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Clinical Instructor
\nDepartment of Adult Restorative Dentistry<\/p>\n

Background:\u00a0<\/b>I graduated from the UNMC College of Dentistry in 1986, practiced in Colorado Springs until 1996, then bought a practice in North Platte, Nebraska.\u00a0In 2008, I started Maple Park Dental Associates with Dr. Ben Lashley and retired in November 2021. I am certified in dental sleep medicine and craniofacial pain.<\/p>\n

I look forward to helping students develop their clinical skills and hopefully giving them some pearls of wisdom about practicing dentistry in the real world.<\/p>\n

Hometown:<\/b>\u00a0I was born and raised in Lincoln-Havelock and went to Havelock Elementary, Dawes Middle School, and Lincoln Northeast.<\/p>\n

My family:<\/b>\u00a0I have two children with my wife of 43 years, Lori.\u00a0My son, Alex, and his English wife, Kirsty, live in Arvada, Colorado and are both in real estate.\u00a0My daughter, Sophie, and her husband, Jeff, live in Grand Island, Nebraska and have two adorable children, Hazel and Elliott, who are the light of my life. We also have a nine-year-old Golden Retriever named Lola.<\/p>\n

Favorite things to do on a day off:\u00a0<\/b>Golfing, fishing, wrenching on my vehicles and enjoying my grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Three things most people don’t know about me:<\/b>\u00a0I am a gourmet chef, I am relearning the guitar, and I bought a dental building in North Platte and stripped it to the studs and remodeled it by myself.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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