IOH helps raise awareness on key oral health issues through this website, our quarterly newsletter, and by hosting focus groups and our annual national conference.
This knowledge resource is designed to benefit dental professionals, universities, employers, benefits companies, government agencies, and the public.
IOH Leadership
Ron Inge, DDS —
Executive Director
As a founder of the Institute for Oral Health, Dr. Inge leads its initiatives to advance innovation in the dental profession and health care industry. He also serves as the Vice President of Professional Services and Dental Director for Washington Dental Service, where he promotes positive changes in network development, provider relations and clinical policies.
Advisors
Howard L. Bailit, DMD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut
Health Center
Dr. Bailit is a national leader in health policy and managed
care, and a member of the Institute of Medicine, National
Academy of Sciences since 1984.
Burton Edelstein, DDS, MPH
Professor of Dentistry and Health Policy & Management, Columbia
University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
Dr. Edelstein is Founding Director of Children's Dental Health
Project, a Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy organization
committed to improving children's oral health and dental care.
Michael Glick, DMD
Professor of Oral Medicine and Dean, School of Dental Medicine,
University at Buffalo
Dr. Glick has authored more than 200 journal publications, numerous book chapters, and co-edited textbooks including "Dental Management of Patients with HIV"
and “Burket’s Oral Medicine: Diagnosis and Treatment" (11th ed.). More...
He serves on
national and global committees, including chairman of the Science Committee for FDI,
the World Dental Federation. He has lectured extensively within the U.S.
and internationally.
Dr. Glick is the immediate past-President of the American Board of Oral Medicine and
serves as the Editor of The Journal of the American Dental Association.
William Kohn, DDS
Vice President for Dental Science and Policy, Delta Dental Plans Association in Illinois; former Director, Division of Oral Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dr. Kohn spent his early career in Alaska in both private practice and with the Indian Health Service/Public Health. He also served as dental director for the Tanana Chiefs Corp. Health Center providing services to more than 10,000 Alaskan Natives, serving Fairbanks and 26 remote villages. More...
After completing an Oral Medicine/public health management residency at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, he served as clinical director of the hospital dentistry program and director of the oral medicine residency program at NIDCR. In 1996, Dr. Kohn joined the CDC, and transitioned to Delta Dental in 2001. In addition to numerous articles, he was senior author on CDC evidence-based guidelines for infection control in dental care, fluoride use, school-based sealant programs, updated recommendations on fluoride levels in community drinking water.
Linda C. Niessen, DMD, MPH, MPP
Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for DENTSPLY International; Clinical Professor, Dept. of Restorative Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University
At DENTSPLY, Dr. Neissen has launched innovative clinical education initiatives, oversees the Global Student Clinician Research Program and is responsible for internal and external corporate communications. Clinically, she has practiced as a geriatric dentist caring for patients residing in long term care facilities in several VA Medical Centers. More...
Dr. Niessen has served as President of the American Association of Women Dentists; President of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry; President of the American Board of Dental Public Health; President of the Friends of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; and President of the Dallas County Dental Society.
