Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-4984Research 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

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

Assistant Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412E
(205) 934-4506 Research Interests: Surgical and nonsurgical therapies for treatment of periodontitis; Management of medical emergencies and systemic health in clinical settings

Associate Professor This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 412
(205) 934-4506 Research Interests: Longitudinal management of patients with periodontal disease; Pedagogical factors influencing optimal learning and application of periodontal diagnostic and treatment principles; Risk factors influencing periodontal and peri-implant disease initiation and progression

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 Faculty Profile

Acting Chair, Periodontology
Professor
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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 Faculty Profile

Dean, School of Dentistry
Weatherford/Palcanis Endowed Professor
Dental Alumni-Joseph F. Volker Chair of Clinical Dentistry This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SDB 406
(205) 934-4720 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 Faculty Profile

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