Details
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2027
Registration: 6:00 PM
Events Starts: 6:30 PM
Speaker: Dr. Mark Crumpton
Topic: Forsensic Odontology for the Dental Professional
Reservations: Reservations Required prior to 1/14/27
Cost: $50 per person
About the Speaker
Dr. Mark Crumpton
Dr. Mark Crumpton was born and raised in a dental family in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Dr. Earl L. Crumpton, was the first pediatric dentist in Tennessee and all three sons became dentists. Dr. Crumpton graduated Magna Cum Laude from Birmingham Southern College with a BS in biology and earned his dental degree with honors in 1981 and his pediatric certificate in 1983, both from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Dentistry. Following in his father’s footsteps, he practiced pediatric dentistry for 32 years in Knoxville, Tennessee, retiring from private practice in 2015. Dr. Crumpton completed the Forensic Odontology Fellowship at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2019 and obtained his Masters of Science in Forensic Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee in 2022. He was the first person in the world to hold a fellowship certificate and Master of Science in Forensic Odontology and be board certified by the American Board of Forensic Odontology, only to be followed by his partner in the master’s program. He is a clinical instructor in forensic odontology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine – Knoxville and an adjunct and clinical instructor at Tennessee Wesleyan University, Department of Dental Hygiene. He also serves as Site Director for Forensic Odontology at the Knox County Regional Forensic Center.