Dr. McGarry received his D.D.S. degree in 1975 from UMKC School of Dentistry, his Certificate in Prosthodontics in 1978 from the Veterans Administration Hospital- San Francisco and became a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics in 1991. He is a Fellow in the American College of Prosthodontists and has served as President of the College.

Dr. McGarry has held full and part time faculty appointments at the predoctoral level at the University of Missouri-School of Dentistry, University of California-School of Dentistry, the University of Oklahoma-School of Dentistry, and additionally at the post-doctoral at the University of Oklahoma-School of Dentistry. He currently holds an appointment as an Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Dentistry and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois School of Dentistry.

Major publications include the ACP Parameters of Care, Classification of Complete Edentulism, Classification of Partial Edentulism and Classification of the Completely Dentate Patient. Dr. McGarry maintains a full-time private practice limited to Prosthodontics and is the Clinical Director for the Southwest Center for Dentistry whose mission is providing “hands-on” direct patient care training in a continuing education curriculum.