Dr Jackson is a 1988 graduate of the School of Dental Medicine at Southern Illinois University. In addition to a DMD degree, he holds a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice. His many certifications include clinical immunology and interpretation and forensic pathology investigation. Dr. Jackson is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, Fellow of the International College of Dentists and a Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Over the years Dr. Jackson has used his dental expertise to provide service to many U.S. law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He has worked as a special consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office as a forensic odontology consultant. He is an expert at determining identity of disaster or crime victims based on dental records. He has worked for the Air Force Office of Special Investigation, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and as the Washington, D.C., Forensic Dentistry Consultant. He was the assistant chief of forensic odontology in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The U.S. Air Force has conferred upon Dr. Jackson the title of Distinguished Medical Consultant in Forensic Odontology and presented him with two medals for Meritorious Achievement and Meritorious Service. Dr. Jackson has taught two workshops at a conference in France. Most of Jackson's work is spent managing dental services for the Missouri prison inmates. He's in charge of 35 to 40 dentists throughout the state and has been working in dental services for inmates about 15 years. In the 1993 flood of the Missouri River Dr. Jackson and a forensic anthropologist identified over 300 cadavers that had washed out of a cemetery