Michael D. Martin, DMD, MSD, MPH, MA, PhD

Dr. Martin completed his PhD in Epidemiology at U.W. in 1993. He completed Oral Medicine specialty training in 1993, and was awarded a Master’s of Science in Dentistry in 1994, both at the University of Washington. He is a Professor in the Department of Oral Medicine, with adjunct appointments in the Departments of Dental Public Health Sciences and Epidemiology. He is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Oral Medicine, and Director of the Oral Medicine Graduate Training Program at U.W. Dr. Martin’s varied research interests include the epidemiology of dental materials exposures both systemically and on mucosal tissues. He has been Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on NIH-sponsored research grants totaling in excess of $11,000,000 direct costs focusing on the epidemiology of dental materials exposures in humans. He has authored numerous scientific publications and lectured nationally and internationally. Dr. Martin has initiated a dental materials allergy and mucosal disease testing and evaluation service at the University of Washington in the Oral Medicine Clinical Service, and actively treats patients in this service.