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Dr. Melissa S. Morris

Title: Instructor

Address
Room: 160F
UNMC College of Dentistry
40th and Holdrege
Box 830740
Lincoln, NE 68583-0740


Surgical Specialties Department


Telephone: (402) 472-1479
Fax: (402) 472-5290
email: msmorris@unmc.edu

Education:

• M.S. (Oral Biology), University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln Nebraska
• Certificate (Periodontics), University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, Nebraska
• D.D.S., University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, Lincoln, Nebraska
• B.S. (Biological Sciences), Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
• Associate of Science (Biological Sciences), Independence Community College, Independence, Kansas

Teaching Responsibilities:

Graduate

• Clinical Faculty
• Periodontics and Implant Clinic Coverage

Undergraduate Periodontics

• Instructor
• Lab Instructor, Periodontics I

Research Interests:

• Pharmacological agents/growth factors to aid periodontal regeneration

Recent Publications:

• Morris M., Lee Y., Lavin M., Giannini P., Schmid M., Marx D., Reinhardt R. Injectable simvastatin in periodontal defects and alveolar ridges: pilot studies. J Periodontol;79(8):1465-1473,2008.