The Department of Restorative Dentistry provides predoctoral instruction in the disciplines of dental anatomy and occlusion, dental materials, treatment planning, operative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics and removable prosthodontics. In addition, Restorative Dentistry sponsors an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program which enrolls six first year students and one second year student annually. The AEGD program provides instruction and clinical training in advanced interdisciplinary general dental care for a wide range of patients including those with special needs. Faculty research activities include molecular biology and microbiology of caries and periodontal and systemic disease, caries recognition and diagnosis, dental materials, restorative materials wear, dental erosion and abrasion, lasers, orofacial development, dental instrumentation, and dental implantology. Faculty regularly present and publish on advances in dental education related to restorative and postgraduate general dentistry.
The mission of the Department of Restorative Dentistry is to advance multidisciplinary instruction, patient care and research through its programs in dental anatomy and occlusion, restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, dental materials, and general dentistry. To accomplish this mission, the department:
Klara Alperstein
, Associate Professor
David Appleby
, Professor
Juan Arocho
, Associate Professor
Mohamed Bassiouny
, Professor
Marilyn Bevacqua
, Instructor
Kenneth Boberick
, Associate Professor
Meredith Bogert
, Associate Professor
Daniel Boston
, Associate Professor
Eric Cantor
, Associate Professor
Hanz Z. Cutler
, Instructor
Thomas Deem
, Associate Professor
Ernest Dellheim
, Assistant Professor
Ralph Domanico
, Associate Professor
Andrew Epstein
, Instructor
Juan Espinoza
, Instructor
Anne Facchiano
, Assistant Professor
John Friel
, Assistant Professor
Sarah Gray
, Associate Professor
Joseph Greenberg
, Professor
Hana Hasson
, Associate Professor
Theodore Hill
, Assistant Professor
Jack Hollingsworth
, Assistant Professor
Amid Ismail
,
Steven Jefferies
, Professor
Jeffrey Kahn
, Assistant Professor
Gary Keiper
, Assistant Professor
Frederick Lally
, Instructor
Edward Marcus
, Professor
Mark Meraner
, Associate Professor
Manley Mincer
, Instructor
George Monasky
, Professor
John Nase
, Associate Professor
Joseph Nasife
, Assistant Professor
Salvatore Pera
, Instructor
William Rieger
, Professor
Earl Rochvarg
, Assistant Professor
Gene Rubin
, Instructor
Frank Samartino
, Associate Professor
Steven Schlesinger
, Instructor
Jeffrey Shore
, Assistant Professor
Louise Skarulis
, Assistant Professor
Shari Sklar
, Instructor
Louis Tarnoff
, Assistant Professor
Linda Thornton
, Associate Professor
Robert Tisot
, Associate Professor
Gerald Weger
, Assistant Professor
Allan Weisberg
, Assistant Professor
Eugene Whitaker
, Associate Professor
Robert Wood
, Assistant Professor
William Woody
, Assistant Professor
Lionel Yearwood
, Associate Professor
Gordon Zayon
, Assistant Professor