Private Practice of Periodontics and Dental Implants, 71 Beach Road, Fairfield, CT
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
Director, American Board of Periodontology - 2004-2010

Dental School: Case Western Reserve University, graduated 1972
Internship: National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD (1972-73)
Dental Officer, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Coronado (LPD-11) (1973-75)
Residency: Graduate training in Periodontics, University of Maryland (1975-77)
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology - 1981
Presented at the Orban Research in Periodontics competition - 1977
Fellow, International College of Dentists - 2001-current
Fellow, Pierre Fauchard Academy International Honor Dental Society 2001
Published, J. of Periodontology, 51: 625, 1980, "The effect of particle size on the osteogenic activity of composite grafts of allogenic freeze-dried bone and autogenous marrow."
Author and Publisher, "Implant Dentistry and Periodontal Forms for the Periodontist, 1993
Published, An Overview of Dental Radiography in Private Dental Practice", Dentist Guide, Canadian Dental Association, July 1996
Published, "Clinical Use of a Bioactive Glass Particulate in the Treatment of Human Osseous Defects", Compendium, April 1997
Published, "Clinical Advantages of Tapered Root Form Dental Implants",
Compendium of Continuing Education and Dentistry, January 2002 , pages 42-58,
Published, A Retrospective Look at the Micro-Lok Implant System- A Case Series of 2000 Implants (currently being submitted for publication)
Past President, Connecticut Society of Periodontists (1986-87)
Past President, Bridgeport Dental Association (1983-84)
Connecticut representative to the Northeast Society of Periodontists 1988- Secretary, Northeastern Society of Periodontists (1989-90)
Vice-President NESP (1990-91), President-Elect (1991-1992)
President-Northeastern Society of Periodontists (1992-1993)
Member, International Academy of Periodontology
Member, International Congress of Oral Implantologists
Columnist for Connecticut Dental Hygiene Journal (quarterly publication) on various periodontal topics, 1994-
President and Founder, Craniofacial Diagnostic Imaging Center, 1995
Adjunct Associate Professor in Periodontics, Fones School of Dental Hygiene
(1980-87)
Chairman, Credential Committee, American Academy of Periodontology, 1995-96
Member, Awards Committee, American Academy of Periodontology, 1997
Consultant, Block Drug Company, Jersey City, N.J.
Consultant, NovaMin Technology Inc, Alachua, Florida.
Consultant, Dentsply International, York, PA.
Consultant and Advisory Panel Chairman, Bio-Lok International Inc. (Micro-Lok implant system)
Courtesy Clinical Faculty in the Department of Periodontology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, 2002-2004
Assistant Clinical Professor of Periodontology in the Department of Periodontology, University of Connecticut Health Center 2000-2003.

This list will be updated regularly with new upcoming lectures. Dr. Shapoff does lecture all over the world, if you are interested in having Dr. Shapoff lecture please send him an email.

Lecturer in Periodontics- Dental meetings in Connecticut, New York, Mexico, Martinique, F.W.I.
Clinical Investigator, HTR Bone Graft material, U.S. Surgical, Norwalk, CT (1988-89)
Lecturer and Clinician, Connecticut State Dental Assoc. Annual Meeting- All Day Program in Periodontal Bone Grafting and Other Surgical Procedures. May 1990
Lecturer, Johnson & Johnson Dental Products (Biotechnica) -1990 - presented in Valley Forge, PA and Columbus, OH.
Lecturer, Connecticut Society of Periodontists All-Day Course for Dental Hygienists - 1984-1996
Lecturer, Stryker Dental Implant Systems, November 1992, at NYU
Lecturer, Graduate Dental Hygiene Continuing Education Program. University of Bridgeport - March 1993
Lecturer, Gerald M. Bowers Study Club, Baltimore, MD, June 1993
Lecturer, Fones School of Dental Hygiene, November 1993
Lecturer, Minimatic Dental Implant Systems, April 1994, at S. Vermont Dental Assoc.
