Meet our Dentists
Daniel A. Crawford, DDS
Dr. Daniel Crawford graduated from Haughton High School in
1970 and from Louisiana Tech University in
1974. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from
Louisiana State University in 1978. After a two-year
residency in New Orleans he received a certificate in
Pediatric Dentistry in 1987.
Dr. Crawford joined Dr. James R. Lang in 1987 and they practiced together until Dr. Lang's retirement in 2004. Dr. Crawford is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, The Louisiana Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, The Southwestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry, The American Dental Association, The Louisiana Dental Association, and the Northwest Louisiana Dental Association.
He is married to Gretchen Scherf Crawford, and has four children, John Aaron, Hunter, David and Natalie.
Lauren F. Wallace, DDS
Dr. Lauren Wallace attended Tulane
University and then Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge majoring in Microbiology. She then
attended LSU School of Dentistry in New Orleans in 1989 and
graduated in 1993. From 1993 to 1995 Dr. Wallace did her
Pediatric Dental Residency at LSU School of Dentistry.
In 1995, Dr. Lauren Wallace moved with her husband, Matt
Wallace, to Shreveport. She joined Dr. James R. Lang and
Daniel A. Crawford at Pediatric Dental Partners in July
1995.
Dr. Wallace is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, American Dental Association, Southwestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry, and the Northwest Louisiana Dental Association.
Dr. Lauren Wallace is married to Matt Wallace from Lake Charles, Louisiana. They have two children, Cameron, and Alden. She enjoys spending time with her family, likes to run, and is an active member of her church.
Shannon M. Backofen, DDS
Dr. Shannon Backofen graduated from
Louisiana Tech University and received her Doctor of Dental
Surgery degree from the University of Tennessee College of
Dentistry, Memphis in 1992. After a two-year residency from
1994-1996 at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas, she
received her certificate in Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. Backofen joined with Dr's. Lang, Crawford, and Wallace in 1996 to become Dr's. Lang, Crawford, Wallace, and Backofen, Pediatric Dental Partners, LLP.
Dr. Backofen is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Southwestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry, Paul P. Taylor Pediatric Dental Association, American Dental Association, Louisiana Dental Association, and the Northwest Louisiana Dental Association.
She is married to Mike Backofen of Bossier City and has two children, Kyle and Megan.
Susan Chidlow, DDS
Susan Chidlow is a native of Shreveport and a former patient
at Pediatric Dental Partners. She attended C.E.
Byrd High School in Shreveport and LSU Baton Rouge for
her undergraduate degree. She earned her dental degree
at LSU School of Dentistry. Dr. Chidlow was then
accepted into the Pediatric Dental Residency Program at
LSUSD and graduated in 2004. She was the recipient
of numerous awards and honors such as the LDA
Outstanding Senior Dental Student of the Year 2002,
LSUSD Pediatric Dentistry Award 2002, Oral Medicine
Award 2002, and the Pharmacology Award 2002.
Dr. Chidlow is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, American Dental Association, Louisiana Dental Association, Northwest Louisiana Dental Association and the Southwestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. Chidlow returned from New Orleans in August of 2004, where she had been a practicing Pediatric Dentist with Dr. William Carlisle and Dr. Aubrey Baudean. Dr. Chidlow joined the practice of Dr's. Crawford, Wallace, and Backofen with Pediatric Dental Partners, LLP in August of 2005.
Dr. Chidlow is married to Dan Gray of Shreveport.