Dr. Mark Cannon is a pediatric dentist in Long Grove, IL, with over 20 years of experience helping children achieve healthy smiles. He is a professor at Northwestern University and serves as an attending physician at Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital, where he also directs the pediatric dental residency program. Dr. Cannon is passionate about connecting oral health with overall wellness, specializing in innovative approaches like bioactive dental materials and probiotics. His groundbreaking work has earned him invitations to present at the Nobel Forum and Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, and he is an active member of major pediatric dentistry organizations. Dr. Cannon is accepting new patients and believes that good dental care can help save lives.

Specialties

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Pediatric DentistryPrimary
Dental care for children and adolescents

Education & Training

Northwestern University Feinberg School Of MedicineInternship Hospital, 1980
University Of Nebraska / College Of DentistryMedical School, 1978
Childrens Memorial HospitalResidency Hospital, 1980
Professor of Otolaryngology Division of Dentistry at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
University Of NebraskaUndergraduate School, 1975
Northwestern UniversityInternship Hospital, 1980

Credential: DDS, MS

NPI registered: 06/22/2006

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Areas of Focus

Pediatric dentistryEvolutionary oral medicineGateway microbiomesBiologic and bioactive dental materialsProbioticsOral-systemic health connectionsOral airway and sleep apneaTMD and headachesDental caries infectionsOral cancer prevention

Technology & Equipment

Bioactive dental materials (patent owner)

Professional Memberships

International Association of Pediatric Dentistry
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
American Society of Dentistry for Children
Academy of Dental Materials
I.A.D.R./A.A.D.R.
World Congress of Biological Materials
Pediatric Dental Association of Asia
Australasian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
World Congress of Preventive Dentistry
Mexican Association of Pediatric Dentistry
European Association of Pediatric Dentistry

Awards & Recognition

Invitation to Nobel Forum at Karolinska Institutet (2016)
Invitation to Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet (2017)

Beyond the Office

Founder of Associated Dental Specialists of Long Grove (1981)

Attending Physician at Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital

Research Coordinator of the Pediatric Dental residency program at Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Immediate Past President of American Academy for Oral Systemic Health

Guest lecturer at University of Athens, University of Texas-Houston, University of Alabama-Birmingham, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Yonsei University, Beijing Medical University, University of Illinois Chicago, and others

Proud father of five accomplished children

Proud grandfather

Presenter of lectures nationally and internationally on oral health topics

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