Lasers in Dentistry-Current Concepts / Textbooks in Contemporary Dentistry (PDF)

Donald J. Coluzzi, DDS, a 1970 graduate of the University of Southern California School of Dentistry, is a professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences at the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry. He ran his own private practice of general dentistry in Redwood City, CA, and retired from it after 35 years. He is a life member of both the California Dental Association and the American Dental Association. He has served as a past president of the Academy of Laser Dentistry, received its Leon Goldman Award for Clinical Excellence, and is a past editor in chief of the Journal of Laser Dentistry. He has used dental lasers since early 1991 and holds advanced proficiency in Nd:YAG and Er:YAG wavelengths. He is a fellow of the American College of Dentists as well as the International College of Dentists, is a University of California-certified dental laser educator, and is a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the national dental honor society. He recently received the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the American College of Dentists. Dr. Coluzzi serves as a reviewer for several journals has presented about lasers worldwide, coauthored three textbooks, and published several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Dr Steven Parker studied dentistry at University College Hospital Medical School, University of London, UK, and graduated in 1974. He practiced clinical dentistry during a continuous period of 43 years. He is currently Honorary Professor, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences atDe Montfort University, Leicester, UK, where he received his Doctorate in laser photonics. Dr Parker has been involved in the use of lasers in clinical dentistry since 1990. He is closely involved in the provision of education in laser use in dentistry. From 2010 to 2019, he served an appointment as Professore a Contratto in the Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics,University of Genoa, Italy. During that