Dr. Jim Harding is a 1992 graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. He attended dental school on the prestigious UNC Board of Governors Scholarship. Shortly after graduation Dr. Harding opened a successful fee for service based dental practice from scratch in Statesville, North Carolina. Since moving to the Vail, Colorado area in 1998 he has maintained a private, neuromuscular-based, restorative and implant based dental practice. Dr. Harding has spent countless hours on his post graduate dental education including more than 20 courses at LVI. He has been a Clinical Instructor at LVI for over 10 years teaching all of the Core Courses. He served as founding board member of the IACA where he was responsible for putting together the speakers for the first four annual IACA conferences later being elected President of the IACA. His presidency, from 2007-2008, culminated at the Orlando IACA conference.
Dr. Harding belongs to numerous dental organizations while still remaining very active in his Vail, Colorado community. He is one of only two dentist who serve the United States Ski and Snowboard Teams as their official dental provider. He is on the Board of Trustees for Ski and Snowboard Club Vail as well as serving on the Board of Advisors for the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy, a unique snow-sports academy which places many graduates on the US Ski and Snowboard teams and Division One college ski teams. He currently resides in Edwards and Boulder Colorado with his wife and two daughters.