Scott M. Peters, DDS, is an assistant professor of oral and
maxillofacial pathology at Columbia University Medical Center, College of Dental Medicine in New York. He practices in the Columbia
University oral diagnostics biopsy service and clinical oral pathology service at ColumbiaDoctors Midtown. A diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, and the recipient of the academy’s William G. Shafer Award, Peters is also coauthor, with Olga A.C. Ibsen, RDH, MS, of the 8th edition of Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist. He can be
reached at: smp2140@cumc.columbia.edu.