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