orthodontists, again by his peers. Dr. Barone was one of the first orthodontists in Rhode Island to become a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.

Dr. Barone is a leader in sharing his professional skills and those of his peers. He is immediate past-president of the Rhode Island Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped, Donated Dental Services, and is currently working with the leadership of the American Association of Orthodontists to develop a national program of Donated Orthodontic Services for under-privileged and disabled children.

His biggest personal satisfaction, however, comes from, not the awards, but having been instrumental in enabling thousands of patients over his 30-year career to achieve healthy smiles.

Dr. Barone’s daughter, Amy, is a special education resource teacher in the Town of Lincoln, and his son Nick, is an orthodontic resident at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Barone will be proud to welcome his son into his practice in 2012. Dr. Barone’s personal time is filled with family activities, travel, skiing, flying and an occasional attempt at golf.