Dr. Michal Staninec

Michal Staninec, DDS, PhD
 Dr. Staninec received a BA in biochemistry from UC Berkeley in 1974,
his DDS from UCSF in 1980, then spent one year in Japan as a researcher in
dental materials and operative dentistry. Since 1982 he has been a teaching
restorative dentistry at UCSF on a half time basis, while maintaining a private
practice in San Francisco. He is currently Clinical Professor in the Department
of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences. In 1999 he received his PhD
in Medical Sciences with a thesis in restorative dentistry from the University
of Nijmegen in Holland. He has authored and co-authored 50 articles in peer-reviewed
journals and lectured on restorative dentistry in the US, Japan and Europe.
His research interests include dental adhesion, conservative restorative techniques,
clinical testing of adhesive techniques, secondary caries, laser interactions
with dental hard tissues, and effects of fatigue on dentin. He is a Fellow
of the Academy of Dental Materials, …Academy of Dentistry International, and
past president of the Dental Materials Group Chapter of the American Association
for Dental Research.