Douglas M. Barnes DDS,MS
Professor and Director
General Dentistry In its teaching, research and service activities, the Division of General Dentistry continually develops, evaluates and disseminates information and methods to meet the needs of the providers and recipients of oral health care. The major areas of teaching responsibility are: (1) dental delivery systems, (2) special patient care, (3) community-based oral health care, (4) the clinical practice of dentistry utilizing human-centered ergonomics and appropriate auxiliary personnel, and (5) Advanced Education in General Dentistry. Lectures on the nature of handicapping and medically compromising conditions and their effects on the patient are presented in the first three years of the curriculum. During the third and fourth year of this special patient program, students are the primary providers for physically disabled and mentally handicapped individuals and those with special medical conditions or infectious diseases. All clinical care is provided in special facilities designed and operated for the delivery of dental care to handicapped and medically compromised individuals of all ages. The department conducts research in dental materials, clinical trials, quality assurance and orofacial pain.
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