2023 Recent Alumna Award Winner
Dr. Julia Prince grew up in the dental community in Dyersburg, Tennessee, working with her father’s dental practice. She always knew that she would follow in his footsteps by pursuing a career in healthcare that involved helping people.
After graduating from Dyersburg High School, she obtained her biology degree from Lambuth University in 2006, and then earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry in 2012.
Dr. Prince is a highly active member of The American Dental Association, The American Academy of General Dentists, The Tennessee Dental Association, The Memphis Dental Society, and is a Fellow in the American College of Dentistry. She serves on multiple professional committees in a leadership capacity, most recently as President of New Dentist Committee for the TDA and Chair on the Judicial Committee for the Memphis Dental Society.
Dr. Prince is a recipient of various professional awards and distinctions, including the Jack Wells Outstanding Young Dentist award in 2017 and the Tennessee Dental Association Fellowship Award in 2021.
Volunteering is especially important to Dr. Prince, and she has worked with various organizations, including Mission of Mercy, Hope Smiles in Nashville, Give Kids a Smile, the Bellevue Baptist mobile dental clinic, and has attended many local health fairs with the American Association of Women Dentists. She has also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in Mexico and the United States and been a part of the Regional Interfaith Association Soup Kitchen. Dr. Prince has practiced dentistry at Scott Edwards Cosmetic and Family Dentistry since 2012.
Since making Memphis her home, Dr. Prince loves to spend time exploring and supporting small local businesses when she is not working or volunteering. She also enjoys golf, riding bikes on the Greenline, and watching sports in her spare time. Dr. Prince is married to husband, Taylor Pfohl, and has a three-year-old son, Rex Pfohl. They have two wonderful rescue dogs and are members of Idlewild Church.
