Rade D. Paravina, DDS, MS, PhD is a tenured professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics and Director of the Houston Center for Biomaterials and Biomimetics HCBB, the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston. He holds the Ralph C. Cooley, DDS, Distinguished Professorship in Biomaterials, an endowment created by world-renowned heart surgeon Denton A. Cooley, MD. Dr. Paravina has authored and co-edited three books, including Color in Dentistry – A Clinical Guide to Predictable Esthetics Quintessence Publishing 2017, 15 book chapters, two software programs, one educational CD, and more than 300 other peer-reviewed publications, including articles and abstracts. His work has been cited 5300+ times on Scopus and 11,100+ times on Google Scholar. Dr. Paravina designed and developed several dental products and tests. Together with Vita Zahnfabrik, he created two shade guides, Linearguide 3D Master and Bleachedguide 3D Master. He has developed Dental Color Matcher, a free online educational and training program for esthetic dentistry, and the scientific protocol for evaluating the "chameleon effect" of dental materials. Dr. Paravina is the founder and past president of the Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry SCAD. He received the 2011 E. B. Clark Award, the SCAD Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the 2014 Jerome M. and Dorothy Schweitzer Research Award of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics. He is the President-Elect of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry AARD and a fellow of AAED, SCAD, and the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research AADOCR. He serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry and is an editorial board member for the Journal of Dentistry, Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, International Journal of Prosthodontics, and the American Journal of Dentistry.
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