About Dr. Merin
EDUCATION
- DDS from UCLA
- MS in Periodontics from Loma Linda University
BOARD CERTIFICATION
- Diplomate of American Board of Periodontology 1991
- First periodontist in the San Fernando Valley to earn diplomate status
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE SERVICE
- California Dental Board Conscious Sedation Examiner
- Consultant to American Dental Association Anesthesia Committee
- Chairman, California Society of Periodontists Student Leadership Committee
- Past President of California Society of Periodontists
- Past President of UCLA Dental Alumni Association
- Lecturer UCLA School of Dentistry 1974 - 2000
HONORS AND AWARDS
- UCLA Dental Alumnus of the year 2000
- Founder of California Society of Periodontists Student Leadership Award 2001
- California Society of Periodontists renamed the Award to the Robert L.Merin Student Leadership Award 2007
- Elected Fellow of American College of Dentists 2007
- Award for Outstanding Service to the Specialty of Periodontics in California 2008
- Elected Fellow of International Team for Implantology 2010
PUBLICATIONS
- Composed three original chapters in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology textbook
- Supportive Periodontal Treatment in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology, 5th through 12th (2015) edition
- Results of Periodontal Treatment in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology, 5th through 12th (2015) edition
- Sedation in Periodontal Therapy in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology, 11th through 12th (2015) edition
- Repair of peri-implant bone loss after occlusal adjustment, Journal of American Dental Association, October 2014
- Adult Oral Sedation in California, J Calif Dental Assoc 2006
- Calif. Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Anesthesia, J West Soc Periodont. 2005
- Hypertension Guidelines Table JADA 2004
- The Immediate Dental Implant, J Calif Dental Assoc 2002
- Periodontal Disease and Systemic Health, J Calif Dental Assoc 2002
- Editor of special issues on New Approaches to Periodontal Management, J Calif Dental Assoc 2002
- Simplifying Implant Prosthetics, J Calif Dental Asoc 1997