Bryon E. Roshong ’66 was sworn in as the 145th president of the New Jersey Dental Association (NJDA) on June 29, 2014, in Atlantic City, NJ. The NJDA, founded in 1870, is one of the state’s oldest professional associations.
Dr. Roshong is a general dentist living and practicing in Dumont, NJ. In 2011, Dr. Roshong was elected treasurer of the New Jersey Dental Association. He is a long-time representative of the Bergen County Dental Society and is the first Bergen area dentist to hold the office of NJDA president in the past nine years.
Dr. Roshong is a graduate of The United States Military Academy at West Point and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam era. He received his dental degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University Dental School. He serves as an adjunct clinical professor in the dental hygiene program at Bergen County College, and has served on the Board of Directors at Bergen Pines County Hospital and on the Board of Governance at Bergen Regional Medical Center. Also, Dr. Roshong served as the dental consultant to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services’ Children’s Dental Grant program.
Dr. Roshong is a member and past president of the Bergen County Dental Society. He is a former trustee of the New Jersey Dental Association and former chair of the NJDA Council on Governmental and Public Affairs.