Joseph M. Morelli

Name: Joseph M. Morelli, DDS, MEd

Title: Associate Professor
Current Position: Course Director, Junior Clinical Endodontics, Course Director, Senior Clinical Endodontics, Course Director, Endodontics II
                                 
Phone: (502) 852-7376

Fax:  (502) 852-3333

E-mail: jmmore01@louisville.edu

Background

• Bachelor of Science, Boston College
• DDS, Loyola  School of Dentistry, Chicago

• Master of Education, Boston University
• Postdoctoral Endodontics, Tufts School of Dentistry, Boston
• Two years US Navy Dental Officer
• Sixteen years General Practice in the greater Boston area
• Endodontic Specialty Practice sixteen years in greater Boston and Bowling Green, KY

Faculty Practice

U of L Health Care Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut, Suite 550
Louisville, KY  40202

Research Interests
 Pain control; Endodontic Emergencies
 
Teaching Activities

• Course Director
• Junior Clinical Endodontics/PEDH 818-56
• Senior Clinical Endodontic/PEDH 817-58
• Junior Clinical Endodontics/PEDH 813-78

Course Participation

• Senior Selective, Endodontic Emergencies
• Endodontics II, Pharmacology Part I
• Endodontics II, Pharmacology Part II
• Senior Selective, Endodontic Pharmacology
• Sophomore Endodontics, Periapical Pathology
• Sophomore Endodontics, Emergency Treatment in Endodontics
• Junior Orientation, Endodontics
• Endodontics II, Endodontic Emergencies
• Literature Review, Group Leader (as needed in Director’s absence)

Current Projects
Testing two new products:  Roeko’s Canal Brush and Ruddle’s Sonic Activator

Service

• Member University of Louisville Community Band
• Member Omicron Kappa Upsilon
• Member Knights of Columbus
• Instructor KY concealed carry pistol course

Honors and Awards
Diplomate, American Board of Endodontics

Omicron Kappa Upsilon membership, 2004-present

Support Staff
Jennifer Baker, Administrative Assistant (502-852-1318)

Publications

•  A Comparison of the Effects of Sterilization on the Torsional Properties of ProTaper, ProFile and K3 Endodontic Files.
• Comparison of Endodontic Irrigants Assisted by Mechanical Brushing of Canal Walls
• In Vitro Detection of Mesiobuccal Canals in Maxillary Molar Cross-Sections Using Four Different Isotropic Voxel Dimensions.
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