Lawrence Brecht DDS

Dr. Lawrence E. Brecht is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Prosthodontics and Occlusion in the Division of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry at NYU College of Dentistry. He also serves as the Director of Maxillofacial Prosthetics in the Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics at NYUCD, where he has taught since 1987. He currently holds a joint appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center and NYU School of Medicine.

Previously, Dr. Brecht served as the Director of Craniofacial Prosthetics at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone for over 25 years and was a member of the Cleft Palate, Craniofacial, Ear Anomalies, and Face Transplant teams. Dr. Brecht was recently appointed adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Prosthodontics at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry as well.

Dr. Brecht is an alumnus of Columbia College and received his dental degree from the New York University College of Dentistry. After completing a residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a Fellowship at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Brecht earned certificates in both Prosthodontics and Maxillofacial Prosthetics from the New York Veterans Administration Medical Center where he also served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Brecht has given several hundred invited lectures, presentations, and numerous hands-on workshops to dentists, plastic surgeons, and post-graduate dental and medical residents throughout the United States and internationally. He serves as an advisor and consultant to develop technologies and products for several companies that provide products and services for the dental and surgical professions. Dr. Brecht may be heard regularly on Sirius XM’s “Doctor Radio”.

Dr. Brecht is actively involved in the areas of clinical research related to cleft care, maxillofacial reconstruction, and dental care of the facial transplant patient. He is an active member of the teams that developed the technique of nasoalveolar molding (NAM) for early cleft care as well as the team that performed the first “Jaw-in-a-Day” (JAID) reconstruction.