Ben has served as a Consultant for the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners since 2001. Ben became a Dental Examiner for the Western Regional Dental Board in 2010 and travels throughout the country helping administer competency tests to dentists and dental hygienists seeking dental licensure.Ben and his wife, Kelli, met at the University of Arizona in 1986 and have two sons, Colin and Cameron. Colin graduated from the University of Arizona and served in the U.S. Navy. Colin'swife, Victoria, is currently in dental hygiene school.Cameron graduated from Northern Arizona University and now attends the University of Southern CaliforniaSchool of Dentistry.

Nelsonwas an Arizona native, born and raised in Glendale, AZ. Hegraduated from Glendale High School in 1959, attended the University of Arizonaand earned his D.D.S. from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry in 1966.

Nelson married his high school sweetheart, Judy Crouch, in 1962 and they were happily married for 53years, until Judy passed away in 2015.They raised their two sons, Ben and Brad, in Peoria, AZ. Ben andNelson shared their dental practice for 25 years; Brad is an emergency departmentphysician.