Howard Needleman, DMD, is a clinical professor of oral and developmental biology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He is a founding partner of Chestnut Dental Associates, a multispecialty group dental practice with offices in both Needham and Franklin, Mass, where he has practiced pediatric dentistry for more than 30 years. A diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, Needleman is also a senior associate of dentistry at Boston Children's Hospital. An active researcher and lecturer, he has published more than 60 articles in the field of pediatric dentistry and contributed to and edited several medical and dental textbooks.