Lecturer, Bioplant, Inc.( HTR use in Bone Grafting) at NYU, June 1994
Lecturer, Fones School of Dental Hygiene, October 1994
Lecturer, Periodontics Update for Dentists and Hygienists, Fairfield, CT (half-day) - Nov. 1994
Lecturer, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Implantology, "Implantology Utilizing the Minimatic Implant System", Dec. 1994
Lecturer, U.S. Biomaterials on Bone Grafting, Rochester, New York, Dec. 1994
Lecturer, SUNY at Stonybrook Dental School, CE Course " Implantology for the everyday practice utilizing a user-friendly system," March 1995
Lecturer, Annual Meeting, Minimatic Implant Company, Boca Raton, Florida, March 1995
Lecturer, USBiomaterials Symposium on Bone Grafting, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1995
Lecturer, Nashville Dental meeting, , "Periodontal Treatment in a General Practice Office - What To Do and What Not To Do", August 1995
Lecturer, Block Drug Corporation National Sales Meeting, November 1995 "Clinical Uses of PerioGlas Bone Graft Alloplastic in Periodontal Practice.
Lecturer, Greater New York Dental Meeting, Nov. 1995, "Periodontal Treatment in a General Practice-What To Do and What Not To Do"
Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago, Graduate Department of Periodontics - Clinical Use of PerioGlas in Human Periodontal Defect, Dec. 1995
Lecturer, Concord Study Club, Implantology in the Everyday General Practice, Concord, NH, January 1996
Lecturer and Consultant, Bone Regeneration Materials Advisory Board, Block Drug Company, Atlanta, GA Feb. 8-10, 1996
Lecturer, Block Drug Company (Canada) Ltd., National Sales Meeting, Banff, Alberta Canada, March 4-6, 1996
Lecturer, "Clinical Use of PerioGlas for the Treatment of Human Osseous Defects", Buffalo, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, May 1996
Lecturer, PerioGlas Lecture Series, Block Drug Company, Dearborn, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Kansas City, St. Louis, Dallas, Seattle, San Diego, from June 1996- June 1997
Featured Speaker, Canadian Dental Association, Montreal, Quebec; August 20, 1996, "Periodontal Treatment in a General Practice- What to do and what NOT to do" and "Periodontal Surgery Review for the General Dentist"
Lecturer, AAP Annual Meeting, New Orleans October 1996, " Clinical Use of a Bioactive Glass Particulate in Human Osseous Defects."
Lecturer, "Clinical Use of PerioGlas for the Treatment of Human Osseous Defects", Milan, Italy, March 1997
Featured Speaker, California Dental Association, Anaheim, California; April, 1997, "Periodontal Treatment in a General Practice- What to do and what NOT to do" and "Periodontal Surgery Review for the General Dentist"
Lecturer, Connecticut Dental Hygiene Association, "What happens to the patient when they go to the periodontist?", May 1997
Lecturer, "Clinical Use of PerioGlas for the Treatment of Human Osseous Defects", Block Drug Company (Canada), Winnepeg, Edmunton, May 1997
Lecturer, "Clinical Use of PerioGlas for the Treatment of Human Osseous Defects", (All Day Program), Royal College of Surgeons, London, England, July 1997
Lecturer, AAP Annual Meeting, San Diego, Bioactive Glass and Calcium Sulfate- Materials for the Next Millennium, October, 1997
Lecturer, "Clinical Use of PerioGlas for the Treatment of Human Osseous Defects", Block Drug Company (Canada), Toronto, London and Halifax, November/December 1997
Featured Speaker (All Day), Toronto Mid-Winter Dental Clinic, Toronto, Ontario, November 1997, "Periodontal Treatment in a General Practice - Current and New Concepts for the Next Millennium" and "Periodontal Surgery Review for the General Dentist"
Featured Speaker (All Day), Greater New York Dental Meeting, November, 1997 "Periodontal Surgery Review for the General Dentist" and "A Common Sense Approach to Incorporating Implant Restorations in the Every Day General Practice."
Featured Speaker, French Society of Periodontology, January 1998, "Clinical Use of PerioGlas for the Treatment of Human Osseous Defects", Paris, France.
Featured Speaker (two-day program), January 1998, North American Periodontal Study Club, "New Technologies in Periodontics-What works for me", Hawaii.
