P. Angie Rake, DDS

Dr. Rake received her D.D.S. degree from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 1997. She then completed an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Internship at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She is a graduate of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training program at the University of Minnesota.

In 2002, Dr. Rake joined the Dakota Valley Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery practice. She remains active in academics as an adjunct associate professor at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.  Dr. Rake is a Diplomat with the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and is a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Association, and the
Minnesota Dental Association. She is a member and Past President of the Minnesota Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. In January of 2018 Governor Mark Dayton appointed Dr. Rake to the Minnesota Board of Dentistry and is now the sitting President.

Dr. Rake’s responsible opioid prescription advocacy was catapulted by a series of unfortunate events that greatly impacted her.  She has had the privilege of advocating for responsible Opioid prescribing for many years.  She has participated in numerous lectures locally and nationally advocating through education to other dental/medical professionals that are also responsible for opioid patient prescribing. Dr. Rake has been featured in numerous articles and television segments. She has also served as part of an expert doctor panel at NBC Universal in New York.
As a Doctor on the front line of this issue she maintains that “My plea as a prescribing surgeon, daughter, wife, mother, and fellow human being is for all of us to educate ourselves and our patients about opioids: weigh the benefits with the risks and change prescribing patterns.”