Dentist Consultant
Oral Healthcare Consulting
Concord, New Hampshire
Dr. Shannon E. Mills is an independent healthcare consultant and lecturer based in Concord, New Hampshire. Dr. Mills received his DDS degree from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1977 and completed two-year general dentistry residency at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in 1983. He served as a Dental Officer in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2005 gaining broad experience in dental education, research, healthcare accreditation, medical logistics, and healthcare policy. He retired as a Colonel in 2005 and joined the faculty of the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Las Vegas as Assistant General Practice Residency Director. In 2007 he was hired as Vice President for Professional Relations and Science at Northeast Delta Dental in Concord New Hampshire. He retired in 2018 to become an independent healthcare consultant and lecturer.
Dr Mills is internationally recognized as an expert in dental infection prevention and safety. He has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals on this and other topics. While serving on the USAF Surgeon General’s Staff, he was a member of the Advisory Group for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Healthcare Settings—2003. Dr. Mills has been a member of the Organization for Safety Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) for over thirty years and in 2020 was awarded the James J. Crawford Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is actively involved in the development of dental industry standards as a volunteer member of American Dental Association/American National Standards Institute Standards Committees for Dental Products (ADA SCDP) and Dental Informatics (ADA SCDI) and US Technical Advisory Group to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 106 - Dentistry.
Colgate Palmolive (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Speaker/Honoraria; Darby Dental (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Speaker/Honoraria; Johnson & Johnson (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant/Advisory Board; Palmero Healthcare (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Honorium for article on dental product standards, Speaker/Honoraria; ProEdge Dental (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant, Speaker/Honoraria, Speaking honorarium