Dr. Herndon is a graduate of the Amsterdam Fellowship program in Periodontics and Oral Implantology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine. In addition to this advanced training, he maintains memberships in numerous Dental, Periodontal and Oral Implantology Societies, Academies, and Organizations. Dr. Herndon has lectured frequently on raising the level of the quality of dentistry to biologically acceptable levels. He is the recipient of the American Academy of Gold Foil Award for oustanding achievement in Operative Dentistry. Dr. Herndon opened his business in Quincy in 1983.