Kantarci named interim director of Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Alpdogan Kantarci, DDS, PhD, CAGS, assumed the role of interim director of the Division of Pediatric Dentistry effective July 1.

Kantarci holds a DDS and PhD and is a board-certified specialist in periodontology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. Before joining the School of Dentistry as Chair of the Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, he was a professor at the ADA Forsyth Institute. He has mentored more than 60 theses and directed and taught in several graduate and postgraduate courses.

He received his DDS and Master of Science in Dentistry from the University of Istanbul, his PhD from the University of Istanbul and a Certificate in Advanced Graduate Sciences from the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine. He is the Erwin Schaeffer Endowed Chair of Developmental and Surgical Sciences. Before joining the School of Dentistry as Chair of the Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, he was a professor at the ADA Forsyth Institute. He has mentored more than 60 theses and directed and taught in several graduate and postgraduate courses.

Kantarci takes on the role from Jeff Karp, DMD, MS, clinical professor and director of the Advanced Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry.

“Please join me in thanking Dr. Karp for his service to the school and in welcoming Dr. Kantarci to his new role,” shared Dean Kristin Artinger, PhD, in a message to the School of Dentistry community.