Dr. Dean George Cloutier

Dr. Dean Cloutier, DDS
Dr. John Plachtyna, DDS
Dr. Plachtyna has been in private practice with the New Haven Dental Group since 1984. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Merrimack College and his DDS from Northwestern University Dental School.
Dr. Plachtyna is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry and is a candidate for the Mastership level. The Academy promotes continuing education in all areas of General Dentistry. Dr. Plachtyna has invested more than 1100 hours in continuing education in an effort to provide the utmost in patient care.
Dr. Plachtyna has taught at the Yale New Haven Hospital Residency Program as an adjunct faculty member. He is currently on leave from this position.
Dr. Plachtyna is a member of the New Haven Dental Association, the Connecticut State Dental Association, the American Dental Association and is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry.
Dr. Joseph Forrester, DMD
Dr. Forrester has practiced dentistry since 1996. He received his …Bachelor’s Degree from Niagara University and his DMD from Temple University.
Dr. Forrester completed a residency program in Oral Surgery at Albany Medical Center and he is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry.
Dr. Forrester belongs to the New Haven Dental Association, the Connecticut State Dental Association, and the American Dental Association.
Dr. Diana Hede, DDS
Dr. Hede has practiced dentistry since 1984. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Manhattan College and her DDS from the Medical College of Virginia. She has proudly served in the U.S. Navy.
Dr. Hede is member of the New Haven Dental Association, the Connecticut State Dental Association, the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and the Fairfield Dental Study Chapter.
Dr. Harvey Cedarbaum, DDS
Dr. Cedarbaum has practiced dentistry since 1953. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Yale University, his DDS from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Cedarbaum has taught dentistry since 1973 at Yale University School of Medicine. He is co-director of the General Practice Residency program at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is a Fellow at the Academy of General Dentistry. He belongs to the New Haven Dental Association, the Connecticut State Dental Association, and the American Dental Association.
Dr. Milton Wallack, DDS
Dr. Wallack has practiced dentistry since 1968. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Brandeis University, his DDS from Temple University School of Dentistry, and his Specialty Degree in Periodontology at Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry.
Dr. Wallack has taught at Yale University School of Medicine and the Connecticut School of Dental Medicine as an adjunct faculty member. He serves as President of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, has served on the Board of Governors at the University of New Haven, and currently sits on the Board of Governors for the State of Connecticut Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee.
Dr. Wallack belongs to the New Haven Dental Association where he served as past President, the Connecticut State Dental Association where he served as past Vice President, and the Connecticut Society of Periodontists where he served as past President.
Dr. Ivelina Dean, DMD
Dr. Dean received her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University Of Connecticut in 2007. She received the 2007 American Academy of Periodontology Dental Student Achievement Award as well as the 2007 Academy of Osseointegration Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry Award.
Following completion of her dental degree, Dr. Dean pursued advanced training in periodontics and dental implants at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Her Master's degree was based on her research on bone physiology of various statin medications and won her a second place in the Billy M. Pennel Research Competition by the Southern Academy of Periodontics.
Dr. Dean is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodonto