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Mark D Macek DDS, DrPH
mdm002@dental.umaryland.edu

Research Interests

• Access to care and utilization of services
• Dental caries surveillance
• Oral health disparities
  

Biographical Information

Dr. Mark D. Macek is an Associate Professor in the Health Services Research Program of the Department.  He received a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from The University of Nebraska Medical Center (Lincoln, NE) in 1989.  He earned certificates in dental general practice from Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Chicago, IL) in 1990 and 1991.  Dr. Macek was a dental research fellow with the VA West Side Medical Center (Chicago, IL) from 1991 to 1993 and he received a Master of Public Health degree (health policy and administration) from The University of Illinois at Chicago in 1994.  In 1998, he earned a Doctor of Public Health degree (epidemiology/dental public health) from The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).  Between 1996 and 1998, Dr. Macek served as a trainee in the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, during which he gained practical experience in the analysis and interpretation of national oral health data, including data from the National Health Interview Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.  He has authored/co-authored more than 20 publications and two textbook chapters.  Dr. Macek is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health and is the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry.  His research interests include access to and utilization of health care services, dental caries surveillance and oral health disparities.   

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications:

Macek MD, Wagner ML, Goodman, HS, Manz MC, Marrazzo ID. Dental Visits and Access to Care: Survey of the Oral Health Status of Maryland School Children, 2000-2001. Journal of the American Dental Association (in press).

Macek MD, Cohen LA, Reid BC, Manski RJ. Dental Visits Among Older Adults: The Roles of Dentition Status and Cost. Journal of the American Dental Association (in press).

Goodman HS, Macek MD, Wagner ML, Manz MC, Marrazzo ID. Self-reported Awareness of Unrestored Dental Caries: Survey of the Oral Health Status of Maryland School Children, 2000-2001. Pediatric Dentistry (in press).

Macek MD, Goodman HS. Dental Public Health Programs. In: Harris NO, ed. Primary Preventive Dentistry. 6th ed. Stanford, CT: Appleton and Lange, Inc, 2004.

Macek MD, Wagner ML, Goodman HS, Manz MC, Marrazzo ID. Survey of the Oral Health Status of Maryland Schoolchildren, 2000-2001. Pediatric Dentistry 2004; 26: 1-8.

Macek MD, Heller KE, Selwitz RH, Manz MC. Is 75 Percent of Dental Caries Found in 25 Percent of the Population? Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2004; 64: 20-25.

Macek MD. The Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health in America: Defining Challenges for the Future. In: Gluck GM, Morganstein WM, eds. Jong’s Community Dental Health. 5th ed. Baltimore, MD: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 2003.

Macek MD, Beltran-Aguilar ED, Lockwood SA, Malvitz DM. Updated Comparison of the Caries Susceptibility of Various Morphological Types of Permanent Teeth. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2003; 63: 174-82.

Macek MD, Reid BC, Yellowitz JA. Oral Cancer Examinations among Adults at High Risk: Findings from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2003; 63: 119-25.

Macek MD, Manski RJ, Vargas CM, Moeller J. Comparing Oral Health Care Utilization in the U.S. Across Three Nationally Representative Surveys. Health Services Research 2002; 37: 499-521.

Manski RJ, Macek MD, Moeller J. Private Dental Coverage: Who Has It and How Does It Influence Dental Visits and Expenditures? Journal of the American Dental Association 2002; 133: 1551-9.

Macek MD, Edelstein BL, Manski RJ. An Analysis of Dental Visits in U.S. Children by Category of Service and Sociodemographic Factors, 1996.  Pediatric Dentistry 2001; 23: 383-9.

Vargas CM, Macek MD, Marcus SE. Sociodemographic Correlates of Tooth Pain Among Adults: United States, 1989. Pain 2000; 85: 87-92.

Macek MD. The Relationship of Socioeconomic Status to the Prevalence of Dental Caries and Fluorosis in the Elementary Schoolchildren of Genesee County, Michigan. Doctoral thesis. The University of Michigan, 1998.