Dr. John Merrill, DDS

Dr. John Merrill was raised in Michigan as the youngest of five children. His father was a chemical engineer who became a full-time Methodist minister in his 30s. His mother was a full-time mother and homemaker who went into social work, devoting her focus to helping victims of domestic violence. She even wrote much of today’s social work training curriculum for the state of Michigan.

Dr. Merrill is a graduate of Western Michigan University and the University of Michigan, which was voted the dental school worldwide in 2019. He practiced for 25 years in the northern lakeside community of Charlevoix, MI where he was devoted to his patients, his church, and his five children: three of which are adopted.