Featured Speaker (All Day), Pacific Dental Conference, Vancouver, B.C. March 1998 "Periodontal Treatment in a General Practice - Current and New Concepts for the Next Millennium" and "Periodontal Surgery Review for the General Dentist"
Lecturer, Scandinavian Society of Periodontology, May 6-8, 1998, Kolmarden, Sweden " Clinical Use of a Bioactive Glass Particulate in Human Osseous Defects."
Lecturer, AAP Annual Meeting, Boston, Periodontal Grafting Materials: Regenerative Therapy from Teeth to Implants, (Dr. Burton Langer, co-speaker) September, 1998
Lecturer, Danish Periodontal Society, Nyborg, Denmark, November 17, 1998, Clinical Use of a Bioactive Glass Particulate in Human Osseous Defects."
Lecturer, British Periodontal Regeneration Study Club, Eastman Dental Center, London, U.K., November 18, 1998, Clinical Use of a Bioactive Glass Particulate in Human Osseous Defects."
Lecturer, "Clinical Use of PerioGlas for the Treatment of Human Osseous Defects", Block Drug Company, Cincinnati, New Brunswick ,March 3-4, 1999
Lecturer, Grand Rounds, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Department of Dentistry, "New Technological Advances in Bone Regeneration and Dental Implant Manufacturing", Feb 25, 1999
Lecturer, SEPA meeting (Spanish Periodontal Society), Marbella, Spain, "Clinical Use of Bioactive Glass in Periodontal Osseous Defects", May 27,1999.
Lecturer, (All-Day) EPORA (Argentina) " Jornadas Internacionales de Odontologia" Periodontal Treatment and Dental Implant Surgical Techniques, June 14, 1999
Lecturer, APCD Dental Implant Meeting, Sao Paulo, Brazil, " Bone Grafting with Bioactive Glass Around Dental Implants and Other Osseous Defects , August 10, 1999
Lecturer, British Society of Periodontology, "Early Development and Clinicial Use of Bioactive Glass in Periodontal Defects" London, U.K., September 1999
Lecturer, European Federation of Periodontology Satelite Meeting "Latest Developments with Bioactive Glass in Osseous Defects" London, U.K., September 1999
Lecturer, American Academy of Implant Dentistry Annual Meeting " Bone Grafting with Bioactive Glass around Dental Implants", Orlando, Florida, September 23, 1999
Lecturer, American Academy of Periodontology Annual Meeting, " Clinical Use of the Micro-Lok Implant System- 6 year data", San Antonio, Texas, September 25, 1999
Lecturer, - Current and New Concepts for the next Millennium, Hanover, Germany Nov. 1999
Lecturer, - SAO International Dental Meeting - Sao Paulo, Brazil Jan. 2000
Lecturer, - USC Bone Regeneration Symposium - California, USA Jan. 2000
Lecturer - 5th Asia Pacific Dental Implant Congress, Sydney, Australia, March 22-25, 2001, "Clinical Advantages of the Micro-Lok Implant System"
Lecturer- EuroPerio 2000, Geneva, Switzerland, June 8-11, 2001, "Bioactive glass for repair of periodontal and other osseous defects- Past, Present and Future Applications"
Lecturer- All-Day Program "Periodontal Disease Recognition and Treatment- Almost Everything You Need to Know for the New Millennium", Douglasville, GA., August, 2001
Lecturer, Taipei Congress of Oral Implantology, Taipei, Taiwan, January 10-13, 2001, All-Day program on various topics on implant surgery and treatment plan and "Clinical Advantages and Unique Features of the Micro-Lok Implant System"
Lecturer, "10th Annual Patricia McLean Symposium, "Periodontal Update for the Dental Hygienist", Columbia University, New York, March, 2002
Featured Speaker, Australian Society of Implant Dentistry, May 2002 in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne (Australia), "Clinical Advantages of a Tapered Root Form Implant" and Level 1- "Surgical Considerations in Implant Dentistry"
Featured Speaker, Garden State Dental Study Club, November 2002, "Surgical Procedures to Enhance Restorative Outcomes".
Featured Speaker, ( All-Day) Connecticut State Dental Association, May 2003, " A Better Understanding of the Basics of Implant Dentistry- Surgical and Restorative Considerations" and " Understanding Periodontal Disease and Treatment for the Exceptional Practice"

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