Daniela Rodrigues Silva, DDS, MS

Title: Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director
Department: Pediatric Dentistry 
Phone: (352)392-4131 
FAX: (352)392-8195 
Email: dsilva@dental.ufl.edu 
Mailing Address:
       Dr. Daniela Rodrigues Silva 
       Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry 
       University of Florida 
       PO Box 100426 
       Gainesville, FL  32610-0426

Biographical Information: 

Dr. Daniela Rodrigues Silva is originally from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Earned her D.D.S. degree at the Federal University of Goiás in 1986. She completed her first residency in Pediatric Dentistry at the University of São Paulo, Brazil in 1989, and later on completed her Master Degree in Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Michigan in 2002. She became Board Eligible in Pediatric Dentistry in the United States in 2003. 

Dr. Silva was in private practice in Goiânia, Brazil, from 1987-2000 and had a part-time faculty position in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the School of Dentistry of Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil from 1990-2000. Dr. Silva was also the President of the Academy of Pediatric Dentistry of Goiás from 1998-2000.

In March 2003, Dr. Silva joined the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry as an Assistant Professor, and in September 2004 she joined the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Florida College of Dentistry.
 

Main Interest: 

Hospital Dentistry, Behavior Management, Cariology, Esthetics
 

Publications:

Silva, DR.  Dental Anomalies in Premature Children age 3 – 5 years in Goiânia, Brazil - a retrospective study. Rev Fac Odont Anápolis Jan-Jun 1999, 1(2): 54-60.

Amaral, DC and Silva, DR. Diagnóstico e tratamento da cárie oclusal sem cavitação. Avaliação da concordância entre examinadores [Diagnostic and treatment of occlusal caries. Variation among dentists]. Rev Fac Odont Anápolis Jan-Jun 2000, 2(1): 60-63.

Ribeiro, G and Silva, DR. Estudo comparativo entre os métodos de fluorescêcnia a laser e convencionais no diagnóstico de lesão de superfície oclusal [Evaluation of laser fluorescence and conventional methods on the diagnosis of occlusal caries]. Rev Fac Odont Anápolis 2001, 3(1): 21-26.

Rank, RCI and Silva, DR. Auto-avaliação das reações emocionais de crianças com idade entre 2 a 8 anos de idade, frente a uma sala de espera odontológica [Self-evaluation of emotional reactions of children aged 2-8, in a dental waiting room] Rev Fac Odont Anápolis 2002, 4(1): 47-53.

Silva, DR and da Fonseca, M. Self-injurious behavior as a challenge for the dental practice: a case report.  Pediatric Dentistry 25(1): 62-66, 2003.

Silva, DR. An alternative space maintainer for early loss of primary incisors. (In press).