About Us
Director: The school-sponsored center is directed by longtime restorative dentistry faculty member Fidel Barbosa, DMD , a 1996 graduate of IU’s prosthodontic and maxillofacial prosthetic programs and a dental graduate of the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Barbosa has studied implant systems for nearly two decades, and he has taught an implant course to IU’s pre-doctoral students since 2000.
Steering Committee
| Dr. Fidel Barbosa | Dr. Jeffrey A. Dean |
| Dr. Jeffrey Bennett | Dr. Vanchit John |
| Dr. David Brown | Dr. George Willis |
Supporting Faculty:
The supporting faculty for the center is a very highly trained, experienced and extremely capable group in the area of dental implants. The group shares extensive clinical experience as well as dental education experience. The combination of these faculty members and the resources available within the Dental School makes the Indiana University School of Dentistry Implant Center an outstanding resource for patients, dental practitioners as well as the dental implant industry.
| Robert Alderman (Oral Surgery) | Julie Combs (Periodontics) | Jeffrey Platt (Bio-Materials) |
| Fidel Barbosa (Prosthodontics) | Michael Gossweiler (Periodontics) | Sivaraman Prakasam (Periodontics) |
| Jeff Bennett (Oral Surgery) | Brady Hancock (Periodontics) | Phil Rake (Prosthodontics) |
| Steve Blanchard (Periodontics) | Joe Heidelman (Oral Surgery) | Elizabeth Ramos (Periodontics) |
| Marco Bottino (Bio-Materials) | Vanchit John (Periodontics) | Donald Schmitt (Prosthodontics) |
| David Brown (Prosthodontics) | Carrie Klene (Oral Surgery) | Stephen Towns (Periodontics) |
| Desmon Brown (Oral Surgery) | John Levon (Prosthodontics) | Jeannie Vickery (Prosthodontics) |
| Orlando Cayetano (Prosthodontics) | Eugene Margiotti (Prosthodontics) | James Wolfe (Periodontics) |
| Tein-Min Chu (Bio-Materials) | Greg Phillips (Periodontics) |
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