Brainard Duncan, D.D.S, studied dentistry at Loma Linda University and worked in private practice in Bakersfield and in the Sacramento area for many years. He left private practice to work with the prison system and, in 2003, began working to establish Tuolumne General’s rural health clinic dental services. In 2006 he joined the rural health clinic full time as dental director. Sonora Regional Medical Center took over the clinic in 2007 as a service of the Forest Road Health and Wellness Center.