Mr John Tsaknis,

Dr. Tsaknis is a DC native, having been born at Walter Reed Hospital and growing up in DC (Wheaton, Potomac, Frederick, Rockville and Georgetown). He went to University of Maryland, College Park with an undergrad in Zoology and then received his dental degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. He continued his training with a two year residency at the University of Maryland Medical System, to include Shock Trauma, Kernan Hospital, Children's Hospital, Head and Neck Cancer Ward and the Baltimore Veterans Administration. Later Dr. Tsaknis taught part time for a number of years at the University of Maryland in the areas of Emergency Clinic, New Patient Clinic and oversaw D3, D4 and PGY1 residents in the Oral and Maxillofacial Department. Dr. Tsaknis received a certificate for anesthesiology and is only a handful of dentist in the DC area trained in sedation. After working as an associate for a few years, he started Tsaknis Dental & Associates in Ashburn, VA and later started Tsaknis Dental Group in downtown DC. In 2009 Dr. Tsaknis started his third office DentalBug at 703 D Street NW, and got married to his lovely wife Terri. Later rebranding all to City Dental DC and in 2019 he started his fourth office at 2075 L, NW, partnering with Javan Wellness at that location. Dr. Tsaknis has over 1000 hours of continuing education, has been trained and certified on both the Galileos Cone Beam CT scanner and the Cerec Cad-Cam systems for same day crowns. He has been trained on Biolase lasers, Velscope and a variety of implant brands: BioMet3I, Noble Biocare, Straumann, Bicon, Implant Direct and several others. Dr. Tsaknis also provides Oral Sleep Apnea appliances as he is not only a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, but is also certified at the Qualified Dental Designation level and in 2022 received the highest achievement as a Diplomate of the ABDSM. He was DC's top 20 Invisalign Provider in 2018 and Top 10 in 2019 and the #1 general dentist Platinum Plus provider in 2021.