Lyndon F. Cooper, DDS, PhD, is the associate dean for research and head of the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and served as the 2010 president of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP). Cooper received the ACP's 2004 Clinician/Researcher Award and the 2009 International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award for prosthodontics and implantology.