Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences:
Division of Restorative Dentistry
Standing Faculty
Francis K. Mante, BDS, MS, PhD, DMD, MA (Hon)
Dr. Mante is Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences and Director of Biomaterials at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. His current research effort involves enhancing the process of integrating bone and titanium dental implants. He has also conducted NIH-sponsored studies on the fracture resistance of ceramic crowns. In collaboration with faculty in Penn Dental Medicine's Orthodontics Department, Dr. Mante is also involved in research to optimize the properties of dental composites for restorations and for bonding to orthodontic brackets. He is a member of the Penn Faculty Practice.
Vicki C. Petropoulos, DMD, MS
Dr. Petropoulos is Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry-Clinician Educator in the Department of Preventive and Restorative
Sciences and Director of Fixed Prosthodontics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Currently, is the director of the predoctoral fixed partial dentures course. Her primary research focuses are on the biomechanics of implant-supported soft-tissue-retained overdenture attachments and immediate loading of implants. Her research has been published in the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants, Journal of Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry. She is a member of the American College of Prosthodontists and has presented her research as oral presentations, posters and table clinics at major national and international meetings. In addition to her research and teaching activities, Dr. Petropoulos is a practicing prosthodontist at the University of Pennsylvania's Dental Care Network.
Directors
Nathan Kobrin, BDS
Dr. Nathan Kobrin is Director of Preclinical Lab and Clinical Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry in the Department of Preventive and Restorative
Sciences. After graduating from the Dental School at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1950, Dr. Kobrin practiced dentistry in that country until 1987, when he and his family emigrated to the United States. He joined Penn Dental Medicine in 1993.
Academic Support Staff/Associated Faculty
Eric Abrams, DMD, Clinical Associate
Joy Bockstein Abt, Clinical Assistant Professor
Zahra Afsharzand, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Smita Ashok, Clinical Associate
Alan Mitchel Atlas, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Jolan Banoczy, MD, DDS, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Thomas Barber, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Sigal Bentolila, DMD, Clinical Associate
Paul Berson, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Seth M. Blitzer, Clinical Associate
William U. Blymire, Clinical Associate
Arlene D. Bowes, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Joseph Breitman, DMD, Clinical Assitant Professor
David Brown, DDS, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Robert D. Carney, Clinical Associate
George Francis Carr, DMD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Kevin Chin, DDS, Clinical Associate
Minn Alex Cho, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Peter E. Ciampi, DDS, FAGD, FICOI, Clinical Assistant Professor
Richard P. Dakin, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Gloria DiMonte, DDS, Clinical Associate
Adrian Donaghue, Clinical Associate
Pamela Doray, DMD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Keith Dunoff, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Marek Dworak, DMD, Clinical Associate
Olimbi Ekmekcioglu, DDS, Clinical Associate
Peter J. Gaidis, Clinical Associate
Winah Gallagher, DMD, Clinical Associate
Varsha Gogate-Bhuyan, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Ronald Goldenberg, Clinical Associate
Howard Goldstein, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Kirthi Golla, Clinical Associate
Kunaal Goyal, BA, DMD, Clinical Associate
Mercy Grachen, DMD, Clinical Associate
Fatema Haider, Clinical Associate
Norman R. Haig, Professor Emeritus
Karina Hariton-Gross, Lecturer
Taras Havrylyuk, Clinical Associate
Kami Hazaveh, DMD, Clinical Associate
Jeffrey E. Hochstein, Clinical Associate
Jay Hoffman, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Cynthia Hou, Clinical Associate
Paul Hunter, DMD, Clinical Associate
Najwa G. Ibrahim, DMD, Lecturer
Leonard M. Jensen, Clinical Associate
Irina Jug-Weiss, Clinical Associate
Evangelia Kasselakis, DDS, Clinical Associate
Byron Elias Kern, Associate Professor Emeritus
Olga M. Khelmer, Clinical Associate
Jae Woo Kim, Clinical Associate
John Y. Kim, Clinical Associate
Nathan B. Kobrin, BDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Brian Korff, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Edward Korostoff, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Charles A. Kosteva, DDS, Adjunct Associate Professor
Heywood R. Kotch, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Mark A. Koup, Clinical Associate
Saul H. Landa, Clinical Assistant Professor
Michele Landolt, Instructor
Keith Libou, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
James A. Lipton, DDS, PhD, Lecturer
Mamle Mante, MS, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Jerold S. Matt, Clinical Associate
Karen E. Miller, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Eduardo Minsk, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Barry Moskowitz, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Mogeh Mozaffarian, DMD, Clinical Associate
John H. Muhr, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Joseph F. Newell, DDS, Clinical Associate
Hong Ni, DMD, Clinical Associate
Julie M. Nickman, Clinical Associate
Stephen L. Olitsky, Clinical Associate
Arnold Bernard Porges, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Behnoush Rashedi, DMD, MSEd, MS, Clinical Associate
Alan Rauch, Clinical Associate
Dale C. Resue, Clinical Associate
Mervyn Richards, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Helen Ro, DDS, Clinical Associate
Jeffery Rosen, Clinical Associate
Andrew Rosenfeld, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Harold Rosenthaler, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Michael Rouff, DMD, Clinical Associate
Stephen Rounds, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Nasrin Sadat-Larijani, DDS, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Vipul Saini, Clinical Associate
Najeed Saleh, DMD,
Clinical Associate Professor
Steven Alan Schwartz, DMD, Adjunct Associate Professor
Runjan Seth, DMD, Clinical Associate
Rajnikant Shah, BDS, MDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Seemeen S. Sheikh, Clinical Associate
John Shelton, DDS, FAGD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Jeffrey Sibner, DMD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Sara Simpser-Rafalin, DDS, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Elliot Singer, DMD, Clinical Associate
Francis Smithgall, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Dean F. Sophocles, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Joseph Spina, DMD, Clinical Associate
David Swiecinski, DDS, Clinical Associate
Thomas Therrien, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Mathew Thomas, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Vineetha M. Thomas, BDS, DMD, Clinical Associate
John Thurber, Clinical Associate
Jerome Tummillo, DMD, Clinical Associate
Martin Weinberg, PhD, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Steven P. Weinberg, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
David Weinstock, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Gerald S. Weintraub, DDS, Associate Professor Emeritus
Edwin Zimmet, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences
Robert Schattner Center
University of Pennsylvania
School of Dental Medicine
240 South 40th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-4971
