Michael K. McGuire, DDS, is a clinical assisting instructor at UTDB, Houston, and UTHSC, San Antonio. He maintains a private practice limited to periodontics and dental implants in Houston. McGuire's research has received AAP's highest recognition for excellence, twice earning the Robinson Regeneration Award and twice the Clinical Research Award. He is the recipient of the AAP's Master Clinician Award as well as its highest honor, the Gold Medal Award.
This course was developed in part with an unrestricted educational grant from Colgate Palmolive Company and in collaboration with the American Academy of Periodontology.
Progressive research is pushing the boundaries on how tissue regeneration may be used in the future—from growing new teeth to creating new blood vessels. Michael K. McGuire, DDS, provides an update.