Dr. Alan Mincer earned his undergraduate degree from Colgate University in 1978 and his dental degree from Northwestern University in 1982. Subsequently, he completed a hospital-based, dental residency program at University of Illinois Hospital, followed by his specialty training inperiod ontology at Northwestern University, which he completed in 1985.
Following his specialty training, Dr. Mincer taught the dental residents at Cook County Hospital, initially as a full-time instructor in charge of the periodontal therapy at the hospital, as well as the cases performed in the operating room on medically compromised patients, and then as the director of the program.