Alan O. Blanton, DDS, MS, D. ABDSM graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Dentistry in 1983 and practiced general dentistry in Collierville, TN, a suburb of Memphis, for 39 years. In 2005 he received a Master’s degree in Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research from the University of Memphis. He earned his Diplomate status with the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine in 2014 and has been treating patients diagnosed with Sleep Related Disordered Breathing with Oral Appliances for 15 years. As a member of the AADSM, he has served as a faculty member of the AADSM Practical Demonstration Course, the AADSM Study Club Program, a member of the Annual Meeting Committee, Chair of the Board Review Course, Chair of the Advanced Course, and Chair of the AADSM Mastery Course. He served two terms on the AADSM Board of Directors and was on Faculty and former Director of the UTHSC College of Dentistry’s Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine Program and Clinic. After the sale of his General Dental Practice a few years ago, he has limited his practice to Orofacial Pain/TMD and Dental Sleep Medicine and lectures on both topics nationally.
Dr. Blanton is married to his wife, Johnnie, and has three grown children, two step-children and 9 grandchildren. Dr. Blanton and his wife live in Germantown, TN with their two Bernedoodles, Tucker and Zoe. He enjoys, golf, fly-fishing, fly-tying, oil painting and occasionally plays guitar.
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