Scientific Advisors
Scientific Advisors have been invited to provide evidence based research within their respective area of expertise.
Dr. Jim Howard
TMJ Disorders
Jim Howard received his DDS from the University of Washington in 1976 where he then completed a two year postdoctoral fellowship in the management of orofacial pain and TMJ disorders. During his 30 years of private practice he has treated over 13,000 patients on referral from dentists and physicians. Jim has published in numerous dental and medical journals and has contributed textbook chapters. Dr. Howard is the Director of the Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Clinic in the Department of Dental Medicine at Children’s Regional Medical Center in Seattle and has been involved in the management of thousands of children with idiopathic juvenile arthritis, craniofacial defects, sleep disorders and other special needs. While living in Seattle he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Washington School of Dentistry. Jim and his family moved to Spokane, Washington in 1996. He has continued part-time as the Chief of the TMJ disorders Clinic at Children’s Medical Center and as a Clinical Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington School of Dentistry.
Dr. Roy Kaldestad
Endodontics
Dr. Roy Kaldestad graduated from the University of Washington in 1988 and completed the one year Advanced Educational Program in General Dentistry in Jacksonville Florida. He then returned to Washington State and practiced General Dentistry until 1996 when he returned to school at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas and received a Certificate in Endodontics. While in his Endodontic Residency, he was involved in some of the early development of Nickel Titanium rotary file design and obtained a patent for his innovative ideas.
Dr. Kaldestad currently maintains a full-time private practice limited to Endodontics in Tacoma, Washington. Through his private practice he has had the honor of treating many of Dr. John Kois’ patients and this has allowed him to see that the philosophies that Dr. Kois teaches work wonderfully in the Real World.
Dr. Ward Smalley
Orthodontics
Ward M Smalley is a prosthodontist and board certified orthodontist who maintains a private practice limited to orthodontics in Seattle, Washington and teaches part-time at the University of Washington Dental School in the Department of Orthodontics and the Department of Restorative Dentistry. He received his D.D.S. from the University of Washington in 1977. He earned a Certificate in Fixed Prosthodontics and an M.S.D. at the University of Washington in 1984. In 1986 at the University of Washington he received a Certificate in Orthodontics and a second M.S.D. Faculty position is currently Affiliate Professor.