PATIENT APPOINTMENTS

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Education

• Graduate Certification in Prosthodontics - Temple University, 1982
• DMD – Temple University, 1980

Teaching Areas

• Director, Graduate Prosthodontics

Honors and Awards

• International College of Dentists, 1989
• Pierre Fauchard Academy, 1990
• Omega Kappa Upsilon Dental Faculty Recipient

Professional Activities

• Faculty Practice - University of Louisville Dental Associates

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• Course Director for Restorative Dentistry, Advanced Restorative Dentistry
• Director of Undergraduate Removable Prosthodontics
• Lectures and Seminars in Complete Dentures, Removable Partial Dentures, Implant Prosthodontics and Occlusion
• Curriculum Committee
• Promotions Committee
• Admissions Committee
• Implant Committee
• Team Dentist – Pittsburgh Penguins, 1984-2011
• Board of Directors – Pittsburgh Italian Scholarship Fund, 1995-2011
• Leadership Pittsburgh, Year V11

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• Fellow – American College of Prosthodontics
• Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics
• Diplomate – International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI)
• Fellow- International Team of Implantology (ITI)
• Member – American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics
• Member and Past President – Pennsylvania Prosthodontic association
• Past President – Carl O. Boucher Prosthodontic Conference

Service

• Chair – ACP Prosthodontic Review Course
• ACP Member 2023 Annual Session Committee
• Member – ACP Council to the American Board of Prosthodontics
• Member - ACP Task Force on Occlusion and contributing editor to the occlusion e-book

Research Interests and Current Projects

• Implant Complications in fixed restoration
• Guidelines for treatment based on form and function

Publications

Journal Articles

• Nakamura SS, Donatelli D, Rosenberg ES, “Posterior Bite Collapse: Guidelines for Treatment Based on Form and Function.” Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent., May-June 2022;42(3):351-359
• Nakamura SS, Donatelli D, Rosenberg ES, “Posterior Bite Collapse and Diagnostic Grading for Periodontics.” Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent., Jan-Feb 2021; 41(1): 61-69
• Ting M, Faulkner RJ, Donatelli D, Suzuki J, “Tooth-to-implant supported fixed partial denture a comprehensive overview of systematic reviews.” Implant Dentistry, Oct 2019, 490-499
• Link-Bindo E, Soltys J, Donatelli D, Cavanaugh R, “Common prosthetic implant complications in fixed restorations. Compendium, 37”:7, July 2016; 431-436
• Ting M, Palermo M, Donatelli D, Gaughan JP, Suzuki J, Jefferies SR, “A meta-analysis on the effect of implant characteristics on the survival of the wide-diameter implant.” International Journal of Implant Dentistry 2015, 1:28
• Lee D, Wiens J, Ference J, Donatelli D, et. al, “Assessment of occlusion in predoctoral dental education: report from ACP task force on occlusion education.” Journal of Prosthodontics, 21:7, Oct 2012, 578-587
• Rinaldi A, Goldberger H, Mingledorf E, Craig C, Donatelli D, “Biomechanical considerations in implant dentistry.” Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 50:2 August 1982; 220-223 

Support Staff:
Ally Stevens502-852-6928