James W. Little, DMD, is professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota College of Dentistry in Minneapolis, and a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Pathology. Little has written more than 108 papers published in medical and dental literature and is co-author of the textbook Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient, which is in its 8th edition. He also speaks nationally and abroad on a variety of dentistry-related topics.