Lauren Patton, DDS
During her 27 years on UNC faculty, she has conducted industry and federal government funded clinical and health services research; participated in teaching at dental hygiene, dental, and post-doctoral levels; published over 140 papers, monographs and book chapters; and lectured internationally on oral manifestations and management of patients with medical complexities, such as HIV/AIDS and oral cancer. She is the Oral Medicine Section Editor of Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. |
Dr. Patton is Professor and Chair Department of Dental Ecology at the UNC School of Dentistry and Director of the GPR program. Current Vice President of the AAOM, she is a Diplomate and past President of the ABOM. She is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Special Care Dentistry. She earned her DDS at UNC and attended the 2-year UNC GPR and the 2-year NIDCR Clinical Dental Staff Fellowship for her Oral Medicine/Research training.