College of Dentistry Departments
- Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science
- Endodontics
- Oral Biology
- Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthodontics
- Pediatric Dentistry
- Periodontology
- Restorative Dental Sciences
Dean
Department of Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science
P.O. Box 103628
Room 5180
1329 SW 16th Street
Gainesville, Florida 32610
Department Chair & Parker E. Mahan Endowed Professor
Daniel W McNeil PhD
Chair, Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science | Parker E. Mahan Endowed Professor
Phone: (352) 273-6801
Email:
dmcneil@dental.ufl.edu
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Emily J Bartley | (352) 273-8934 | ebartley@dental.ufl.edu |
| Frank A Catalanotto | (352) 273-5970 | fcatalanotto@dental.ufl.edu |
| Yenisel Cruz-Almeida | (352) 294-5845 | cryeni@ufl.edu |
| Bill Duncan | (352) 451-6636 | duncanw@ufl.edu |
| Olga S Ensz | (352) 273-5031 | olga.ensz@ufl.edu |
| Roger B Fillingim | (352) 273-5963 | rfilling@ufl.edu |
| Jaana T Gold | (352) 273-5977 | jgold@dental.ufl.edu |
| Alisa J Johnson | (352) 273-5971 | alisa.johnson@ufl.edu |
| Tumader Khouja | (352) 273-5971 | tumaderkhouja@ufl.edu |
| Steven D Pratscher | (352) 273-9510 | spratscher@dental.ufl.edu |
| Joseph L Riley | (352) 273-5966 | jriley@dental.ufl.edu |
| Astha Singhal | (352) 273-5971 | asinghal@ufl.edu |
| Bryan Smallwood | (352) 273-6700 | bsmallwood@ufl.edu |
| Larissa J Strath | (352) 273-5971 | larissastrath@ufl.edu |
| Pedro A Valdes Hernandez | (352) 273-7180 | pvaldeshernandez@dental.ufl.edu |
| Patricia M Xirau-Probert | (352) 273-5954 | pprobert@dental.ufl.edu |
Courtesy Faculty
- Dr. Ashley Baptiste
- Dr. Deborah Foote
- Dr. Donald Giddon
- Dr. Jonathan Montoya
- Dr. Calia Morais
- Dr. Gabriel Nossa
- Dr. Walter Psoter
- Dr. Venita Sposetti
- Dr. Tamara-Kay Tibby
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Teresa A Dolan | (352) 262-5193 | tdolan@dental.ufl.edu |
| Henrietta N Logan | –– | hlogan@dental.ufl.edu |
| Thomas C Porter | (727) 394-6088 | tcporter@ufl.edu |
| Scott L Tomar | (312) 413-7365 | stomar@dental.ufl.edu |
Community Based Programs
Hialeah
Core Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Paul L Benjamin | (352) 392-4341 | pbenjamin@ufl.edu |
| Esteban Mulkay | (352) 273-6800 | emulkay@dental.ufl.edu |
| Cynthia Savioli De Paula | (305) 694-5400 | cynthia.savioli@ufl.edu |
| Rodrigo Souza | (305) 694-5400 | rsouza@dental.ufl.edu |
