About Richard Mounce
Dr. Richard E. Mounce (born October 5, 1959 in Portland, Oregon, USA) is an American endodontist (root canal specialist) and writer. He has been in full-time endodontic practice since 1991 and lives in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Mounce attended Santa Clara University and graduated in 1981 with a BS in Chemistry, he received his D.D.S. from Northwestern University Dental School in 1985, and a certificate in Endodontics from the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Endodontic Program in 1991. He has lectured extensively worldwide and is widely published in endodontic trade magazines, including Dental Economics and Dentistry Today. Mounce is not only dedicated to the advancement of the field of endodontics, but equally focused on donating dentistry to areas of the world that are in need. He is licensed to practice in the Republic of Palau.
Mounce is the author of a semi-autobiographical, self-published memoir, Dead Stuck (Pacific Sky Publishing), described as “one man’s stories of adventure, parenting and marriage told without heaping platitudes of political correctness.” Written around a Christmas letter that he wrote to his daughters in 2004 about the opportunities and challenges of life, Dead Stuck looks at marriage, relationships as well as true adventure stories including one where Dr. Mounce was “dead stuck” (immobile and pinned in a cave under water) while cave diving.
Mounce is married with twin daughters. He is an avid scuba diver favoring technical wreck and cave diving.
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