Member Directory

Priscilla M. Flynn, RDH, MPH, DrPH, is an assistant professor in the Division of Dental Hygiene at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She cofounded the Network for Women’s Life and Health, a nonprofit serving low-resource women and their families in Southeastern Minnesota and Southwestern Wisconsin. Flynn’s research interests include adapting and testing psychometric properties of oral health literacy instruments and evaluating the effects of social determinants on oral health in immigrant and refugee populations. She can be reached at flynn125@umn.edu.

Lucinda J. Lyon RDH, DDS, EdD, is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Dental Practice at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.

Fred J. Fendler, DDS, is an associate professor in the Department of Dental Practice at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. He can be reached at ffendler@pacific.edu.

Keerthana Satheesh, DDS, MS, is a full-time faculty member at the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Dentistry, where she chairs the periodontics department. Board certified, Satheesh also works in private practice in Overland Park, Kansas. Her accolades include the American Academy of Periodontology’s Educator Award, Distinguished Teacher award, The David Moore Teaching Award, and the Elmer F. Pierson Excellence in Teaching Award. She can be reached at satheeshk@umkc.edu.

Orpheus L. Triplett, DDS, is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry, where he serves as director of Community Relations and Outreach. Triplett has more than 20 years experience in private practice and has also served as dental director for Christ Community Health Services, a multisite federally qualified health center in Memphis.

Steven P. Hackmyer, DDS, practices pediatric dentistry in Tucson, Arizona. He previously held academic positions, including serving as chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Hackmyer is a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a fellow of the American College of Dentists and International College of Dentists. He can be reached at sphdds@gmail.com.

Daniel Castagna, DDS, is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. He holds fellowships in the Pierre Fauchard Academy, American College of Dentists and International College of Dentists. Castagna is president of the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry Alumni Association.

Eugene A. Pantera Jr., DDS, MS, is a clinical associate professor emeritus at the University at Buffalo, where he served as director of the Division of Endodontics and the advanced program in endodontics. A national and international lecturer and member of Decisions in Dentistry’s editorial advisory board, he is a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, American College of Dentists, and the International College of Dentists. He can be reached at epantera@buffalo.edu.

Jim Downs, DMD, and his wife, Nickie Lê, DDS, operate an integrated, comprehensively focused, patient relationship-centered practice in Denver. Clinic head of the renowned Dr. Dick Barnes Group, Downs lectures nationally and internationally. He is a member of the American Dental Association, Colorado Dental Association and the Metro Denver Dental Society.