Dr. Bashford
has been a practicing dentist in the Chicagoland area for more than 35 years. Though born and raised in Iowa, he became a resident of Southern California at the age of 13 when his family moved to Los Angeles. After completing high school and his undergraduate studies in California, he returned to the Midwest to attend dental school at Northwestern University.
Dr. Bashford has dynamic experience in the dental field. For 20 years he served as a Solo Practitioner, building and managing his own practice on the Northside of Chicago. During that time he also served as a Dental Consultant for Delta Dental of Illinois, working in the Department of Professional Review. Dr. Bashford continued his career as a Solo Practitioner and expanded his practice to the Northwest suburbs.
A pioneer in dental sleep medicine and the treatment of temporomandibular and craniofacial pain, Dr. Bashford co-authored articles on the topics which have been featured in publications such as
Disease-a-Month. In 2019 he founded
Moondrift Sleep Solutions, LLC
to educate his patients, create custom oral appliances and implement state-of-the-art modalities to ease their symptoms associated with sleep disorders.