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Steven S. Wallace

Steven S. Wallace DDS

Periodontics and Periodontology
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America

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Dr. Stephen Wallace is a 1971 graduate of Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry with a Certificate in Periodontics. He has been on the faculty of the New York University Department of Implant Dentistry for 14 years attaining the academic rank of Associate Professor. He is a Diplomat of the International Congress of Oral Implantology and a Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration.

Dr. Wallace’s time at New York University is divided between clinical teaching and human clinical and histologic research. He has helped develop the world’s largest data base on sinus augmentation surgery. He has performed research studies on products from the world’s leading manufacturers of implants and bone regenerative materials.

Dr. Wallace lectures at home and abroad on issues relating to dental implantology and periodontics. He is the author of an evidence-based review of the sinus augmentation procedure published in the Annals of Periodontology as well over 25 journal articles and textbook chapters. He is co-editor of a text book on sinus elevation surgery recently published in Italy. In addition to his faculty appointment, Dr. Wallace maintains a practice for Periodontics, bone regeneration and implant dentistry in Waterbury, CT.

His publications are as follows:
History, rationale and clinical use of Piezosurgery in maxillary sinus augmentation surgery. In Vercellotti T (ed.) Piezosurgery. Milano, 2007:in press.
Schneiderian membrane perforation rate during sinus elevation using Piezosurgery: A report of 100 consecutive cases. Wallace SS, Mazor Z, Froum SJ, Cho S-C, Tarnow DP. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent (accepted for publication October 2006).
Maxillary sinus augmentation: Evidence-based decision making with a biological surgical approach. Compendium 2006;27:662-669.
Repair of large sinus membrane perforations using stabilized collagen barrier membranes: Surgical techniques and histological and radiographic evidence of success. Testori T, Wallace SS, Del Fabbro M, Taschieri S, Trisi P, Capelli M, Weinstein RL. Int J Periodontics Restorative dent (accepted for publication September 2006).
Lateral window sinus augmentation using bone replacement grafts: A biologically sound surgical technique. Wallace SS. Alpha Omegan 2005;98;36-46.
Maxillary sinus augmentation: Fixed restorations in the compromised posterior maxilla. Wallace SS. Dental Digest 2005;2:7-14.
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