Dr. Shepard DeLong is a biological dentist in Portland, Oregon, USA. He holds a BS from Portland State University, DMD from Oregon Health and Sciences University and he completed a GPR at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Since 2010, he has been practicing in the western United States and has volunteered internationally in India and Guatemala.

He is a member of the ADA, IAOMT, IABDM, and AMED, and has served as a mentor for CDOCS. He has been on the forefront of modern dental medicine since he began his career. He is a former associate of Mint Dental Works, the first LEED certified, hi-tech, eco-friendly practice in the U.S. He is also on staff and mentors at Pure Health Dentistry on the island of Maui, Hawaii. He currently maintains a full-time private practice at Lotus Dental Wellness, which he founded in 2017.

He did his initial implant training in residency and through the California Implant Institute in partnership with UNLV. He has completed both the Fellowship and Masterclass through Z-systems international. He is SMART certified through the IAOMT. He completed his IV sedation training under Ken Reed and Stanley Malamed and is licensed to perform parenteral moderate sedation. He is an adjunct faculty member for the MSc Oral implantology program at Jacksonville University.

He has lectured in the United States and internationally on ceramic implants, lasers, digital dentistry, the operating microscope, dynamic navigation, and robotics. He has been published in the Journal of Oral Ceramic Implantology and Ceramic Implants Magazine, as well as multiple award-winning poster presentations and conference proceedings. He has had the honor of presenting at the Mayo Clinic’s 1^st and 2^nd Conferences on Robotics and Advanced Surgical Technologies. His passion is improving the oral and whole body health of patients through both lifestyle and procedural medicine incorporating the most advanced surgical and medical technology available today.