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R. TOM GLASS
Professor
Oklahoma State University
USA
Biography
Dr. R. Tom Glass is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist who for over 40 years treated patients clinically, including those who had cancer, AIDS, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). For over 23 of those years, he was also the Chief Forensic Dentist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (Oklahoma). He is presently Professor of Forensic Sciences, Pathology, and Dental Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Microbiology at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While he has been involved in over 4000 medical-legal cases in his career, he is probably best known for directing the dental team that identified the 167 bodies in the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995. He has recently had a textbook published entitled: Practical Forensic Dentistry to aid dental personnel with this aspect of their practice, including mass disaster response. He has published over 150 abstracts and articles in refereed journal and numerous textbook chapters. His published research in transmission of both oral and systemic diseases by toothbrushes, toothpaste, toothpicks, floss, dentures, make-up, contact lenses, protective athletic mouth-guards, band musical wind instruments, and baby pacifiers has lead to important changes in use and care of these devices. He has also published studies on HIV/AIDS, oral cancer, oral ulcerations, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. For the 7th year, he has been recognized by Dentistry Today as a Leader in Continuing Education (2012) and was recently named to the Panel of Experts of Sharecare.
Research Interest
Transmission of Disease by Toothbrushes and Dental Appliances, Detection of Bioterrorism Agents , Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, Smokeless Tobacco Substitute/cessation, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Forensic Odontology, Head and Neck Pain, Oral Microbiology, Head and Neck Cancer