Paul Michaelides, DDS, MScD, was a clinical associate professor and taught in the graduate periodontics program at the University of Southern California School (USC) of Dentistry, Los Angeles, from 1976 to 1996. He is a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Fraternity and a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. Michaelides also has a private practice limited to periodontics with services in dental implants in Fresno, Calif.