Michael G. Newman DDS, FACD
Professor Emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CaliforniaDr. Michael G. Newman is a periodontist and has been in clinical practice for more than 30 years. He is a Professor Emeritus at the UCLA School of Dentistry, and a founding Board Member Emeritus of the McGuire Institute in Houston. Dr. Newman has consulted for professional organizations and private industry for over 35 years. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and a past president of the American Academy of Periodontology.
After graduating from the UCLA School of Dentistry, Dr. Newman completed periodontal and microbiology training at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the Forsyth Dental Institute.
Dr. Newman is senior author of Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology and Implantology, 14th edition, (Elsevier, 2023), the most widely used periodontal textbook in the world, and senior author of Newman and Carranza's Clinical Periodontology for the Dental Hygienist (Elsevier) and Essentials of Clinical Periodontology (Elsevier). He is the founding editor of the Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice (Elsevier) and has published more than 200 abstracts and articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- 2024 Top Story in Clinical Dentistry: AI-Based Clinical Decision Support Tools in Dental Practice Can Significantly Improve the Quality of Care
- Detection of Pulp Stones Using Automatic Deep Learning on Panoramic Radiographs
- A Clinical Decision Support System Improves the Appropriate Placement of Dental Sealants
- Initial Disease Severity and Patient Compliance, and Other Modifiable Risk Factors Influence the Need for Additional Periodontal Surgical Procedures During Maintenance
- 2023 Top Story in Clinical Dentistry: Transition of Evidence-Based Dentistry to AI: Enhanced Clinical Decision Support for Dentists
- Toward a Standardized Terminology in Capturing the Patient’s Voice
- SPOTLIGHT ON Peri-Implantitis and Maintenance
- SPOTLIGHT ON Implants & Implant Restorations
- SPOTLIGHT ON Restorative and Prosthodontic Digital Workflow – Digital Dentistry
- 2022 Top Story in Clinical Dentistry: Delivering on the Promise of a Connected and Digital Healthcare Environment