Spotlight on new faculty – meet Blaine Cook, D.D.S., M.S.D.

picture disc.Blaine Cook, D.D.S., M.S.D., assistant professor in the College of Dentistry and faculty member in the area of operative dentistry, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Name: Blaine Cook, D.D.S., M.S.D

Title: Assistant professor, UNMC College of Dentistry,
Adult Restorative Department

Specialty: Operative Dentistry, Preventive Dentistry, Dental Materials

Degree: D.D.S., 1981, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry,
San Francisco, California. M.S.D., 1995, Indiana University School of
Dentistry,

Post doc:


  • Private dental practice, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1981-1986
  • U.S. Navy Dental Corps, 1986-2006; Specialty Advisor for Operative Dentistry to the Navy Surgeon General, 2000-2006
  • Chairman, Operative Dentistry, Naval Postgraduate Dental School, 2000-2006.

Clinic hours: Thursday afternoons, College of Dentistry’s University Dental Associates

All UNMC departments are encouraged to send information on new faculty members to UNMC Today at today@unmc.edu. Using the above format, please include the person’s title, specialty, previous position(s), medical degree, residency, fellowships and memberships. Also include their clinic hours and a phone number for patients interested in making an appointment. Faculty photos are welcome.