Advisory Board
General Dentistry Advisory Board
The following people serve on the General Dentistry Advisory Board. Their duties include:
serving as a sounding board for features and individual manuscript ideas;
helping to solicit clinical manuscripts in conjunction with journal staff;
identifying trends in the industry within their specific area of expertise; and
raising visibility for the AGD within the profession as goodwill ambassadors.
Dental Materials
Steve Carstensen, DDS, FAGD,
is in general practice in Bellevue, Washington. He is a visiting faculty member of the Pankey Institute and the Pride Institute and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine.
Dental Public Health
Larry Williams, DDS, ABGD, MAGD,
is a Captain in the United States Navy Dental Corps, currently stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center as a member of the Great Lakes Naval Health Clinic. Dr. Williams is the Public Health Emergency Officer for the 16 states of the Navy Region MidWest and for the Naval Health Clinic. He also serves as the co-chair of the Navys Tobacco Cessation Action Team and as a member of the Department of Defense Alcohol and Tobacco Advisory Council. He also teaches for the Dental Hygiene program at the College of Lake County and as an assistant clinical professor for the Rosalind Franklin University for Medicine and Science.
Esthetic Dentistry
Wynn H. Okuda, DMD,
is Past National President (200203) and a board-accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD). He also is on the Advisory Board of Best Dentists in America and on the Executive Council of the International Federation of Esthetic Dentistry (IFED). He practices cosmetic, implant, and restorative dentistry at the Dental Day Spa of Hawaii in Honolulu.
Endodontics
Stephen Cohen, DDS,
is one of the foremost endodontic clinicians in the country and lectures worldwide on endodontics. A board-certified endodontist, Dr. Cohen specializes exclusively in the diagnosis and treatment of endodontic infections.
Geriatric Dentistry
Lea Erickson, DDS, MSPH,
is Chief, Dental Service, at VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Implantology
Wesley Blakeslee, DMD, FAGD,
is a general dentist who practices in New Jersey. He is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry.
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
John Svirsky, DDS, MEd,
is a board-certified oral and maxillofacial pathologist at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He currently is a professor of oral and maxillofacial pathology and maintains a private practice in oral medicine and oral pathology.
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Kavas Thunthy, BDS, MS, MEd,
has been a professor of oral and maxillofacial radiology in the Department of Oral Diagnosis, Medicine, Radiology, at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans since 1975. He was named a Fellow in the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in 1978 and was board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in 1981.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Karl Koerner, DDS, FAGD,
is a general dentist in Utah who performs oral surgery exclusively. He lectures extensively on oral surgery in general practice and has made articles, books, and video presentations available to general practitioners.
Oral Medicine
Sook-Bin Woo, DMD, MMSc,
is assistant professor of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She is board certified in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Medicine and practices both specialities in the Boston/Cambridge area in Massachusetts.
Orthodontics
Yosh Jefferson, DMD, FAGD,
is Past President, International Association for Orthodontics; a Fellow of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain; and a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. He maintains a general practice in Mt. Holly, New Jersey.
P. Emile Rossouw, BSc, BChD, BChD(Child-Dent), MChD (Ortho), PhD,
is professor and chairman of the Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry. He has published and lectured on clinical orthodontic research nationally and internationally. He maintains a part-time clinical practice in addition to his academic responsibilities.
Pain Management
Henry A. Gremillion, DDS, MAGD,
is dean of the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry and a professor in the Department of Orthodontics at LSUSD.
Pediatrics
Jane Soxman, DDS,
is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, has authored numerous articles in the dental literature, and has been recognized as a leader in continuing education. She maintains a private practice in Allison Park, Pennsylvania.
Periodontics
Sebastian Ciancio, DDS,
is Distinguished Service Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, and Director of the Center for Dental Studies at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.
Pharmacology
Daniel E. Myers, DDS, MS,
is a member of the Oral Diagnosis Department, Dental Associates of Wisconsin, Ltd. in Wauwatosa.
Prosthodontics
Joseph Massad, DDS,
is currently the Director of Removable Prosthodontics at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry in Arizona. He is adjunct faculty at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston and the University of Texas Dental School at San Antonio.
Jack Piermatti, DMD,
is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, the American Board of Oral Implantology, and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He is a board-certified prosthodontist in private practice in Voorhees, New Jersey.
