A career switch to Dentistry led Dr Alan Erickson to Baltimore MD, where he graduated with a DDS degree in 1996. There, he received the prestigious AGD award voted on by the faculty. After a year long General Dentistry residency at the VA Hospital in Baltimore, He returned to Arlington WA, where He purchased the long time practice of his uncle, Dr. Jack Erickson.
After 18 years of General Dentistry, his interest shifted to treating sleep apnea patients with oral appliance therapy. In April of 2016, he opened a new practice, Sleep Advantage, which is dedicated solely to Oral Appliance Therapy.