Meet Dr. Lansford

Jeremy S. Lansford DMD, MAGD 

Dr. Lansford was born and raised in Porterville, CA graduating from Porterville High School in 1994. He then attended Cuesta College and California State University, Sacramento on his way to earning degrees in Biology and Chemistry graduating Cum Laude and being elected to the Blue Key National Honor Society.  Dr. Lansford then continued to Boston University for his Doctorate where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2004.

Dr. Lansford then chose to serve in the US Army.  In 2004-2005, he completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency with the 101st Airborn Division in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.  It was here that he learned many advanced concepts not normally taught in dental school.   Dr. Lansford then served in several military leadership roles such as a platoon leader in the 464th Medical Company and Officer In Charge (OIC) of the Landstuhl Dental Clinic in Landstuhl, Germany.   Dr. Lansford also served as the Chief of General Dentistry at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center where he was the first dentist seen by those Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen flown out of Afghanistan and Iraq for Medical and Dental emergencies.

Dr. Lansford has received multiple awards throughout his career including membership in the Omicron Kappa Epsilon dental honor society.  He is a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.  He was accepted for Membership in the prestigious Pierre Fauchard Academy in 2004.  In 2008, Dr. Lansford was awarded a Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry (FAGD).  This Fellowship signifies a Dentist's dedication to continuing post-doctoral education and Fellows must have 500 hours of continuing education as well as challenging and passing a strenuous examination.  He then continued on to pursue Mastership and was awarded this distinction in 2018 in New Orleans.  There are over 32,000 dentists in California and only 232 have been awarded the title of Master in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Lansford has completed well over 2000 hours of post-doctoral continuing education and is passionate about being a lifelong learner. Dr. Lansford is also a member of the Spear study and faculty club and is a graduate of the California Academy of General Dentistry Mastertrack program.  Dr. Lansford is a member of The 805 Study Collaborative, a component of the nationally recognized Seattle Study Club that is well-known as having some of the top clinicians in the world.

Clinically Dr. Lansford is passionate about cosmetic and restorative dentistry and has extensive experience in restoring implants and operative dentistry.  Dr. Lansford is also a member of CERECDOCTORS and has trained extensively in Scottsdale, AZ in CAD/CAM Dentistry and with Spear education.

Dr. Lansford has lectured for the California Academy of General Dentistry and the Preat Corporation on topics including large implant restorative treatments and Occlusion.  He is currently the Director of the Fixed Prothodontic and Occlusion curriculum for the California Academy of General Dentistry.
   
Dr. Lansford enjoys working out and spending time with his family at Lake Nacimiento in his free time.  He is married to Dr. Jennifer Karanian and they have two daughters, Georgianna and Alexandra.