Hope Jackson
BSDH, RDH, COM©, Operations Director
Hope graduated with her bachelor's degree in dental Hygiene from the University of Minnesota in 2003. She has been registered with the South Dakota State Board of Dentistry since 2003. Hope has been a part of Jackson Dental since 1998, learning the basics of dentistry alongside Dr. John Jackson. After school, Hope along with her husband, Dr. Christopher Jackson, returned to Jackson Dental in 2007 to continue serving through the family legacy.
Associations & Education
Hope desires to help her patients understand their individualized body system. She continually seeks opportunities to grow her knowledge through continuing education. Hope became a certified orofacial myologist in 2020. She is an Ambassador with The Breathe Institute and a Breathe Baby Ambassador. She has completed several myofunctional therapy courses including Orofacial Myology – Make the Connection, Myomasterminds through The Breathe Institute, Buteyko Breathing, Tongue Thrust and Beyond: A Myofunctional Course with Dr. Mohamed Mohamed, and Myofunctional Research Company – myobrace training.
She also completed an Orofacial Pain Continuum through LSU a residency with the University of Kentucky orofacial pain department and has received additional training through the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry, the International Association of Implantologists and the Dawson Academy for dental occlusion. Her most recent coursework has been in the body, bite, and cranial sacrum connection world with coursework in CranioSacral Therapy training with the Upledger Institute.
Outside the Practice
Hope is deeply root in her faith and love of Jesus. Hope is blessed with four beautifully gifted children; Isabelle, Payton, Evan, and Sadie. Along with Dr. Christopher, her husband, she loves to travel, camp, hike, cook, read great books, and have family gatherings. She is grateful to be a part of this progressive, service-minded practice that is Jackson Dental Prof.