Ten Faculty Members Listed Among ‘Best Dentists’

Ten faculty members from The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston have been selected by their peers to be included in the 2004-2005 premier edition of The Best Dentists in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc.

The Best Dentists in America is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 9,680 leading dentists throughout the country rate the abilities of other dentists in their specialties. Included in the consumer guide are:

Diagnostic Sciences - Catherine Flaitz, D.D.S.; John Valenza, D.D.S.; and Nadarajah Vigneswaran, D.M.D.

Orthodontics - Harry Bussa, D.D.S., and Anna Marie Salas, D.D.S.

Pediatric Dentistry - Elsa Alfonzo Echeverri, D.D.S.; Michael Milano, D.M.D.; and Susan Seybold, D.D.S.

Prosthodontics - Jeffrey Chang, D.D.S., and Phil Pierpont, D.D.S.

“Our Dental Branch is well represented in this first-ever directory of the country’s best dentists,” said James T. Willerson, M.D., president of the UT Health Science Center at Houston. “We are proud of the outstanding dentists here at UT, including many others, as well as these 10.”

Copies of The Best Dentists in America ($150) can be purchased via http://www.thebestdentistsinamerica.com; phone (803)648-0300; or through the mail from the publisher,Woodward/White Inc., 129 First Avenue, SW, Aiken, S.C. 29801.