Mr Robert L. Merin

EDUCATION: DDS from UCLA, MS in Periodontics from Loma Linda University. BOARD CERTIFICATION: Diplomate of American Board of Periodontology 1991. First periodontist in the San Fernando Valley to earn diplomate status. LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE SERVICE: California Dental Board Conscious Sedation Examiner, Consultant to American Dental Association Anesthesia Committee, Chairman, California Society of Periodontists Student Leadership Committee, Past President of California Society of Periodontists, Past President of UCLA Dental Alumni Association, Lecturer UCLA School of Dentistry 1974-2000. HONORS AND AWARDS: UCLA Dental Alumnus of the year 2000, Founder of California Society of Periodontists Student Leadership Award 2001 (renamed to Robert L. Merin Student Leadership Award 2007), Elected Fellow of American College of Dentists 2007, Award for Outstanding Service to the Specialty of Periodontics in California 2008, Elected Fellow of International Team for Implantology 2010. PUBLICATIONS: Composed three original chapters in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology textbook (Supportive Periodontal Treatment, Results of Periodontal Treatment, Sedation in Periodontal Therapy), Repair of peri-implant bone loss after occlusal adjustment (Journal of American Dental Association, October 2014), Adult Oral Sedation in California (J Calif Dental Assoc 2006), Calif. Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Anesthesia (J West Soc Periodont. 2005), Hypertension Guidelines Table (JADA 2004), The Immediate Dental Implant (J Calif Dental Assoc 2002), Periodontal Disease and Systemic Health (J Calif Dental Assoc 2002), Editor of special issues on New Approaches to Periodontal Management (J Calif Dental Assoc 2002), Simplifying Implant Prosthetics (J Calif Dental Asoc 1997).