Member Directory
is an assistant professor and senior clinic coordinator in the Department of Dental Medicine at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She Diana Aboytes, RDH, MS, is a practicing clinician of 14 years and an educator. She teaches a variety of courses, including periodontology, senior clinic seminar and clinical local anesthesia. Aboytes has authored chapters in the textbooks Local Anesthesia for the Dental Hygienist and Primary Preventive Dentistry. She can be reached at daboytes@salud.unm.edu.
Kristen Stephens, RDH, MS, is a dental hygiene educator at West Coast University in Anaheim, California, and also a doctoral degree student at Concordia University in Irvine, California. She can be reached at kstephens@westcoastuniversity.edu.
Kyle S. Choe, MD, FACS, specializes in cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery of the face in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery and American Board of Otolaryngology, Choe has lectured and authored on topics such as endoscopic facial surgery,
revision rhinoplasty, and anthropometric analysis of the face.
The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose.
Gayle B. McCombs, RDH, MS, is a professor in the School of Dental Hygiene at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. With more than 30 years of experience in academia, she was recognized with the University Professor Award for outstanding teaching, and the Gene W. Hirschfeld Award for faculty excellence. McCombs can be reached at gmccombs@odu.edu.
Richard O'Brien, BSEE, is an electrical engineer based in Seattle. Engaged in dental research, he has coauthored several papers related to anodizing titanium, especially related to implant components.
Blake Davis, DDS, MSD, is a boardcertified orthodontist practicing in Kirkland, Washington. An author and lecturer, he is a faculty member and researcher at the University of Washington School of Dentistry in Seattle.
Yasmin Wadhwani, is a junior at The Bear Creek School in Redmond, Washington. Involved in research in dental prosthodontics, she is contributing to several in-vitro studies relating to dental implant screw loosening effects and component fit.
Paul J. Caballero, BS, is an IT analyst and project coordinator with the Department of Educational Resources at Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, where he performs data mining used in research, publications and presentations. Caballero was a contributor to the textbook Fundamentals of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.
J. Sean Hubar, DMD, MS, is a professor of oral and maxillofacial radiology in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans. He is author of the recently published textbook Fundamentals of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Hubar can be reached at jhubar@lsuhsc.edu.
