ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1970 - Present University of the Pacific School of Dentistry
Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
2005 - Present University of California, School of Dentistry
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Endodontics
Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental
2009 - Present Consultant and Director
Endodontic Post-Graduate Program
Riyadh School of Dentistry and Pharmacy
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Academic Development
1988 - Present - Adjunct Clinical Professor of Endodontics (UOP)
1978 - 1988 - Clinical Professor & Chair
Department of Endodontics (UOP)
1974 - 1978 - Associate Professor & Chair
Department of Endodontics (UOP)
1970 - 1974 - Assistant Professor & Chair
Department of Endodontics (UOP)
1971 - 1974 Chief of Endodontics
Mt. Zion Hospital
San Francisco, California
1991 - Unedited, live video, Applications of the
CO2 Laser for Endodontic Surgery for the
American Dental Association
1990 - Instructional video - American Dental Association
Avoiding Litigation in Dentistry
1987 - 1988 - CBS 60 Minutes interview citing the
professional/ethical problems facing young dentists
1985 - Unedited, live video - Chicago Dental Society
Root Canal Treatment and Endodontic Surgery
1975 - Instructional videos - California Dental Association Diagnostic Procedures and Endodontic Diagnosis Filing and Filling Anterior Root Canals
1974 - Instructional video - American Association of Endodontists Visual Graphics in Teaching
CONSULTING
1974-1992 - Travis Air Force Base
1971-1992 - Oaknoll Naval Hospital
1977 - 1982 - Letterman Army General Hospital
1983 - 1988 - California Dental Service Superiority of Service Panel
1975 - House Intergovernmental Relations and Human
Resources Subcommittee, 94th Congress
Support testimony on the uses and abuses of
formaldehyde-containing pastes in endodontics.
Dental Products Advisory Committee for the Food and
Drug Administration; recommended continuing formaldehyde-
containing pastes on the œnon-approved list for endodontics.
PUBLICATIONS
1982 - 2002 - Journal of Endodontics
Assistant Editor (Scientific Advisory Board)
2002 - 2008 - Peer Literature Review Committee
Pathways of the Pulp
Elsevier (originally The C.V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, Missouri)
Co-editor and contributing author
Edition 1 - 1976; Edition 2 - 1979; Edition 3 - 1983
Edition 4 - 1987; Edition 5 - 1991; Edition 6 1994;
Edition 7 - 1998; Edition 8 2001; Edition 2005 (online added);
10th edition renamed Cohen's Pathways of the Pulp 2010
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Hindi, Chinese, Greek, Korean, Russian and Indonesian language editions, 1979 2004
A Clinical Guide to Dental Traumatology
Co-editor and contributing author
Elsevier (Mosby) 2006
[please note several of the papers listed below have other co-authors]
The DownPak Device: Obturation with Heat and Vibration Roots 5:38, 2009
Obturation with Heat and Vibration: The DownPak Device, Endo Tribune. 3:5, 2008
Obturation with Heat and Vibration: The DownPak Device, General Dent. 56:194, 2008
A Demographic Analysis of Verical Root Fractures, Jour Endo, 32:1160, 2006
The Cutting Edge of Endodontics, Quintessence, in press, 2006
Endodontics and the Law, The ACE Report, 1:1, 2004
Early Radiographic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Root Resorption,
General Dent 51:235, 2003
Vertical Root Fractures: Clinical and Radiographic Diagnosis, Jour Amer Dental Assoc 134:434, 2003
Treatment of Crown Fractures With Exposed Pulps, Jour of the California Dent Assoc 30:419, 2002
Patient Education in Principles and Practice of Endodontics, ed.3, W B Saunders Co, Philadelphia 2001
Challenges Influencing the Future of Endodontics. New Technologies for Dental Education. Australian Endo Jour 27:116, 2001
Technology for Dental Education: New Models, New Paradigms, and New Opportunities, General Dent 49:236, 2001
Media Review. Endodontology: Biologic Considerations in Endodontic Procedures CD-ROM, Jour Endo 27:308, 2001
The Difficult Differential Diagnosis, Dental Clinics North America 12:279, 1992
American Perspective of Litigation Involving Endodontics, Jour Feder Dentaire International 39:13, 1989
Endodontic Malpractice Pitfalls: How to Avoid Them, Dental Management v 28 March, 1988
Endodontic Complications and the Law
Oral Health 77:17, 1988
Management of Endodontic Emergencies,
Current Trends in Endontology Editor, A. Parameswaran Interprint, New Delhi, 1988
Endodontic Complications and the Law
Jour of Endo 13:191, 1987
Oral Infections: The Pathologic Flora
Complications and Treatment,
Compend Continuing Educat April, 1987
Oral Prodoromal Signs of a Central Nervous System
Malignant Neoplasm-Glioblastoma Multiforme, Jour
Amer Dental Assoc 121: 643, 1986
Le Procedure Peril Trattemento Endodontico in Una
Sola Seduta, Il Dentista Moderna Italy 2:253, 1986
Endodontics and the Law, Jour of the California Dent
Assoc 12:29, 1985
Endodontics in the Eighties, A Self-Administered Examination,
Jour of the California Dent Assoc 12:29, 1985
Endodoncia en los Ochentas, Autoevaluation
Rev Espana Endodoncia Spain, 3:115, 1985
Acute Allergic Reaction to Eugenol, Jour of
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology 57:441, 1984
Editor of the 4th edition of An Annotated Glossary
of Terms Used in Endodontics Jour of Endo 1984
Endodontic Treatment for a Bengal Tiger
International Endo Jour 15;143, 1982
Endodontics in the 80™s - A Self Assessment
Continuing Education Examination, Jour of
California Dent Assoc 8:37, 1980
Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of the Dental
Manifestations of Vitamin D Resistant Rickets:
A Literature Review and Case History, Jour
Amer Dental Assoc 92:120, 1976
The Sequelae of Accidentally Injecting Sodium
Hypochlorite Beyond The Root Apex: A Literature
Review and Case History, Jour of Oral Surg
Oral Medic Oral Path 38:663, 1974
Bleaching Tetracycline-Stained Vital Teeth,
Jour of Oral Surg Oral Medic Oral
Path 29:465, 1970
The Effect of Acids, Alkalis and Chelating Agents
on Dentin Permeability, Jour of Oral Surg
Oral Medic Oral Path 29:361, 1970
A Permanent Internal Splint for a Fractured Incisor
Root, Dental Digest 71:162, 1968
Treatment of the Discolored Tooth,
Jour of the Indianapolis Dent Soc 19:31, 1965