Part-Time Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco M Granda | (305) 694-5400 | fgranda@dental.ufl.edu |
| Steven J Rosenstein | (305) 933-9911 | srosenstein@dental.ufl.edu |
| Jairo Salcedo | –– | jsalcedo@dental.ufl.edu |
Courtesy Faculty
- Dr. Lorena Alemany
- Dr. Luiz Barbosa
- Dr. Yitsy Conde
- Dr. Erika Falcon Baralt
- Dr. Claire Freijo Barrios
- Dr. John Paul Gallardo
- Dr. Jose Gurevich
- Dr. Laura Herschdorfer
- Dr. William Lamas
- Dr. Santiago Lopez
- Dr. Robert Miller
- Dr. Raul Molina
- Dr. Elias Moron
- Dr. Alexandre Ribeiro
- Dr. Luis Rodriguez
- Dr. Eddy Sedeno
- Dr. Maikel Segui
- Dr. Bruce Shaw
- Dr. Mauricio Tijerino
- Dr. Thomas Zurfluh
St. Petersburg
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Amira Djuric | (727) 251-8243 | adjuric@ufl.edu |
| Gerard E Krueger | (352) 392-4231 | gkrueger@ufl.edu |
| Dwight H Pate | (863) 287-3988 | dhpate@ufl.edu |
| Eduard Pocola | (727) 893-5050 | peduard@ufl.edu |
| Gretel L Viera | (727) 893-5055 | gviera@dental.ufl.edu |
Courtesy Faculty
- Dr. Amy Anderson
- Dr. Kenton Brandimore
- Dr. Robert Churney
- Dr. Reinaldo Claudio
- Dr. Michael Dorociak
- Dr. Glen Dupont
- Dr. John Harrison
- Dr. James Hayslett
- Dr. Ryan Holbrook
- Dr. S. Edward Hopwood
- Dr. Keith Kiskaddon
- Dr. Stephen Krist
- Dr. Thuy Nguyen
- Dr. Lori Radford
- Dr. Thomas Reinhart
- Dr. William Spencer
- Dr. Adam Strimer
- Dr. Bryan Thatcher
- Dr. Dewitt Wilkerson
Department of Endodontics
P.O. Box 100436
Gainesville, Florida 32610
Department Chair & Program Director
Roberta Pileggi DDS, MS
Phone: (352) 273-5437
Email:
rpileggi@dental.ufl.edu
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Eleonora Bakiri | (352) 273-5440 | ebakiri@dental.ufl.edu |
| Clinio C Cerrud | (352) 273-5438 | clinio.6@ufl.edu |
| James E Haddix | (352) 273-5435 | jhaddix@dental.ufl.edu |
| Indaiá Soares Leibovitch | (352) 273-5439 | ileibovitch@ufl.edu |
| John D Zongker | (352) 273-5440 | jzonks@bellsouth.net |
Adjunct Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Keith G Kanter | (407) 851-2996 | kkanter@ufl.edu |
| Bruce D Manne | (386) 676-0705 | bmanne@ufl.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Frank J Vertucci | –– | fvetucci@ufl.edu |
Courtesy Faculty
- William H Aippersbach, D.M.D., P.A.
- Robert Borer, D.M.D., M.S.
- Leandro Britto, C.D., M.S.
- Hal Coe, D.M.D.
- Glenn Dean, D.M.D.
- Michael DeGrood, D.M.D.
- Robert Heydrich, D.M.D., M.S.
- Demetrick Lecorn, D.M.D., M.S.
- Ericka Lowe Bennett, D.M.D.
- Elizabeth Nixon, D.D.S.
- J. Tim Russin, D.D.S., P.A.
- Michael Sardzinski, D.M.D.
