Dr. Eric Knudsen was born and raised in Escanaba, his father (William F. Knudsen, DDS) started this dental practice in 1968, and his mother (Sandra) is a retired Escanaba kindergarten teacher. Dr. Eric graduated from Escanaba Area Public High School in 1987, and then graduated from the University of Michigan, in 1991, with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree (concentration in Cellular and Molecular Biology). In 1995, he then received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) from the Univ. of Mich. School of Dentistry, and at graduation was awarded the Louis Schultz Award for Operative Dentistry, the Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award, and membership in the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary dental fraternity. While in dental school, he was active in the Jonathan Taft Dental Society and Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity (serving as president his senior year).

After dental school, Dr. Eric did a General Practice Residency in Dentistry (G.P.R.) at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI from July 1995 through June 1996. While at the VA, he got advanced training in operative rehabilitation, oral surgery, implant dentistry, IV conscious sedation/anesthesia, oral medicine, and hospital dentistry.

In July 1996, he and his wife (Dr. Elizabeth Knudsen) joined his father's practice in Escanaba, and together they formed Knudsen Dentistry, PLC. Dr. William Knudsen retired in December 2006, after over 38 years in private practice.

Dr. Knudsens current professional memberships include: American Dental Association, Michigan Dental Association, Cloverland District Dental Society (current president), Academy of General Dentistry, American Orthodontic Society, Delta County Dental Society, and the Omicron Kappa Upsilon honorary dental fraternity. He is a Fellow in the Pierre Fauchard Academy, which is an international honorary dental service organization. He is also a Fellow in the International College of Dentists, which is by invitation only, and is granted in recognition of an individual dentists outstanding professional achievement, meritorious service and dedication to the continued progress of dentistry for the benefit of humankind.

He is very active at the state level with the Michigan Dental Association, and currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer on the Board of Trustees, elected by the MDA House of Delegates. On the national level, he has served as a delegate for Michigan at the ADA House of Delegates since 2017.

His community activities include serving on the Escanaba Area Public Schools Board of Education from July 2001 through June 2009 holding positions of president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and trustee. He is a current member of the Escanaba Country Club (previously serving on the ECC board), and Escanaba Elks Lodge #354. Current hobbies include golf, hunting, fishing, U of M athletics (Go Blue!)--holding season football tickets since 1987, spending time with our family at our cottage on Sixteen Mile lake, and learning about new technologies and research in dentistry. Eric and Beth have two children, Matt and Abigail (both are students at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), as well as Maizey, their yellow Labrador retriever.