Title: Professor and Chair, Dr. Merritt C. Pedersen Professor of Dentistry 
Department of Surgical Specialties
University Dental Associates
Address
Room: 2170B
UNMC College of Dentistry
4000 East Campus Loop South
Box 830740
Lincoln NE 68583-0740
Telephone: (402) 472-1314
Fax: (402) 472-5290
email: jbavitz@unmc.edu
Education:
- Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- D.M.D. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- General Practice Residency The Graduate Hospital Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Teaching Responsibilities:
- Director/Initiator Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery Internship
- Director Senior Selective Hospital Dentistry
- Director OS 625
- Director DENT 640
- Director/Initiator DENT 661
- Co-Director Dentofacial Deformity Clinic
- Lecturer Orthognathic Surgery Seminar (Grad Ortho Students)
- Lecturer ARD 593
- Lecturer DID 842
- Lecturer DENT 855
- Coordinator Elective Dentistry Rotation
- Attending Dental Implant Screening Clinic
- Lecturer BIOS 150 Introduction to Dentistry (UNL)
Research Interests:
- Distraction osteogenesis and bone regeneration
Publications:
- Alsalleeh, F., Keippel, J., Adams, L., Bavitz, B. Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of jaw reoccurrence after methotrexate therapy: A case report. J Endod Sep 40(9), 1505-7, 2014
- Bavitz, J.B. Autotransplantation of teeth: a procedure that gets no respect. Oral Surg, Oral Med, Oral Pathol 110(4):441, 2010.
- Bavitz, J.B. Implant placement by the general dentist. Quality Resource Guide Met Life Dental, July 2010.
- Bavitz, J.B. High fidelity human simulators: we can do better at minimizing adverse anesthesia outcomes. "My View," ADA News, February 1, 2010.
- Bavitz, J.B. Dental management of patients with hypertension. In Dental Clinics of North America 50:547-62, 2006.
- Henriksen, B., Bavitz, B., Harn, S. Evaluation of bone thickness in the anterior hard palate relative to midsagittal orthodontic implants. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 18(4) 578-581, 2003.
Service Activities:
- College of Dentistry Continuing Education presenter