Faculty

Celin Arce Urena
D.D.S.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 506
(205) 976-9591 Research Interests: Dental Implants; Ceramics; CAD-CAM technology; Esthetics; Biomaterials

Christine Blass
D.M.D.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
RWUH B50
(205) 934-4178

Edward Bradford
D.D.S., M.P.H.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 171
(205) 996-5326 Research Interests: Caries Control; Fluoridation; Operative Dentistry materials; Dental simulation teaching
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network

Rama Kiran Chavali
B.D.S., M.S.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 604
(205) 934-9722 Research Interests: Dental Implants; Dental Biomaterials; HIV/AIDS in Dentistry; Prosthodontics

Po-Hsu Chen
D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 524D
(205) 975-0692Research Interests: Prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthetics, dental materials, digital dentistry, public health dentistry.
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network

Chin-Chuan Fu
D.D.S., M.S.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 617
(205) 996-5110 Research Interests: Dental Implants; Dental Materials with special focus in dental ceramics and dental cements; Oral Microbiology; CAD/CAM dental prostheses; Dental education

Daniel Allen Givan
D.M.D., Ph.D.Professor/Interim Chair This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 522B
(205) 934-9809 Research Interests: 3D Printing; CAD/CAM; CBCT; Dental Implants; Dental Materials; Digital Dentistry; Optical Impressions; Milling; Prosthodontics; Virtual Implant Planning
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network

Snigdha Gummadi
B.D.S, M.S.Assistant Professor
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 555C
(205) 934-5459 Research Interests: Dental materials; Adhesion/bonding; Composites; Minimally invasive dentistry; Ceramic onlays; 3D Printing; CAD/CAM; Dental Implants; Digital Dentistry
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network

Jeff Hill
D.M.D.Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 510
(205) 934-3000

Yung-Tsung Hsu
D.D.S., M.S., D.M.D.Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 534
(205) 975-2284 Research Interests: Outcomes of denture and partial denture treatments; Implant-retained overdenture; Hybrid denture; Dental materials; Ceramic Implants; Attachments

Perng-Ru Liu
D.D.S., M.S., D.M.D.Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 539
(205) 934-1067 Research Interests: Clinical performance of the esthetic restorations; CAD-CAM and digital dentistry; Fiber-reinforced composite material and restorative phases of several dental implant systems

Emerson Martins
D.D.S., M.S.c, Ph.D.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 512
(205) 975-9742 Research Interests: Cariology & Preventive Dentistry - Minimally Invasive Dentistry; Biomaterials/Dental Materials for use in preventive/restorative dentistry; Biomedical engineering: corrosion, biocompatibility, assessment of the local cellular reactions following implantation of biomaterials, nanotechnologies used for surface modification; Hospital and Geriatric Dentistry; Problem based learning in dentistry; Clinical cariology and caries risk assessment; Research in Digital Dentistry
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network

Augusto Antonio Robles
D.D.S., M.S., D.M.D.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 510
Research Interests: Dental materials; Adhesion/bonding; Composites; Minimally invasive dentistry; Ceramic onlays
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network

Ken Tilashalski
D.M.D.Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 405
(205) 934-1185 Research Interests: Oral Pathology; Mucocutaneous Disorders; Smokeless Tobacco; Endodontic Treatment Outcomes
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network

Ahu Topkara
D.D.S., Ph.D., D.M.D.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 144
(205) 934-7807 Research Interests: Clinical orthodontic research; Multidiscipinary treatments; Orthodontic root resorption; Adhesive systems; Craniofacial growth and development; Smile esthetics

Wen-Chou Wu
D.D.S., M.S., F.A.C.P., A.F.A.A.M.P.Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 534
(205) 934-1072 Research Interests: Implant restorative material; Implant prosthesis design; Implant occlusion scheme

Sufian Yassin
B.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D.Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 507
(205) 934-1022 Research Interests: Occlusion; Dental Implants; Implant prosthesis; Dental Materials; Digital Dentistry, Oral Microbiology; CAD/CAM dental prostheses, restorative materials