Prof. David Pashley, BS, DMD, PHD, Regents’ Professor of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
Prof. Pashley was awarded the IAAD Honorary Member in 2019 meeting.
Dr. David Pashley attended the University of Portland where he graduated with a BS in General Science. He earned a DMD degree from the Oregon Health Sciences University in 1964 and then moved to Rochester, New York to earn a PhD in Physiology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry in 1970. That same year, he joined the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia as an Assistant Professor. He rose through the academic ranks to Associate Professor (1973), Professor (1978), and Regents' Professor (1987‐present) of Oral Biology in the School of Dentistry and Professor of Physiology and Endocrinology in the School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia.
Dr. Pashley's research interests include pulp biology, the structure and function of dentin, dentin sensitivity and its treatment, dentin bonding, the mechanical properties of dentin and their modification, adhesive dentistry, and enamel and dentin bonding. His research activities have been supported by the NIDCR since 1973. Dr. Pashley has published over 600 papers in peer‐reviewed journals, about two‐thirds of which deal with the structure and function of dentin. He has held various offices in the Pulp Biology Group of the IADR and received the Pulp Biology Research Award (one of the IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards) in 1990 for his research contributions to the field of pulp biology. Dr. Pashley received the Hollenbach award from the Academy of Operative Dentistry in 1998. In 2001, he received the Wilmer Souder award (another of the IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards) for his work in Dental Materials.
Dr. Pashley has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Adhesive Dentistry, Dental Materials, the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, the Journal of Dentistry, and the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. He lectures nationally and internationally and participates in international conferences in his area of research.
