Charles L. Smith, Jr. 

Operative Dentistry

Associate Clinical Professor
352.392.7746
csmith@dental.ufl.edu
Facial Pain Fellowship, UF 1997,
Residency Certificate, University of Kentucky 1994,
DDS, Medical College of Virginia, 1964
BS, Biology, Concord College, 1959

Main Interests:

Clinical Responsibilities include supervising senior dental students and their interaction with hygiene students in the follow up care of previously completed patients in our Oral Health Maintenaince clinic. Clinical activities and lectures in Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning are also in my area of responsibilities.

I serve as an attending faculty in Sleep Disorders, a division of the Parker E. Mahan Facial Pain Center. I am also serving as the Course Director for our Dental Sleep Medicine Course for both the junior and senior years and additional lectures covering Sleep Medicine for the second year dental students.

Sleep Disorders are my main area of interest and the area of research I am pursuing. Currently I am working on an outcomes assessment on the oral appliances I have provided to patients. The attitude of our staff in their care, the effectiveness of various oral appliances, and how well they have benefited from their treatment when follow up sleep studies are completed. Other sleep related studies are also under way.

Publications:

CALDWELL MS, RILEY, III JL, GREMILLION HA, BENSON MB, MAUDERLI AP, SMITH CL.  Sleep Disturbance, Pain and Emotional Distress in Orofacial Pain Patients, Journal of Craniomandibular Practice, June 2001.  In Press

BRAZEAU G, SVETIC K, SMITH C, GUPTA P.  Current Perspectives on Pain upon Injection of Drugs.  Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, June 1998  87 #6 pp667-677

BRAZEAU G, GREMILLION H, WIDMER C, MAHAN P, BENSON M, MAUDERLI A, RILEY, III J, SMITH C.  The Role of Pharmacy in the Management of Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders.  Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, March-April 1998

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