Jeffrey A. Burgess, DDS, MSD, is a former private practitioner who served as a research and clinical research assistant professor in the Department of Oral Medicine at the University of Washington School of Dentistry. Board certified in oral medicine, he was a National Institutes of Health fellow in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington Medical Center, and a consultant/attending at the medical center’s pain clinic. He can be reached at oral.care.research.assoc@gmail.com. oral.care.research.assoc@gmail.com.