Faculty

Dennis A. Shanelec, D.D.S. has practiced periodontics for thirty years in Santa Barbara and Solvang, California. He has pioneered periodontal and implant microsurgery, founding the Microsurgery Training Institute in Santa Barbara, California to provide clinical training in microsurgery. Internationally, he is recognized as an authority on magnification in dentistry and regarded as the founder of the field of periodontal microsurgery. He has served on the board of directors of both the Western Society of Periodontology and the California Society of Periodontists, serving as president of the California Society of Periodontists in 1988. He is a graduate of the UCLA School of Dentistry and completed his periodontal training at the University of Southern California. He and his wife Suzanne live in Santa Barbara.

Adriana McGregor, DDS Immediate Past President of AMED (Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry), lectures internationally on microsurgery and has private practices in Westlake Village and Santa Barbara, California, devoted exclusively to Esthetic Periodontal and Implant Microsurgery.

J. David Cross, DDS obtained both his dental degree and his postgraduate training in Periodontics from Loyola University Chicago, completing his specialty training in 1990. After training under Dr. Shanelec at the Microsurgery Training Institute, for several years he has concentrated the focus of his private practice and teachings to periodontal microsurgery. He has been a co-instructor for AMED hands-on courses in microsuturing, connective tissue grafting and microsurgical soft-tissue management for endodontic surgery. He is feature speaker at The USC Periodontal and Implant Symposium 2008 and The University of Illinois.