Dr. Franks attended St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences. She then went on to receive her DMD degree from Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry.  As a sophomore in undergrad, Dr. Franks began working as an orthodontic assistant in the office of Dr. Benjamin Cassalia, …

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Melissa Root is CEO of Root Success Solutions LLC. Melissa earned her doctorate in educational psychology and is a certified school psychologist, former professor, TEDx speaker, author, and parent of 3 amazing humans – one in the US Navy, one in the US Coast Guard, and one studying at Yale University. Melissa created calmpak in …

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Kriss Carbonell, CRDH completed her DDS at ULACIT San Jose, Costa Rica in 2007. She worked for almost a decade as general dentist in Costa Rica. In 2017, she worked as a Dental Assistant in Florida and in 2019 attended local anesthesia course at the University of Florida to obtain her dental hygienist certification. Dr. …

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Dr. Mabi Singh completed his DMD and Masters of Science at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, in Boston, MA, and he also completed a fellowship in oral medicine.  Currently, Dr. Singh is the Assistant Division Head of the Oral Medicine Program at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.  He has carried out research projects …

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Dr. Marcello Melis received his degree in Pharmacy and Dentistry from the University of Cagliari, in Italy. He completed his post-graduate fellowship in Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain at Tufts University, in Boston. In 2003 he becomes Adjunct Clinical Instructor in the Craniomandibular Pain Center at Tufts University; in 2017 he becomes Adjunct Professor of …

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Judy Bendit  RDH, BS born and raised in dental office with over 45 years of experience in dentistry. She is a speaker, author and clinician. Faculty at Penn Dental medicine, Alumni board member at The University of Pennsylvania Dental School, President of the University of Pennsylvania Dental Hygiene Alumni and advisory board member at Palm …

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Dr. Katerina Papathanasiou graduated from University of Athens Dental School in Greece. She received her Postgraduate Certificate in Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Cariology from Aarhus University Royal Dental College in Denmark and then continued her postgraduate training in Advanced Education in Esthetic Dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM), where she also received …

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Dr Natalia Menjivar is in private practice in West Hartford and Avon, Connecticut. She joined Farmington Valley Orthodontics in Avon in 2014 and also practices at West Hartford Orthodontics with her partner Dr. Donald Drew. Dr. Menjivar attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee where she double majored in Biology and Spanish. She went on to attend …

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Dr. Maclin went to Auburn University where she earned a bachelor of science in BioMedical Sciences. She then went to complete her dental school at Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston, SC  It was here under the guidance of her mentor, the late Dr. Carlos Salinas that she was first exposed to cleft and craniofacial …

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Dr. Lian attended Harvard School of Dental Medicine for dental school. She went on to Columbia- New York Presbyterian Hospital for her pediatric dentistry training. She is currently a board certified specialist and is working as an assistant professor at NYU College of dentistry in the department of Pediatric dentistry. Her interests lie in endodontic …

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Dr. Gabriela Garza, is an Assistant Professor at University of Louisville School of Dentistry. Her main interests are TMD and Orofacial Pain and she devotes her clinical practice to treat patients in this area.  Dr. Garza received her DDS from Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico and then she completed a two year …

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Dr. Hector R. Martinez-Menchaca is a Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry and  Master of Science from Tufts University, (Boston, USA). He has fellowships in Implant Dentistry, Dental LASER, Pedagogical Teaching Techniques and Advanced Research. Currently, Dr. Martinez is the DMD Program Director of  Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Louisville (Louisville, USA). He is Scientific Editor …

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Dr. Roya Zandparsa is a Professor and Biomaterials Course Director of the Department of Prosthodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. She also is the President of American Academy of Dental Science.  Dr. Roya Zandparsa received her DMD from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and MSc in Biomaterials & Biomimetics and Certificate in …

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Bayou-bred and world-traveled, Matthew Whipple RDN, LDN is a classically trained chef and registered dietitian, passionate about making people from all walks of life fall in love with food. As fishermen and free people of color, sugar planters and renowned game hunters, the Whipples have been whipping up mouth-watering dishes since they first settled Louisiana …

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Leopoldo Correa B.D.S, M.S is an associate professor and director of the Dental Sleep Medicine fellowship program at tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, MA. He assisted in incorporating the teaching of dental sleep medicine into the pre- and post-graduate programs at Tufts and developed various continuing education programs at the inversely including …

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Dr. Richard Baxter is a board-certified pediatric dentist and Diplomate of the American Board of Laser Surgery. He is a nationally recognized speaker on tongue-ties, instructor of the comprehensive online course Tongue-Tied Academy and lead author of the bestselling book Tongue-Tied: How a Tiny String Under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding, and More. He …

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Dr. David Okuji, received his dental education at UCLA and pediatric dentistry residency certification at the University of Southern California. He also has an MBA from the U.C. Berkeley-Haas School of Business and earned an M.S. degree in health care management from the Harvard School of Public Health. Early in his career Dr. Okuji practiced as an associate …

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Judy Bendit, RDH born and raised in dental office with over 45 years of experience in dentistry. She is a speaker, author and clinician. Faculty at Penn Dental medicine, Alumni board member at The University of Pennsylvania Dental School, President of the University of Pennsylvania Dental Hygiene Alumni and advisory board member at Palm Beach …

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Dr. Arwa Farag is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Oral Medicine, Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences at King AbdulAziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and a Visiting Professor at the Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM). Dr. Farag graduated from King Saud University College of Dentistry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. …

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Dr. Ancy Verdier earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Tufts University. He completed a post-baccalaureate program at Harvard University and completed his dental school degree at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. After dental school, he completed a 3 year residency in Periodontics at Tufts University. He is a Diplomate of the American Academy …

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Dr. Mariela Padilla is a dentist who specializes in Orofacial Pain and has a Master’s Degree in Education.  She is currently the Assistant Director of Online Programs and Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry in Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC.  She devotes her clinical practice to the diagnosis and management of non-dental related facial …

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