Meet Us

At Grand Oaks Dental and Sleep Well Anderson, we value patient relationships, making it our priority to deliver gentle compassionate dental care that you deserve from a dentist in Anderson. Dr. Gabrielle F. Cannick is a native of Charleston, SC, and graduated in 2001 with a B.S. in Biology from Furman University. After completing a rigorous eight year dual-degree program at the Medical University of South Carolina, she graduated in 2009 with both a doctorate in dental medicine and a PhD in Epidemiology. Her dissertation focused on the prevention and early detection of oral cancer in South Carolina.

Dr. Cannick is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, and has received extensive training in treating obstructive sleep apnea. A strong believer that dental fear and anxiety should not prevent any patient from receiving the highest quality dental care, Dr. Cannick is also a certified member of the Dental Organization for Conscious Sedation. She is also a member of the South Carolina Dental Association, the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, and the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health.

Dr. Cannick previously worked as an associate dentist in Charleston with her father, Dr. Larry J. Ferguson. Since relocating to Anderson in 2012, she has been a former volunteer dentist with the Anderson Free Clinic, supporter of Meals on Wheels of Anderson, a proud Girl Scouts Troop Leader, and serves as a Co-Children’s Leader with her church, Willing Servant Ministries. Dr. Cannick is on the Board of Visitors at Tri-County Technical College, the Foothills Community Foundation Board of Directors, and enjoys mentoring dental students through the MINTS (Mentoring is Navigating Together Strongly) program at the MUSC JBE College of Dental Medicine. She and her husband, Dr. Leander Cannick, III, a radiation oncologist, have four daughters and one son.