DirectorDr. Shannon Owens
Born in Wurzburg, Germany and raised in Jackson, Dr. Shannon
Owens is a former graduate of both Jackson Hole High School and the University
of Wyoming. At UW he was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-professional
Honor Society and the recipient of the L. Floyd Clarke Award for Outstanding
Scholarship in Pre-dental studies. After earning his B.S. in Zoology at the
University of Wyoming he attended Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas
where he completed his D.D.S. with honors, followed by his Certificate in
Orthodontics and M.S. in Craniofacial Biology He has published five research
papers and co-authored a book chapter with Dr. Jason Cope on Mini-Implant
Anchorage in Orthodontics. Dr. Owens is a member of the American Association of
Orthodontists, Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists, Wyoming Association of
Orthodontists, The Edward H. Angle Society and the Charles H. Tweed Foundation
for Orthodontic Research. He is a past president of both the Wyoming
Asscociation of Orthodontists and the Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists
as well as their representative to the Council on Scientific Affairs. Locally
he recently completed ten years serving on the Teton County District Board of
Health. He and his wife, Melissa, a former University of Wyoming graduate and
local defense attorney, share a love of the outdoors and enjoy raising their
children in their hometown.