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About Dr. Simon

Prosthodontist

Personal History:

Birth: June 3, 1948 Santa Monica, California


 

Prosthodontic Private Practice:

1321 N. Harbor Blvd., Suite 203 Fullerton, CA 92835-4130


 

EDUCATION:

B.A. (Biology) 1970 California State College at Fullerton D.D.S. 1974 University of Southern California Post-Doctoral Scholar Certificate, Gnathology and Occlusion

1976 UCLA

M.S.D. 1979 University of Washington
Fixed Prosthodontics/Periodontal Prosthodontics Certificate

1979 University of Washington


 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1974 AlphaTau Epsilon Honorary Dental Fraternity

1979 American College of Prosthodontists Research Award 1st Place 1989 Pierre Fauchard Academy

2004 JC Hickey Award for scientific writing


 

CERTIFICATION:

State Licensure: California

American Board of Prosthodontics (1985)


 

TEACHING:

1975 1975 1978 1979 1979 1980

 

Preclinical Gnathology and Occlusion - Laboratory Instructor University of California at Los Angeles

Tooth morphology & Occlusion - Course Director Los Angeles City College Dental Hygiene

Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics - Laboratory instructor University of Washington

Lecturer, Gnathology and Occlusion University of California, Los Angeles

Assistant Clinical Professor Graduate Prosthodontics University of Southern California

Predoctoral clinical removable prosthodontics University of Southern California

1981 Consultant to Dental residents

Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital

1982-94 Founder and mentor: Perio-Restorative Study Club

1983-95 Assistant Clinical Professor University of Southern California

1995-2000 to present Assistant Clinical Professor (inactive) University of Southern California

2000 to present Clinical Instructor Fixed Prosthodontics
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California


 

PUBLICATIONS:

Variability of passively recorded centric relation Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 44:21, 1980. with J.I. Nicholls

Rationale and a simplified technique for uprighting mesially inclined molars Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 52:256, 1984.

Salvaging the neglected dentition California Dental Association Journal April, 1986.

Single implant-supported molar and premolar crowns: A ten-year retrospective clinical report Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 90:517-21, 2003.

Optimized Placement of Angled Ablutments for External-Hex Implant Platforms: A Pilot Study With Oderich, E., Boff, L., Cardoso,A., Magne, P., Int J Prosthodont 2011;24:238-40


 

LECTURE PRESENTATIONS:


1979 Variability of passively recorded centric relation to the American College of Prosthodontists, Houston, Texas.

1982 Phased treatment planning (day long course) presented with Dr. Gregory Wilde. University of Southern California

1983 Provisional restorations: The blueprint for success presented to the Western Dental Society, Los Angeles.

1984 Restorative considerations for the periodontally compromised patient presented to the Paul Revere Study Club, San Diego.

1984 Therapeutic occlusion presented at the Navy TMJ symposium, San Diego, California.

1986 Salvaging the terminal dentition presented at the California Dental Association convention,Anaheim, California.

1989 Contour margins and esthetics presented at the California Dental Association convention, Anaheim, California.

1991 Prosthodontics 1991: Tried,True and New day course presented at the Ramada Inn, Cypress, California.

1992 Finite Element Analysis for Optimum Implant Dentistry presented at 8th annual Implant Team System Seminar, Los Angeles, California.

1993 Finite Element Analysis for Optimum Implant Dentistry presented at the Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontists annual meeting, Newport Beach, California.

1994 Finite Element Analysis of Occlusal Forces and the Forces in the Bone Supporting Implants and Natural Teeth. at the International Symposium on Implant Dentistry: Focus on Esthetics, San Diego, California.

1994 Biomechanics and Implant Prosthesis Design at the American Academy of Periodontology annual meeting, San Francisco, California.

1995 New Implant Prosthesis Design Principles at the California Dental Association convention,Anaheim, California.

2002 Single implant-supported molar and premolar crowns: A ten-year retrospective clinical report, at the Pacific Coast Society meeting,Tucson, Arizona

2005 Implant Overdentures to Southern California Academy of General Dentistry program Implants for GPs: Easy, Simple and Predictable


 

AFFILIATIONS:

American Dental Association

California Dental Association

Orange County Dental Society

California Dental Board Expert

American College of Prosthodontics American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics Academy of Osseointegration

Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry Alpha Omega

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