The Foundation elected Edward P. Allen, DDS, PhD, president at its board of directors meeting...

AAP Foundation Elects Edward P. Allen President

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Dr. Allen is a clinical professor of periodontics at Baylor University College of Dentistry and maintains a periodontal practice in Dallas, Texas.

CHICAGO—November 11, 2005—The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation elected Edward P. (“Pat”) Allen, DDS, PhD, as president at its board of directors meeting in Denver last month. Dr. Allen is a clinical professor of periodontics at Baylor University College of Dentistry and maintains a periodontal practice in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Allen received his DDS and completed a residency in periodontics at Baylor College of Dentistry (now part of the Texas A&M system). He earned a PhD in physiology from Baylor University Graduate School (Waco). In 1999 Dr. Allen received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Baylor College of Dentistry Periodontics Residency Program and in 2002 he was presented with the Master Clinician Award from the American Academy of Periodontology.

About AAP Foundation: The mission of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation is to improve the periodontal and general health of the public through increasing public and professional knowledge of periodontal diseases and their therapies, stimulating basic and clinical research to generate new knowledge, and enhancing educational programs at all levels to create opportunities in periodontal education and practice. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.

To get more information about any AAP Foundation activities, please contact Robert A. Vitas, PhD, CAE, CFRE, Executive Director, at 312/573-3256 or bob@perio.org.

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