Biographical summary
Dr. Fillmore is a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon with broad clinical experience and interests. His most common areas of clinical focus include:
- Expertise in surgical management of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders
- Orthognathic surgery (corrective jaw surgery)
- Combined TMJ and orthognathic surgery
- Facial trauma surgery
- Benign cyst and tumors of the jaws and face
Dr. Fillmore enjoys taking the needed time to understand and evaluate his patients and their challenges. He takes pride in navigating complex cases and in providing clear, honest, and
evidence-based diagnoses and treatment plans. In many instances, this involves collaboration with other specialists, both within and outside of Mayo Clinic.
Beyond this, Dr. Fillmore actively contributes to scientific research and education in areas of his clinical interest. He enjoys mentoring surgical residents who will participate in
the care of his patients. In addition, he holds positions of leadership in many organizations germane to his surgical and educational expertise.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
- Alveolar bone grafting
- Apertognathia surgery
- Arthrocentesis
- Arthroplasty
- Arthroscopy
- Bone grafting for implants
- Buccal fat pad flap
- Chin surgery
- Cosmetic jaw surgery
- Craniofacial implantation
- Dental implant surgery
- Distraction osteogenesis
- Facial fracture repair
- Iliac crest bone graft
- Jaw surgery
- Joint replacement surgery
- Mandibular osteotomy
- Maxillary osteotomy
- Maxillomandibular advancement surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Nerve graft
- Nonunion surgery
- Nonvascularized bone graft
- Oral surgery
- Scar revision
- Sinus augmentation
- Skin cyst removal
- Sublingual gland removal
- Submandibular gland removal
- Surgically assisted orthodontics
- TMJ disk surgery
- TMJ surgery
- Total TMJ replacement
- Trauma care
- Wisdom tooth extraction
Interests
- Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve injuries and repair
- Diagnosis and reconstruction of congenital, developmental, and post-traumatic deformities of the face and jaws
- Minimally-invasive oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Temporomandibular joint arthroscopy
- Temporomandibular joint total joint reconstruction
- Pediatric oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Benign and malignant pathology of the face and jaws
- Orthognathic surgery (corrective jaw surgery)
- Obstructive sleep apnea surgery
- Dental and craniofacial implants
- Sialendoscopy
Mayo Clinic locations
Rochester, Minnesota
Education
- 2014
ResidentOral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2014
ResidentOral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- 2013
ResidentGeneral Surgery Internship
- 2012
ResidentSpecial Clinical Fellow in General Surgery
- 2011
MDMayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2008
DMDHarvard School of Dental Medicine
- 2004
BA - FrenchBrigham Young University
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2016
Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryAmerican Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Awards and honors
- 2022
Daniel M. Laskin Award for best research paper in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAmerican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Professional memberships
- 2025 - present
ExaminerExamining Committee, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- 2023 - 2025
PresidentAAOMS Clinical Interest Group on Temporomandibular Joint Surgery
- 2023 - present
MemberAmerican Academy of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
- 2022 - present
Guidelines and Standards CommitteeAmerican Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons
- 2021 - 2023
Vice PresidentAAOMS Clinical Interest Group on Temporomandibular Joint Surgery
- 2021 - present
MemberMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Curriculum Committee
- 2020 - present
MemberAAOMS Committee on Research Planning and Technology Assessment
- 2019
SecretaryAAOMS Clinical Interest Group on Temporomandibular Joint Surgery
- 2019 - present
MemberSurgical Graduate Education Committee
- 2018 - present
MemberAmerican College of Surgeons
- 2018 - present
MemberThesis Advisory Committee, Department of Dental Specialties
- 2018 - present
MemberAmerican Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons
- 2015 - present
MemberDepartment of Surgery Quality Committee
- 2015 - present
LiaisonPatient Education Liason
- 2014 - present
MemberCollegium Aesculapium