Department of Oral Biology
P.O. Box 100424
Gainesville, FL 32610
Department Chair & Louis and Marge Atkins Endowed Professor
Phone: (352) 273-8858
Email:
swallet@dental.ufl.edu
Distinguished Professor of Oral Biology
| Name | Business Phone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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Robert A Burne | (352) 273-8847 | rburne@dental.ufl.edu |
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Abranches | (352) 273-6672 | jabranches@dental.ufl.edu |
| L J Brady | (352) 273-8839 | jbrady@dental.ufl.edu |
| Edward K Chan | (352) 273-8849 | echan@ufl.edu |
| Jorge Frias-Lopez | –– | jfrias-lopez@dental.ufl.edu |
| Frank Gibson | (352) 273-8856 | fgibson@dental.ufl.edu |
| Nadeem Khan | (352) 273-8862 | nkhan2@dental.ufl.edu |
| Jose A Lemos | (352) 273-8843 | jlemos@dental.ufl.edu |
| Luis R Martinez | (352) 273-8135 | lmartinez@dental.ufl.edu |
| Bernadett Papp | (352) 294-8752 | bpapp@dental.ufl.edu |
| Ann Progulske-Fox | (352) 273-8835 | apfox@dental.ufl.edu |
| Zsolt Toth | (352) 294-8461 | ztoth@dental.ufl.edu |
| Lin Zeng | (352) 273-8868 | lzeng@dental.ufl.edu |
Research Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Ana Duran-Pinedo | –– | apinedo@ufl.edu |
| Jessica Kajfasz | (352) 273-6675 | jkajfasz@dental.ufl.edu |
| Surabhi Mishra | (352) 273-8850 | mishra.surabhi@ufl.edu |
Courtesy Faculty and Joint Appointees
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Abdel A Alli | (352) 273-7877 | aalli@ufl.edu |
| John P Aris | (352) 273-6868 | johnaris@ufl.edu |
| Seunghee Cha | (352) 273-6687 | scha@dental.ufl.edu |
| Jia Chang | (352) 273-8366 | jchang@dental.ufl.edu |
| Sasanka S Chukkapalli | (352) 273-8864 | schukkapalli@dental.ufl.edu |
| Mary Ellen Davey | (352) 273-8858 | mdavey@dental.ufl.edu |
| Aria Eshraghi | (352) 294-4194 | ariaeshraghi@ufl.edu |
| Michael Kladde | (352) 273-8142 | kladde@ufl.edu |
| Kesavalu N Lakshmyya | (352) 273-6500 | kesavalu@ufl.edu |
| Mary E Law | (352) 273-9434 | marylaw@ufl.edu |
| Marcelle Nascimento | (352) 273-5858 | mnascimento@dental.ufl.edu |
| Cuong Nguyen | (352) 294-4180 | nguyenc@ufl.edu |
| Venkatesh Nonabur | (352) 273-9393 | nonabur@ufl.edu |
| Robert P Seifert | (352) 627-2000 | rseifert@ufl.edu |
| William E Winter | (352) 294-5540 | winter@pathology.ufl.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey D Hillman | –– | jhillman@ufl.edu |
| Nils I Magnusson | (352) 273-6772 | imagsn@ufl.edu |
| Clay B Walker | (352) 273-8866 | cwalker@dental.ufl.edu |
| David Culp | (352) 273-8853 | dculp@ufl.edu |
- William McArthur, Ph.D.
- William Williams, Ph.D.
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences
P.O. Box 100414
Gainesville, FL 32610
Department Chair
Anita Gohel BDS, PhD
Phone: (352) 273-6775
Email:
agohel@ufl.edu
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Indraneel Bhattacharyya | (352) 273-6681 | neelanu@ufl.edu |
| Seunghee Cha | (352) 273-6687 | scha@dental.ufl.edu |
| Sarah G Fitzpatrick | (352) 273-6686 | sfitzpatrick@dental.ufl.edu |
| Mohammed N Islam | (352) 273-6775 | mnislam@ufl.edu |
| Daesong Jang | (352) 273-6688 | jangds21@ufl.edu |
| Joseph Katz | (352) 273-6685 | jkatz@dental.ufl.edu |
| Cesar A Migliorati | (352) 294-5576 | cmigliorati@dental.ufl.edu |
| Mayank Pahadia | (352) 273-6692 | mpahadia@dental.ufl.edu |
| Pamela R Sandow | (352) 273-6741 | psandow@dental.ufl.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| James C Pettigrew | (352) 273-6692 | pettigrew@dental.ufl.edu |
| Carol Stewart | (352) 273-6694 | cmstew@ufl.edu |
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
P.O. Box 100416
Gainesville, FL 32610
Interim Department Chair
M F Dolwick D.M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: (352) 352-2736
Email:
fdolwick@dental.ufl.edu
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Buschman | (352) 273-6750 | buschmanj@ufl.edu |
| Robert M Caudle | (352) 273-6767 | caudle@ufl.edu |
| Danielle L Freburg-Hoffmeister | (352) 273-6750 | dfreburg@ufl.edu |
| Luiz H Gonzaga | (352) 273-6715 | lgonzaga@ufl.edu |
| Ernest A Lado | (352) 273-6857 | elado@ufl.edu |
| William C Martin | (352) 273-6715 | wmartin@dental.ufl.edu |
| Richard J Nessif | (352) 294-5548 | rnessif@ufl.edu |
| Allison B Sley | (352) 273-6750 | asley@dental.ufl.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew J Dennis | (352) 273-8717 | mjdennis@ufl.edu |
| Ulrich Foerster | (352) 273-6709 | ufoerster@dental.ufl.edu |
| James G Green | (352) 273-6750 | mddds@hotmail.com |
Department of Orthodontics
P.O. Box 100444
Gainesville, FL 32610
Department Chair
Calogero Dolce DDS, PhD
Phone: (352) 273-7960
Email:
cdolce@ufl.edu
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah H Abu Arqub | (352) 273-7960 | sabuarqub@ufl.edu |
| Shannon Holliday | (352) 273-5689 | holl@ufl.edu |
| Divakar Karanth | (352) 273-5693 | dkaranth@dental.ufl.edu |
| Niall Murphy | (352) 273-7086 | n.murphy@ufl.edu |
| John K Neubert | (352) 273-5687 | jneubert@dental.ufl.edu |
| Charles G Widmer | (352) 273-5696 | widmer@dental.ufl.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Robert P Yezierski | (352) 392-4081 | ryezierski@dental.ufl.edu |
Courtesy Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Leandra Dopazo | (352) 273-5688 | ldopazo@ufl.edu |
| James A Morrish | (352) 273-5700 | jmorrish@dental.ufl.edu |
| John J Metz | –– | jmetz@dental.ufl.edu |
| Lori S Aiosa | (352) 273-5700 | draiosa@ufl.edu |
Department of Pediatric Dentistry
Gainesville
P.O. Box 100426
Gainesville, FL 32610
Naples
7505 Grand Lely Drive
Naples, FL 34113
Department Chair
Marcio Guelmann D.D.S.
Phone: (352) 273-7635
Email:
guelmann@ufl.edu
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher L Connell | (352) 273-7631 | cconnell@dental.ufl.edu |
| Timothy P Garvey | (352) 275-6894 | tgarvey@dental.ufl.edu |
| Lauren Governale | (239) 920-4523 | lagovh@ufl.edu |
| Jordan T Hester | (229) 686-0173 | jhester@dental.ufl.edu |
| Kelly Magher | (352) 392-2671 | kmagher@dental.ufl.edu |
| Ronda L Moore | (352) 273-7643 | rmoore@dental.ufl.edu |
| Kay W O’Leary | (941) 380-6716 | ko’leary@dental.ufl.edu |
| Edna Perez | (352) 273-7643 | ednaper@ufl.edu |
| Eugene Simon | –– | esimon@dental.ufl.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Carroll G Bennett | (352) 373-5879 | bennett@dental.ufl.edu |
| Roy G Jerrell | (352) 273-7643 | chicub7@ufl.edu |
| Robert E Primosch | (352) 273-7643 | rprimosch@dental.ufl.edu |
Courtesy Faculty
Courtesy Orthodontics Faculty | NCEF Pediatric Dental Center
Department of Periodontology
P.O. Box 100434
Gainesville, FL 32610
Interim Department Chair
Wagner Duarte DDS, PhD
Phone: (352) 273-7881
Email:
wduarte@dental.ufl.edu
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Jia Chang | (352) 273-8366 | jchang@dental.ufl.edu |
| Kesavalu N Lakshmyya | (352) 273-6500 | kesavalu@ufl.edu |
| Poliana Mendes Duarte | –– | pmendesduarte@dental.ufl.edu |
| Fernanda Rocha | (352) 273-7881 | frocha@dental.ufl.edu |
| Karin C Schey | (352) 273-7960 | kschey@dental.ufl.edu |
| Tsuyoshi Tanaka | (352) 294-5109 | ttanaka@ufl.edu |
Adjunct Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Luz D Oreste | (352) 273-8363 | loreste@dental.ufl.edu |
| Cecil White | –– | cwhite@dental.ufl.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Ikramuddin Aukhil | (352) 273-7488 | iaukhil@ufl.edu |
| Samuel B Low | (352) 538-9654 | slow@dental.ufl.edu |
Courtesy Faculty
- Jamie Amir B.D.S., D.D.S., M.S.
- Ronald Cain D.D.S.
- Dominick Catania D.M.D., M.S.
- Dennis Davis D.M.D., M.S.
- Stuart Feldman, D.D.S.
- Alan Fetner, D.D.S.
- Alex Fetner, D.M.D., M.S.
- Michael Fetner, D.M.D., M.S.
- Mary Hartigan, D.D.S.
- Timothy M. Johnson, D.M.D.
- Mary Kuhns D.M.D., M.S.
- Ruben Mesia, D.D.S., M.S.
- Craig Misch, D.D.S., M.D.S., P.A.
- Richard Oliver, Jr., D.M.D.
- Alex Podaru D.M.D., M.S.
- Joseph Richardson D.M.D., M.S.
- Leah Strange D.M.D., M.S.
- Michael Tesmer D.M.D., M.S.
- Matthew Waite, D.D.S., M.S.
Department of Restorative Dental Sciences
P.O. Box 100415
Gainesville, FL 32610
Department Chair
Phone: (352) 273-5850
Email:
ddilbone@ufl.edu
Division of Operative Dentistry
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Commean | (352) 273-5850 | markcommean@ufl.edu |
| Alex J Delgado | (352) 273-8482 | adelgado@dental.ufl.edu |
| Ana Paula P Dias Ribeiro | (352) 294-8285 | aribeiro@dental.ufl.edu |
| Valeria V Gordan | (352) 273-5846 | vgordan@dental.ufl.edu |
| Hind Hussein | (352) 273-5850 | hinds@ufl.edu |
| Marcelle Nascimento | (352) 273-5858 | mnascimento@dental.ufl.edu |
| Dayane Oliveira | (352) 273-6909 | doliveira@dental.ufl.edu |
| Marc E Ottenga | (352) 273-5850 | mottenga@ufl.edu |
| Patricia Pereira | (352) 273-5950 | ppereira@dental.ufl.edu |
| Andre F Reis | (352) 273-7954 | andrereis@ufl.edu |
| Mateus G Rocha | (352) 392-0508 | mrocha@dental.ufl.edu |
| Jean-Francois Roulet | (352) 273-5850 | jroulet@dental.ufl.edu |
| Rebecca Sikand | (352) 273-7917 | rsikand@dental.ufl.edu |
| Stephanni K Terza | –– | skailing@dental.ufl.edu |
Division of Pre-Doctoral General Dentistry
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| David G Barnes | (352) 273-7954 | davidgbarnes@ufl.edu |
| Kelley L Borders | (352) 273-5850 | kborders@ufl.edu |
| Larry J Cook | (352) 627-9238 | lcook@dental.ufl.edu |
| Andrew J Corsaro | (352) 273-5850 | acorsaro@dental.ufl.edu |
| Astrid Daher Achi | (352) 273-6916 | adaherachi@ufl.edu |
| Scott Denton | –– | sdenton@dental.ufl.edu |
| Raj Gohel | (352) 273-7954 | rgohel@ufl.edu |
| Vanisia H Grant | (352) 273-5850 | vgrant@dental.ufl.edu |
| Walter S Howard | (352) 273-6942 | wshoward@ufl.edu |
| Nicholas G Kaleel | (352) 294-8610 | nkaleel@dental.ufl.edu |
Division of Prosthodontics
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Nader Abdulhameed | (352) 273-5850 | naderf@ufl.edu |
| Maria L Aguilar | (352) 273-7954 | maguilar@dental.ufl.edu |
| Alexandre Cabrera | (352) 273-5850 | alexcabrera@dental.ufl.edu |
| Josephine F Esquivel-Upshaw | (352) 273-5850 | jesquivel@dental.ufl.edu |
| Monica A Fernandez | (352) 273-9504 | mfernandez@dental.ufl.edu |
| Bruna Garcia | (352) 273-6497 | brunaalbuquerque@ufl.edu |
| Sherif Hosney | (352) 273-5850 | shosney@ufl.edu |
| Georgios Kouveliotis | (352) 273-5850 | gkouveliotis@ufl.edu |
| Rosalia Rey | (352) 273-5850 | rrey@dental.ufl.edu |
| Margarete C Ribeiro Dasilva | (352) 273-5850 | mribeiro@dental.ufl.edu |
| Heidar Shahin | (352) 273-5850 | heidar.shahin@ufl.edu |
| Visalakshi Shivaraman | (352) 273-5850 | vshivaraman@ufl.edu |
| Panagiotis Zoidis | (352) 273-5850 | pzoidis@dental.ufl.edu |
Wildlight Dental Clinic
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Varsha Desai | (904) 427-8589 | varshadesai@ufl.edu |
Adjunct Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| James Bendixen | (352) 273-5850 | bendixenjames@ufl.edu |
| Rene A Brignoni | –– | rbrignoni@ufl.edu |
| Maria G Caraballo | (352) 273-5850 | mdelgadocaraballo@dental.ufl.edu |
| Rick Deroven | (352) 273-5850 | rderoven@ufl.edu |
| Jennie G Ferrer-Romero | (352) 273-7957 | jromero3@ufl.edu |
| Cara C Hill | (863) 512-1188 | cclark@dental.ufl.edu |
| Ginette Him Cerrud | (786) 201-9165 | ghimcerrud@dental.ufl.edu |
| Sujin Ju | (352) 240-6036 | sju@dental.ufl.edu |
| Jonathan A Montoya | (904) 645-6457 | montoyaj@ufl.edu |
| Alejandro M Quesada | (352) 273-5850 | aquesada1989@ufl.edu |
| Luis E Rodríguez | (352) 273-5850 | lrodriguez@dental.ufl.edu |
| Maria M Silva | (352) 273-5850 | msilva2@dental.ufl.edu |
| Bryan Smallwood | (352) 273-6700 | bsmallwood@ufl.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|
| Robert E Bates | (352) 273-5789 | rbates@ufl.edu |
| Paul K Blaser | (352) 273-5842 | pblaser@ufl.edu |
| Arthur E Clark | (352) 273-6901 | bclark@dental.ufl.edu |
| Nereyda P Clark | (352) 273-5850 | nclark@dental.ufl.edu |
| Thurston D Clark | (352) 273-5862 | drclark@ufl.edu |
| Marc A Gale | (352) 273-5845 | mgale@dental.ufl.edu |
| Carl A Hansen | (352) 273-5850 | –– |
| Nikzad S Javid | (352) 392-4231 | njavid@ufl.edu |
| Jack S Jones | (352) 332-4987 | jjones@dental.ufl.edu |
| Arthur Nimmo | (352) 273-5850 | animmo@dental.ufl.edu |
| Gregory E Smith | (352) 273-5858 | gesaod@ufl.edu |
| Karl J Soderholm | (352) 392-0575 | ksoderholm@dental.ufl.edu |
| Ronald E Watson | (352) 273-5860 | rwatson@ufl.edu |
| Boyd B Welsch | (352) 273-6901 | bwelsch@dental.ufl.edu |
| Henry M Young | (352) 273-5859 | hyoung@dental.ufl.edu |