Donald A. Curtis DMD, FACP
Professor Emeritus, Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CADr. Don Curtis is Professor Emeritus in the Division of Prosthodontics at the University of California, San Francisco. His research interests include evaluating bone strain around dental implants during wound healing and how bone implant contact is influenced by strain.
Dr. Curtis is also involved in professional development and how students accept feedback. He is involved nationally in organized dentistry as an authority on clinical decision–making in the use of dental implants and speaks on clinical topics nationally and internationally.
Dr. Curtis received his DMD in 1981 from the University of Oregon and certificates in prosthodontics from the University of Southern California (1983) and maxillofacial prosthodontics from UCLA (1985).
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Extra-Short Implants May Be as Effective as Regular-Length Implants Placed With Simultaneous Bone Grafting
- Efficacy of Professionally Administered Chemical Agents as an Adjunctive Treatment to Submarginal Instrumentation During Peri-Implant Mucositis Treatment
- 2022 Top Story in Clinical Dentistry: Topical Fluoride Effectiveness in Adults at High Risk for Caries
- Repair Versus Replacement of Defective Direct Restorations
- Performance of Complete Dentures Fabricated With the Simplified and the Traditional Technique
- 2021 Top Story in Clinical Dentistry: The Implant Disease Risk Assessment Tool to Predict Risk of Peri-Implantitis
- Impact of Hyperglycemia on the Rate of Implant Failure and Peri-Implant Parameters
- 2020 Top Stories in Clinical Dentistry: Comprehensive Risk Assessment for Patients Being Evaluated for Dental Implants
- Thriving in the COVID-19 Era: Practical Aspects
- Thriving in the COVID-19 Era: Concepts