PERSONAL HISTORY

Birth: June 3, 1948 Santa Monica, California

Prosthodontic private practice:

1321 N. Harbor Blvd., Suite 203
Fullerton, CA 92835-4130

Home Address: 840 Panorama Road

Fullerton, CA 92831
(714) 525-2265

EDUCATION

B.A. (Biology) 1970 California State College at Fullerton

D.D.S. 1974 University of Southern California
Post-Doctoral Scholar Certificate, Gnathology and Occlusion
1976 UCLA
M.S.D. 1979 University of Washington
Fixed Prosthodontics/Periodontal Prosthodontics Certificate
1979 University of Washington

HONORS AND AWARDS

1974 Alpha Tau Epsilon Honorary Dental Fraternity

1979 American College of Prosthodontists Research Award 1st Place
1989 Pierre Fauchard Academy
2004 JC Hickey Award for scientific writing

CERTIFICATION

State Licensure: California, Washington

Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics (1985)

TEACHING

1975 Preclinical Gnathology and Occlusion - Laboratory Instructor

University of California at Los Angeles

1975 Tooth morphology & Occlusion - Course Director

Los Angeles City College Dental Hygiene

1978 Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics - Laboratory instructor

University of Washington

1979 Lecturer, Gnathology and Occlusion

University of California, Los Angeles

1979 Assistant Clinical Professor Graduate Prosthodontics

University of Southern California

1980 Predoctoral clinical removable prosthodontics

University of Southern California
1981 Consultant to Dental residents
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital

1982-94 Founder and mentor: Perio-Restorative Study Club

1983-95 Assistant Clinical Professor

University of Southern California

1995 to present Assistant Clinical Professor (inactive)

University of Southern California

PUBLICATIONS

Variability of passively recorded centric relation Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

44:21, 1980. with J.I. Nicholls

Rationale and a simplified technique for uprighting mesially inclined molars Journal
of Prosthetic Dentistry 52:256, 1984.

Salvaging the neglected dentition California Dental Association Journal April, 1986.

Single implant-supported molar and premolar crowns: A ten-year retrospective

clinical report Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 90:517-21, 2003.

LECTURE PRESENTATIONS

1979 Variability of passively recorded centric relation to the American College of

Prosthodontists, Houston, Texas.

1982 Phased treatment planning (day long course) presented with Dr. Gregory
Wilde. University of Southern California

1983 Provisional restorations: The blueprint for success presented to the Western
Dental Society, Los Angeles.

1984 Restorative considerations for the periodontally compromised patient

presented to the Paul Revere Study Club, San Diego.

1984 Therapeutic occlusion presented at the Navy TMJ symposium, San Diego,
California.

1986 Salvaging the terminal dentition presented at the California Dental

Association convention, Anaheim, California.

1989 Contour margins and esthetics presented at the California Dental Association
convention, Anaheim, California.

1991 Prosthodontics 1991: Tried, True and New day course presented at the
Ramada Inn, Cypress, California.

1992 Finite Element Analysis for Optimum Implant Dentistry presented at 8th
annual Implant Team System Seminar, Los Angeles, California.

1993 Finite Element Analysis for Optimum Implant Dentistry presented at the
Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontists annual meeting, Newport Beach, California.
1994 Finite Element Analysis of Occlusal Forces and the Forces in the Bone
Supporting Implants and Natural Teeth. at the International Symposium on Implant
Dentistry: Focus on Esthetics, San Diego, California.

1994 Biomechanics and Implant Prosthesis Design at the American Academy of

Periodontology annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

1995 New Implant Prosthesis Design Principles at the California Dental Association
convention, Anaheim, California.

2002 Single implant-supported molar and premolar crowns: A ten-year

retrospective clinical report, at the Pacific Coast Society meeting, Tucson, Arizona

2005 Implant Overdentures to Southern California Academy of General Dentistry

program Implants for GPs: Easy, Simple and Predictable

AFFILIATIONS

American Dental Association

California Dental Association
Orange County Dental Society
American College of Prosthodontics
American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics
Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics
Academy of Osseointegration
Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry
Alpha Omega