Genetics and its implications for clinical dental practice and education: report of panel 3 of the Macy study.

A major study initiative, “New Models of Dental Education,” funded by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, convened three panels of distinguished experts to examine issues related to the dental curriculum. This report is from Panel 3, held February 25–26, 2007, on the subject of genetics and its implications for clinical practice. Staffing the panel were Allan J. Formicola (The Macy Study), Richard W. Valachovic (American Dental Education Association), and Jacqueline E. Chmar (American Dental Education Association). There were nine panelists: • Lynn Johnson, Ph.D., Director of Dental Informatics, University of Michigan School of Dentistry (co-chair) • *Robert J. Genco, D.D.S., Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor of Oral Biology and Microbiology, Schools of Dental Medicine, and Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Director of the Buffalo Periodontal Disease Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo (co-chair) • Caroline Damsky, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, San Francisco • N. Karl Haden, Ph.D., President, Academy for Academic Leadership • Suzanne Hart, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Office of the Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health • Thomas C. Hart, D.D.S., Ph.D., Clinical Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health • Charles F. Shuler, D.M.D., Ph.D., Dean, University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry • *Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health • *Lisa A. Tedesco, Ph.D., Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs–Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School, Emory University