Dr. Dennis Flanagan is a highly accomplished dentist specializing in general dentistry and oral implantology. He is the former managing partner of Windham Dental Group and Groton Dental Group, where he led a team of 37 employees and provided care to over 15,000 patients. He now practices full-time at Mystic Dentistry and Implantology at 56 Whitehall Avenue (Route 27) in Mystic, Connecticut.
Dr. Flanagan is a Diplomate of the American Board of General Dentistry, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry. He has served as an Attending Dentist for the U.S. Olympic Committee and previously held the position of Chief of Dentistry at Windham Community Memorial Hospital for over eight years.
A prolific contributor to the field, Dr. Flanagan has published more than 140 articles in dentistry and holds eight U.S. patents for medical and dental devices. He is a frequent speaker at both national and international dental conferences. His professional affiliations and achievements include:
Dr. Flanagan earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from Georgetown University School of Dentistry and pursued advanced training in oral implantology at Harvard University Dental School (Certificate) and Goethe Medical University in Frankfurt, Germany (MSc). He is a Tenured Associate Professor of Dental Medicine at Lugano University of Switzerland Malta and serves as an Adjunct Professor and Clinical Site Director at Jacksonville University. Throughout his career, Dr. Flanagan has surgically placed and restored over 15,000 dental implants, solidifying his expertise in implant dentistry.