Professor
Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry
Dr. Beatty's Lab
Contact Information
Room 1441, UNMC College of Dentistry
4000 East Campus Loop South
Lincoln, NE 68583-0740
402-472-1261
mbeatty@unmc.edu
Education
- BS, Purdue University, Biology, 1974
- DDS, University of Iowa, Dentistry, 1981
- MSE, Purdue University, Engineering, 1987
- MS, Indiana University, Dental Biomaterials, 1991
- MSD, Indiana University, Operative Dentistry, 1991
- NIH Dentist Scientist, 1985-1990
Teaching Responsibilities
- ARD 326 Dental Materials for Dental Hygiene
- ARD 531 Integrated Biomaterials, Cariology and Operative Sciences
- OBIO 851 Advanced Dental Biomaterials
- OBIO 899 Special Topics: Dental Biomaterials
- OBIO 899 Special Topics: Advanced Dental Polymers
Research Interests
- Development of maxillofacial prosthetic material
- Property characterization of dental restorative materials, hard and soft tissues
- TMJ disc mechanics
Selected Publications
- Sheets, J.L., Wee, A.G., Simetich, B, and Beatty, M.W. Effect of Water Dilution on Full-Arch Gypsum Implant Master Casts. Prosthesis, 2(4), 266-276, 2020.
- Reinhardt, J.W., Balbierz, M., Schultz, C.M., Simetich, B., and Beatty, M.W. Effect of Tooth Whitening Procedures on Stained Composite Resins. Operative Dentistry, 2018. DOI: 10.2341/17/391-L.
- Willett E, Beatty MW. Outdoor Weathering of Facial Prosthetic Elastomers Differing in Durometer Hardness. J Prosthet Dent 113:228-235, 2015.
- Mikuls TR, Payne JB, Yu F, Thiele GM et al. Periodontitis and Porphyramonas gingivalis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatology. 66:1090-1100, 2014.
- Hungerford E, Beatty MW, Marx DB, Simetich B, Wee AG. Coverage Error of Commercial Skin Pigments as Compared to Human Facial Skin Tones. J Dent 41:986-991, 2013.
- Wee, AG, Beatty, MW, Gozalo-Diaz, DJ, Kim-Pusateri, S., Marx, DB. Proposed Shade Guide for Human Facial Skin and Lip: A Pilot Study. J Prosthet Dent 110: 82-89, 2013.
- Yuya, PA, Amborn, EK, Beatty, MW and Turner, JA. Evaluating anisotropic properties in the porcine temporomandibular joint disc using nanoindentation. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 38:2428-2437, 2010.
- Al-Salleeh F, Beatty MW, Reinhardt RA, Petro TM, Crouch L. Human osteogenic protein-1 induces osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells harvested from mice. Arch Oral Biol., 2008.
- Lee Y, Schmid MJ, Marx DB, Beatty MW, Cullen DM, Collins ME, Reinhardt RA. The effect of local simvastatin delivery strategies on mandibular bone formation in vivo. Biomaterials Apr;29(12):1940-9, 2008.
- Beatty MW, Hohl RH, Nickel JC, Iwasaki LR. Mode I and Mode III fractures in intermediate zone of full-thickness porcine temporomandibular joint discs. Ann Biomed Eng May;36(5):801-12, 2008.
- Beatty MW, Nickel JC, Iwasaki LR, Leiker M. Mechanical response of the porcine temporomandibular joint disc to an impact event and repeated tensile loading. J Orofac Pain Spring;17(2):160-6, 2003.
- Beatty MW, Ojha AK, Cook JL, Alberts LR, Mahanna GK, Iwasaki LR, Nickel JC. Small intestinal submucosa versus salt-extracted polyglycolic acid-poly-L-lactic acid: a comparison of neocartilage formed in two scaffold materials. Tissue Eng 2002 Dec;8(6):955-68.
- Iwasaki LR, Beatty MW, Randall CJ, Nickel JC. Clinical ligation forces and intraoral friction during sliding on a stainless steel archwire. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2003 Apr;123(4):408-15.
- Beatty MW, Bruno MJ, Iwasaki LR, Nickel JC. Strain rate dependent orthotropic properties of pristine and impulsively loaded porcine temporomandibular joint disk. J Biomed Mater Res. 2001 Oct;57(1):25-34.