The mission of the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences is to teach, conduct research, and provide service in the differential diagnosis and treatment of orofacial diseases and disorders.
Inherent in our mission is the teaching and application of the principles, scientific bases and techniques that underlie the diagnostic disciplines and the advancement of knowledge in the areas of orofacial diseases and disorders. This implies that emphasis will be given to the use and integration of those biological, behavioral and clinical sciences that are relevant to the differential diagnosis of pathological conditions in the orofacial region — and to the utilization of critical thinking skills in that process.
We offer both predoctoral and graduate / postgraduate educational opportunities.
The teaching of The Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences in the predoctoral dental school curriculum encompasses the fields of:
Our department offers:
In addition, the Department has a strong teaching and research mentoring presence in the University’s Master of Science program in Oral Sciences.
Among our current and past members, the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences includes:
Our department was formed in 1994 by merging two full departments (Oral Medicine and Stomatology & Interdisciplinary Sciences) and some faculty from three other departments (Behavioral Sciences, Oral Biology, and Dental Materials).
Graci Bax
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Screening
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Department of Restorative Dentistry
Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Radiology,
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Stuart Fischman
Professor Emeritus
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Pamela Fuhrman
Dental Assistant
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Leslie Gaines
Staff Assistant
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Virginia Gebauer
Administrative Assistant 1
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Interim Department Chair & Associate Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Laura Iwasaki
Research Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2241
Elizabeth Kapral
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Theresa Kruse
Staff Assistant
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Kimberly McCluskey
Senior Radiologic Technologist
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Nancy Merkle
Dental Assistant
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2164
Research Associate Professor; Associate Dean For Research, Office of the Dean
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Jeffrey Nickel
Research Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2241
355 Squire Hall School of Dental Medicine University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3590
Email: ohrbach@buffalo.edu
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-6249
Sonia Sharma
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Robert Sugarman
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Lakshmanan Suresh
Clinical Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2241
Jose Luis Tapia
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Kimberly Trunzo
Radiologic Technologist
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences