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Hope Amm

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 702
(205) 934-5405

Research Interests: Non-invasive imaging of ameloblastoma; Genetics and therapy of odontogenic tumors; Oral cancer biology and therapy; Oral microenvironment and cancer Faculty Profile

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Ramzi Abou-Arraj

D.D.S., M.S.

Associate Professor
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SDB 412
(205) 934-4984
Research Interests: Mucogingival surgical therapy around teeth and implants; Periodontal regeneration; Site development for endosseous dental implants; Implant surface modification techniques Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network Faculty Profile

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Manika Arora

D.D.S., M.D.S., B.D.S.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 617
(205) 934-1038
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Hussein Basma

D.D.S., M.S.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-4506
Research Interests: Soft and hard tissue augmentation in preparation for endosseous dental implants; Digital technologies to enhance dental implant surgical treatment plan; Integration of digital dental implant planning into dental education Faculty Profile

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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
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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
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Kimberly Carr

D.M.D.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 804
(205) 934-7016
Research Interests: Oral microbiological disease and its association with systemic disease, and special care dentistry

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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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 Faculty Profile

Po-Hsu Chen

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) 975-0692
Research Interests: Prosthodontics, maxillofacial prosthetics, dental materials, digital dentistry, public health dentistry.

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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Kyounga Cheon

D.M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 802
(205) 975-4303
Research Interests: Regenerative Dental Research - to develop a highly innovative injectable nitric oxide releasing biomimetic nanomatrix gel targeting root canal disinfection and pulp-dentin complex regeneration with multidisciplinary team approach (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Endodontics, and Biomedical Engineering at UAB)Faculty Profile

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Terpsithea (Teti) Christou

D.D.S., M.S.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 314
(205) 934-4547
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network Faculty Profile

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Shandra Coble

D.M.D.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 607
(205) 934-4122
Research Interests: Outcomes of Endodontic Treatment; Rotary InstrumentationFaculty Profile

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Joana Cunha-Cruz

M.P.H., D.D.S., Ph.D.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 117
(205) 996-5298
Research Interests: Dental-practice based research; Community-based research; Implementation Sciences; Behavioral Sciences; Oral Epidemiology; Health Inequities and Disparities

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Farahnaz Fahimipour

D.M.D., Ph.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-4506
Research Interests: Regenerative dentistry, stem cell therapy and tissue engineering

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Ashraf F. Fouad

D.D.S., M.S.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 609
(205) 934-5373 or (205) 975-5067
Research Interests: Pathogenesis of pulpal and periapical disease, association of systemic disease with apical periodontitis and with outcomes of endodontic treatment, dental pulp regeneration, vital pulp therapy, antibiotic resistance in endodontic infections and effectiveness of antimicrobial therapies in endodontics.Faculty Profile

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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 Faculty Profile

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Mia Geisinger

D.D.S., M.S.

Professor
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SDB 412
(205) 934-4984
Research Interests: Periodontal-systemic interactions related to periodontal infection and immuno-inflammatory response in patients with diabetes, pregnancy outcomes, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, and dementia; Plaque control in special populations to improve oral and systemic health; Nonsurgical intervention for periodontal and peri-implant diseases; Periodontal hard and soft tissue regenerative materials and techniques

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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Nicolaas Geurs

D.D.S., M.S.

Weatherford/Palcanis Endowed Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-1074
Research Interests: Community outcomes of implant therapy; Clinical translation research of periodontal therapies; Regenerative medicine; Oral disease system health relationship

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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Gregg Gilbert

D.D.S., M.B.A., F.A.A.H.D., F.A.C.D., F.I.C.D

Distinguished Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 109
(205) 934-5423
Research Interests: Practice-Based Research Networks; Oral Epidemiology; Dental Behavioral Science

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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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 Faculty Profile

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Daniel Allen Givan

D.M.D., Ph.D.

Professor 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
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Snigdha Gummadi

B.D.S, M.S.

Assistant Professor
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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
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Quamarul Hassan

Ph.D.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 707
(205) 975-3020
Research Interests: Craniofacial Development; Genetics Faculty Profile

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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
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Janice Jackson

D.M.D.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 304
(205) 934-7016
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network Faculty Profile

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Amjad Javed

Ph.D.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 714
(205) 996-5124
Research Interests: Craniofacial Development; Osteopenia/Osteoporosis; Genetics of Mineralized Tissue; Cartilage Development and Degeneration; Cleido Cranial Dysplasia; Mineral Metabolism; Regulation of Bone Adiposity Faculty Profile

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Michael Kase

D.M.D.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 934-5334
Research Interests: Oral cancer; Prosthodontics; Implants; Dental oncology; Facial prosthetics; Obturators; Speech protheses; Sleep apnea prostheses; TMD splints Faculty Profile

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Chung H. Kau

B.D.S., M.Sc.D., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 305
(205) 934-2782
Research Interests: 4D Jaw tracking; Juvenile idiopathic Arthritis in the TMJ; Accelerated Tooth Movement; 3D Imaging (including Cone Beam Technology and Surface Imaging); 3D modeling of surgery; Demineralization studies of teeth; Orthodontic tooth movement and Craniofacial Syndromes; Deformities and Anomalies

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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Maninder Kaur

B.D.S., M.P.H., M.S.

Associate Professor
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SDB 412
(205) 934-4506
Research Interests: Periodontal disease and periodontal therapy and its effects on adverse pregnancy outcomes; Inflammatory markers in gingival and serum samples in patients with systemic diseases and conditions, including anxiety/depression, diabetes, and pregnancy; Multilineage potential of gingival mesenchymal stem cells for dental tissue regeneration; Role of growth factors for bone regeneration at extraction sites; Nonsurgical treatments of periodontal diseases Faculty Profile

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Brian Kinard

D.M.D., M.D.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
Research Interests: Orthognathic surgery efficiency; Orthognathic surgery enhanced recovery after surgery; Maxillomandibular advancement for obstructive sleep apnea; Cleft orthognathic surgery Faculty Profile

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Ejvis Lamani

D.M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 313
(205) 994-3251
Research Interests: Dental and Craniofacial Anomalies; Genetics; Genotype-Phenotype correlations; Short Root Anomaly; Root Resorption; Tooth Agenesis Faculty Profile

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Nate Lawson

D.M.D., M.A., Ph.D.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 603
(205) 975-8302
Research Interests: Laboratory testing of biomaterials including mechanical, applied, esthetic, surface and bioactive properties; Clinical testing of biomaterials including Class V retention studies, Direct restoration studies and bleaching studies

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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Yu-Yin Lin

D.D.S., M.S.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 310B
(205) 934-9190
Research Interests: Dental public health for children; Material science; Dental traumatologyFaculty Profile

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Patrick Louis

D.D.S., M.D.

McCallum Endowed Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
Research Interests: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ); Trauma; Dental Implants; Cosmetic Surgery; Orthognathic Surgery; Pathology; Reconstructive Surgery; Aesthetic Surgery

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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Kristy L. Marker

Kristy L. Marker

D.D.S., M.S.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 608
(205) 975-8604
Research Interests: Diagnosis and management of acute odontogenic and non-odontogenic pain. Vital pulp therapy and pulp regeneration.

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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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
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Raquel Mazer

D.M.D., M.S., M.P.H.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 115
(205) 996-2724
Research Interests: Dental biomaterials; Adhesion; Implants; Health outcomes and Patient services Faculty Profile

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Carly Timmons McKenzie

Ph.D.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 125
(205) 996-2208
Research Interests: Behavioral Sciences Curriculum Development; Utilization and effectiveness of simulation; Future dental practice intentions, as related to underserved populationsFaculty Profile

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Stephen Mitchell

D.M.D., M.S.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 322J
(205) 934-1136
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Anthony Morlandt

D.D.S., M.D.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 996-2799
Research Interests: Head and neck cancer survival; Predicting cancer risk in oral premalignant lesions; Mapping of ameloblastomas using fluorescence imaging; Functional outcomes in head and neck cancer surgery; Third molar surgery; Craniomaxillofacial trauma Faculty Profile

Kathlyn Kruger Powell

Kathlyn Kruger Powell

D.M.D., M.D.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
Research Interests: Oral Surgery; Craniofacial and Cleft Lip/Palate Surgery; Benign Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and TMJ; Orthognathic Surgery; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Impacted Teeth; Dental Implants Faculty Profile

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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
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Shirin Shahnaseri

D.D.S., M.S.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 480L
(205) 975-3374
Research Interests: Craniofacial development and Genetics, Oral cancer and bone marrow microenvironments Faculty Profile

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Sory Shannon

D.D.S.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 311
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Somsak Sittitavornwong

D.M.D., M.S.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 934-4345
Research Interests: Dental Implants; Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Clefts; Orthognathic Surgery; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Maxillofacial Pathology; Trauma; Bone ReconstructionFaculty Profile

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Nathan R. Smith

D.M.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 112
(205) 934-1179
Research Interests: Geriatric dentistry; minimally invasive restorative techniques; biomaterials; population health

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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Nada Souccar

D.D.S., M.S.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 302A
(205) 934-3737
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Russell Taichman

D.M.D., D.M.Sc.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 406
(205) 934-4720
Research Interests: Bone Biology; Bone Metastases; Hematology; Leadership training for oral health professionals; Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) and how they home, localize and engage the bone marrow microenvironment or niche for survival, function and protection from injury

Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network
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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
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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 Faculty Profile

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Christos Vlachos

D.M.D., D.D.S., M.S.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 307
(205) 934-4547
Member, National Dental Practice Based Research Network Faculty Profile

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Jennifer Wadiak

D.D.S.

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 536
(205) 975-2080

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Terry Gene Whatley

D.M.D.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 987-1173
Research Interests: Orthognathic Surgery; Facial Trauma; Maxillofacial Pathology; Facial Reconstruction; Impacted Teeth Faculty Profile

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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 Faculty Profile

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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 Faculty Profile

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Yedeh Ying

D.M.D., M.D.

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 419
(205) 934-4345
Research Interests: Microvascular reconstruction outcomes; Facial trauma Faculty Profile

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Ping Zhang

D.D.S., Ph.D.

Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 801-A1
(205) 996-9803
Research Interests: Osteoimmunology; Host/microbial interactions in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease and dental caries; Mucosal vaccines for oral infectious diseases; Adjuvant development and characterizationFaculty Profile