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Robert L. Simon   CURRICULUM VITAE


PERSONAL HISTORY

 

Birth:  June 3, 1948   Santa Monica, California

 

Children:  Scott Alex                              Born  9- 1- 82

                Hilary Hawthorne                           12-28-84

                Hayley Hawthorne                           2-14-89

 

Home Address:      840 Panorama Road

                               Fullerton , CA 92831

                                    (714) 525-2265

 

EDUCATION

 

B.A. (Biology) 1970 California State College at Fullerton

D.D.S.  1974  University of Southern California

Post-Doctoral Scholar Certificate, Gnathology and Occlusion

            1976 UCLA

M.S.D. 1979 University of Washington

Fixed Prosthodontics/Periodontal Prosthodontics Certificate

            1979 University of Washington

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

1974  Alpha Tau Epsilon Honorary Dental Fraternity

1979  American College of Prosthodontists Research Award - 1st Place

1989  Pierre Fauchard Academy
2004  Judson Hickey Award for Scientific Writing - Clinical Report*

 

CERTIFICATION

 

State Licensure:  California, Washington

Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics (1985)

 

AT PRESENT

 

Prosthodontic private practice:

                                                            1321 N. Harbor Blvd., Suite 203

                                                            Fullerton , CA 92835-4130

Asssistant Clinical Professor University of Southern California,       Graduate periodontics

 

TEACHING

 

1975  Preclinical Gnathology and Occlusion - Laboratory Instructor

            University of California at Los Angeles

 

1975  Tooth morphology & Occlusion - Course Director

            Los Angeles City College Dental Hygiene

 

1978  Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics - Laboratory instructor

            University of Washington

 

1979  Lecturer, Gnathology and Occlusion

            University of California, Los Angeles

 

1979  Assistant Clinical Professor Graduate Prosthodontics

            University of Southern California

 

1980  Predoctoral clinical removable prosthodontics

            University of Southern California

 

1981  Consultant to Dental residents

            Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital

 

1982  Founder and mentor:  Perio-Restorative Study Club

 

1983 to present Assistant Clinical Professor

            University of Southern California

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Variability of passively recorded centric relation  Journal of Prosthetic  Dentistry  44:21, 1980.  with J.I. Nicholls

 

Rationale and a simplified technique for uprighting mesially inclined molars  Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry  52:256, 1984.

 

Salvaging the neglected dentition  California Dental Association Journal  April, 1986.

 

*Single implant-supported molar and premolar crowns:  A ten-year retrospective clinical report  Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 90:517-21, 2003.

 

LECTURE PRESENTATIONS

 

1979  Variability of passively recorded centric relation to the American College of Prosthodontists, Houston, Texas.

 

1982  Phased treatment planning (day long course) presented with Dr. Gregory Wilde.  University of Southern California

1983  Provisional restorations:  The blueprint for success   presented to the Western Dental Society, Los Angeles.

 

1984  Restorative considerations for the periodontally compromised patient  presented to the Paul Revere Study Club, San Diego.

 

1984  Therapeutic occlusion  presented at the Navy TMJ symposium, San Diego, California.

 

1986  Salvaging the terminal dentition  presented at the California Dental Association convention, Anaheim, California.

 

1989  Contour margins and esthetics  presented at the California Dental Association convention, Anaheim, California.

 

1991  Prosthodontics 1991:  Tried, True and New   day course presented at the Ramada Inn, Cypress, California.

 

1992  Finite Element Analysis for Optimum Implant Dentistry   presented at  8th annual Implant Team System Seminar, Los Angeles, California.

 

1993  Finite Element Analysis for Optimum Implant Dentistry   presented at the Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontists annual meeting, Newport Beach, California.

 

1994  Finite Element Analysis of Occlusal Forces and the Forces in the Bone Supporting Implants and Natural Teeth. at the International Symposium on Implant Dentistry:  Focus on Esthetics, San Diego, California.

 

1994  Biomechanics and Implant Prosthesis Design   at the American Academy of Periodontology annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

 

1995  New Implant Prosthesis Design Principles  at the California Dental Association convention, Anaheim, California.

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

American Dental Association

California Dental Association

Orange County Dental Society

American College of Prosthodontics

Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontics

Academy of Osseointegration

Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry

Alpha Omega 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Robert L. Simon 1321 North Harbor Blvd. Suite 203
Fullerton, CA 92835-4130
Phone: (714) 525-5200 Fax: (714) 525-5998
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