General Info

Dr. Spaeth grew up in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and graduated from southeast Missouri State University. He graduated from the University of Missouri in Kansas City in 1980. He was awarded the prestigious "gold foil operator" award for excellence in operative dentistry for his class. He has sought out and attended some of the most respected post graduate continuing educational programs in the country including the complete continuum of the L.D. Pankey Institute in Florida and Creating Restorative Excellence (CRE) in Seattle. He has been selected as one of the "Best Dentists in America" by a peer review process. He is also listed as a member of "Who's Who in executive and professionals". He is a member of the American Dental Association, Arizona State Dental Association, and Southern Arizona Dental Association. He has been active at the state and local level with the Association helping with the council on continuing education, assisting in the planning of the state dental meeting, the Peer review committee,and past president and director of the Southern Arizona Dental Study Club. He is the past president of one of the local Lions Clubs (Leones De Las Montanas), past president of "Young Arizonans Charting a Healthier Tomorrow" (YACHT) club that raised money for St. Josephs' hospital. He has volunteered since 1980 at St. Elizabeths' of Hungary dental clinic taking care of underprivileged and needy dental patients, and also Donated Dental Services( a national program). In his spare time, he enjoys all kinds of sports including golf, skiing, scuba diving, hiking, biking, fishing, and camping. He is also a very avid amateur photographer. He has been married to his wife Jan Mills Spaeth since 1988. She is the owner of Advanced Jury Research a legal consulting firm in Tucson, Az.