Mel L. Kantor, DDS, PhD

PRESIDENT

2005

Mel L. Kantor is a professor in the Department of Oral Health Practice in the College of Dentistry with a joint appointment as professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health.

Dr. Kantor served on the faculties of University of North Carolina and University of Connecticut before moving in 1993 to University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey where he was Professor of Diagnostic Science, New Jersey Dental School, and Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health prior to moving to the University of Kentucky in August 2011. He is a Diplomate and past-president of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for Dental Research. Dr. Kantor serves on several editorial boards and recently completed his term as a member of the Commission on Dental Accreditation. His research interests involve population-based and survey research, specifically radiology practice behaviors and use of selection criteria guidelines, quality and level of evidence in the radiology literature, and screening for medical conditions in a dental setting.