Fernando Suarez - Periodontics

Aaeshah Alkanderi, BMedSc, BDM, MS

Periodontist

Department of Periodontics

Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Dental Specialty Center

Shuhada, Kuwait

Farah Asa’ad, BDS, MSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Biomaterials

Institute of Clinical Sciences

Sahlgrenska Academy

University of Gothenburg

Gothenburg, Sweden

Federico Ausenda, DDS, MS

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Periodontology

School of Dental Medicine

Tufts University

Boston, Massachusetts

Clinical Instructor

Department of Biomedical, Surgical, and Dental Sciences

University of Milan

Private Practice

Milan, Italy

Lucía Barallat, DDS, MS, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Periodontology

The University Dental Clinic

International University of Catalonia

Private Practice Limited to Periodontology and Implant Dentistry

Barcelona, Spain

Alvaro Blasi, DDS, CDT

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Restorative Sciences

Dental College of Georgia

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia

Private Practice

Barcelona, Spain

Gonzalo Blasi, DDS, MS

Dean’s Faculty

Division of Periodontics

School of Dentistry

University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

Associate Faculty

Department of Periodontics

The University Dental Clinic

International University of Catalonia

Private Practice

Barcelona, Spain

Ignacio Blasi, DDS, MS, PhD

Dean’s Faculty

Division of Orthodontics

School of Dentistry

University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

Private Practice

Fairfax, Virginia

Private Practice

Barcelona, Spain

Miguel Romero Bustillos, DDS, PhD

Resident

Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research

Department of Periodontics

College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

Carlos Parra Carrasquer, DDS

Clinical Assistant Professor

Assistant Program Director

Department of Periodontics

Texas A&M University College of Dentistry

Dallas, Texas

Emilio Couso-Queiruga, DDS, MS

Resident

Department of Periodontics

College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

Anusha Reddy Etikala, BDS, MS

Private Practice Limited to Periodontics and Implant Dentistry

Seattle, Washington

Basel Elnayef, DDS, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The University Dental Clinic

International University of Catalonia

Private Practice

Barcelona, Spain

Carlos Garaicoa-Pazmiño, DDS, MS

Associate Professor

Department of Periodontology

School of Dentistry

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon

Alexandra Plonka Hosking, DDS, MS

Adjunct Clinical Lecturer in Dentistry

Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine

School of Dentistry

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Private Practice Limited to Periodontics and Implantology

Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan

Theodoros Katsaros, DDS, MSD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Graduate Program Director

Department of Periodontics

College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

Arash Khojasteh, DDS, MS, PhD

Chairman and Program Director

Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences

Associate Professor

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Tehran, Iran

Vahid Khoshkam, DDS, MS

Private Practice Limited to Periodontics and Implantology

El Paso, Texas

Private Practice Limited to Periodontics and Implantology

Karaj, Iran

Guo-Hao Lin, DDS, MS

Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Orofacial Sciences

School of Dentistry

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California

Manoela Domingues Martins, DDS, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Oral Pathology

School of Dentistry

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Alberto Monje, DDS, MS, PhD

Assistant Lecturer

Department of Periodontology

The University Dental Clinic

International University of Catalonia

Barcelona, Spain

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Periodontology

School of Dentistry

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Private Practice

Badajoz, Spain

Jose Nart, DDS, PhD

Professor

Chairman and Program Director

Department of Periodontology

The University Dental Clinic

International University of Catalonia

Barcelona, Spain

Vice President

Spanish Society of Periodontics and Osseointegration

Andrea Ravidà, DDS, MS

Resident

Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine

School of Dentistry

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Juan C. Rodríguez, DDS, MS

Private Practice

East Lansing, Michigan

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine

School of Dentistry

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Rachel Sheridan Sinacola, DDS, MS

Private Practice

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Adjunct Clinical Lecturer in Dentistry

Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine School of Dentistry

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Fernando Suárez López del Amo, DDS, MS

Private Practice

Tacoma, Washington

Mustafa Tattan, BDS

Resident

Department of Periodontics

College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

Lorenzo Tavelli, DDS, MS

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor and Research Fellow

Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine

School of Dentistry

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Vivian Petersen Wagner, DDS, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Oral Diagnosis

Piracicaba School of Dentistry

University of Campinas

Campinas, Brazil

Shan-Huey Yu, DDS, MS

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine

School of Dentistry

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Alveolar bone proper: Compact bone that composes the alveolus (tooth socket). Also known as the lamina dura or cribriform plate , the fibers of the periodontal ligament insert into it.

Alveolar process: The compact and cancellous bony structure that surrounds and supports the teeth.

Attached gingiva: The portion of the gingiva that is firm, dense, stippled, and tightly bound to the underlying periosteum, tooth, and bone.

Attachment apparatus: The cementum, periodontal ligament, and alveolar bone.

Biologic width: The dimension of soft tissue composed of a connective tissue and epithelial attachment extending from the crest of bone to the most apical extent of the pocket or sulcus. This term was recently redefined as “supracrestal tissue attachment.” 2

Bundle bone: A type of alveolar bone, so-called because of the “bundle” pattern caused by the continuation of the principal (Sharpey) fibers into it.

Fibroblast: The predominant connective tissue cell; a flattened, irregularly branched cell with a large oval nucleus that is responsible in part for the production and remodeling of the extracellular matrix.