Contributor to Both Dimensions and Decisions Receives Prestigious Award

Norman Tinanoff, DDS, MS, is the recipient of the Evidence-Based Dentistry Accomplished Faculty Award given by the American Dental Association (ADA) and American Association for Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Research. A professor in the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in Baltimore, Tinanoff has spent the past 45 years researching and writing about dental caries prevention, providing oral health access for underserved children, and developing clinical policies and guidelines for the ADA, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and International Association of Pediatric Dentistry (IAPD). As chair of the IAPD Science Committee, he helped to establish 20 evidence-based clinical guidelines. Tinanoff has published in both Dimensions of Dental Hygiene and Decisions in Dentistry on managing early childhood caries and the role of sugar alcohols in caries prevention. The award will be presented at the ADA Science and Research Institute’s Science Social event during SmileCon™ 2023 in Orlando, Florida. Click here to read more.