Alireza Karimi, DDS, is a preceptor and research assistant in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences (PRDS) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry. He is also a dental instructor at the University of Toronto and an International Dentist Pathway student at the University of the Pacific. Karimi can be reached at aalirzzak@gmail.com.