John D. West, DDS, MSD
Center for Endodontics
4801 South 19th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405

Dr. West received his DDS from the University of Washington (1971), where he is an affiliate associate professor, and his MSD in endodontics at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (1975), where he is a clinical instructor. He is founder and director of the Center for Endodontics and also maintains a private practice in Tacoma, Wash. Dr. West’s memberships include: 2009 president and Fellow of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and 2010 president of the Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry, the Northwest Network for Dental Excellence, and the International College of Dentists. He is a 2010 consultant for the ADA’s Board of Trustees where he serves as a consultant to the ADA Council on Dental Practice. Dr. West further serves on the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine’s Boston University Alumni Board. He coauthored “Obturation of the Radicular Space” with Dr. John Ingle in Ingle’s 1994 and 2002 editions of Endodontics and was senior author of “Cleaning and Shaping the Root Canal System” in Cohen and Burns' 1994 and 1998 editions of Pathways of the Pulp. He authored “Endodontic Predictability” in Dr. Michael Cohen’s 2008 Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning: Principles, Design, Implementation (Quintessence), as well as Michael Cohen’s soon to be published Quintessence text Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning Volume 2: Comprehensive Case Studies. Dr. West is a Thought Leader for Kodak Digital Dental Systems and serves on the editorial advisory boards for the Journal of Advanced Esthetics and Interdisciplinary Dentistry, Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry, and Journal of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry. Dr. West continues to be recognized as one of the premier educators in clinical and interdisciplinary endodontics and has presented more than 400 days of continuing education in North America, South America, and Europe. He was has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine.