School Of Advanced Dental Sciences

Nimmo was installed as the 67th president of the American Board of Prosthodontics.

Congratulations Wellington Rody, Jr., D.D.S., M.S., who earned board certification after successfully passing the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) clinical examination.

Roberta Pileggi, D.D.S., M.S., was accepted as a Fellow in 2016-2017 Class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women. Pileggi is an endodontist who also serves as associate dean for advanced education, director of the UF School of Advanced Dental Sciences and…

The study is intended to identify predictive factors related to severe pain following root canal treatment, as well as the economic impact of pain.

Arthur Nimmo, D.D.S., F.A.C.P, was recently appointed to the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) Review Committee on Prosthodontics Education for a three-year term. This committee is responsible for reviewing all policy matters, site visit reports and applications for accreditation in the dental specialty of prosthodontics, which are…

John Neubert, D.M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor in the UF department of orthodontics, received an American Association of Orthodontics Foundation Award for Biomedical Research in recognition of his project, “Effects of genetics on the expectation and experience of orthodontic pain.” Neubert, D.M.D., Ph.D., graduated from the University of California…

Congratulations to Wellington Rody, Jr., D.D.S., M.S., who became a member of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists in 2015 and received the 2015 B.F. Dewel Memorial Research Award or his research project, “Gene expression profile analysis of osteoclasts and odontoclasts.” Rody is an assistant professor in the…

Dr. Calogero Dolce The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (NDPBRN) participated in the Southern Association of Orthodontists (SAO) Annual meeting held in Orlando, Florida, in October 2015. The American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) is supporting the network’s efforts to recruit clinicians for an orthodontic study…

Congratulations to Mark Mintline, D.D.S., a second-year resident in the Oral Maxillofacial Pathology Residency Program. He was awarded the 2015 Waldron Award by the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology during their annual meeting in April 2015 in San…

Congratulations to these leaders in the University of Florida School of Advanced Dental Sciences who received awards or prestigious appointments recently: Calogero Dolce, Rodrigo Neiva and Roberta Pileggi. Calogero Dolce, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor and chair of the UF department of orthodontics, was appointed a commission site visitor by…