Editorial board

Editor in Chief

Kerry K. Carney, DDS, CDE
California Dental Association
Email: [email protected]

Senior Editor

Gayle Mathe, RDH,  California Dental Association, USA 

Associate Editors

Ruchi K. Sahota, DDS, CDE, Nijjar Dental, Washington Hospital Healthcare System, CA, USA

Marisa Kawata Watanabe, DDS, MS, Western University of Health Sciences, CA, USA 

Lindsey Robinson, DDS,  Grass Valley Dentist, Lindsey A. Robinson (private practice), CA, USA 

Benjamin Chaffee, DDS, MPH, PhD,  School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Andrew Young, DDS, MSD,  Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, CA, USA 

Editorial Board 

Charles N. Bertolami, DDS, DMedSc, Herman Robert Fox dean, NYU College of Dentistry, New York, USA

Steven W. Friedrichsen, DDS, professor and dean emeritus, Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine, CA, USA

Mina Habibian, DMD, MSc, PhD, associate professor of clinical dentistry, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, CA, USA

Robert Handysides, DDS, dean and associate professor, department of endodontics, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, CA, USA

Bradley Henson, DDS, PhD, interim vice president research & biotechnology, associate dean for research and biomedical sciences and associate professor, Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine, CA, USA

Paul Krebsbach, DDS, PhD, dean and professor, section of periodontics, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, CA, USA

Jayanth Kumar, DDS, MPH, state dental director, CA, USA

Lucinda J. Lyon, BSDH, DDS, EdD, associate dean, oral health education, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA

Nader A. Nadershahi, DDS, MBA, EdD, dean, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA

Francisco Ramos-Gomez, DDS, MS, MPH, professor, section of pediatric dentistry and director, UCLA Center, CA, USA

Michael Reddy, DMD, DMSc, dean, University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry, CA, USA

Avishai Sadan, DMD, dean, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Brian J. Swann, DDS, MPH, chief, oral health services, Cambridge Health Alliance; assistant professor, oral health policy and epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, MA, USA

Richard W. Valachovic, DMD, MPH, president emeritus, American Dental Education Association, Washington, DC, USA

International Editorial Board


Vasudev Ballal, BDS, MDS, PhD, professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, India

José F. Siqueira Jr, DDS, MSc, PhD, professor, Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Grande Rio University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; chairman and professor, Dental Research Group, Iguaçu University, Nova Iguaçu, Brazil