Dr. Gary B. Carr lives and maintains a full-time practice limited to endodontics in San Diego, California. He is considered by many as the "Father of Dental Microscopy."

Dr. Carr received his Doctor of Dental Science degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. After serving as a line officer and dental officer in the United States Navy, he earned his Endodontic Certificate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Dr. Carr also holds special certification as a Diplomat of the American Board of Endodontics and is one of the top innovators in international endodontics.

He is the author of over thirty articles on microscopic endodontics and is the author of both the Retreatment and Surgery chapters in Pathways of the Pulp. He is the inventor of ultrasonic root-end preparation technique as well as the originator of many innovative microsurgical retreatment techniques. Over the last ten years, he has personally trained over 600 endodontists in microsurgical techniques at his Foundation.

He is presently developing a digital office software program and digital imaging database for general practitioners and endodontists. He is and remains one of the most sought-after lecturers in endodontics.

Dr. Carr is the founder and director of the Pacific Endodontic Research Foundation in San Diego, California, consultant in endodontics at the Veterans’ Administration Hospital Medical Center in Long Beach, California, and guest lecturer at the Tokyo Dental College in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Carr is a course director at the Newport Oral Facial Institute in Newport Beach, California.