Robert L. Merin, D.D.S., M.S.

Merin

About Dr. Merin

EDUCATION

  • DDS from UCLA
  • MS in Periodontics from Loma Linda University

BOARD CERTIFICATION

  • Diplomate of American Board of Periodontology 1991
  • First periodontist in the San Fernando Valley to earn diplomate status

LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE SERVICE

  • California Dental Board Conscious Sedation Examiner
  • Consultant to American Dental Association Anesthesia Committee
  • Chairman, California Society of Periodontists Student Leadership Committee
  • Past President of California Society of Periodontists
  • Past President of UCLA Dental Alumni Association
  • Lecturer UCLA School of Dentistry 1974 - 2000

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • UCLA Dental Alumnus of the year 2000
  • Founder of California Society of Periodontists Student Leadership Award 2001
  • California Society of Periodontists renamed the Award to the Robert L.Merin Student Leadership Award 2007
  • Elected Fellow of American College of Dentists 2007
  • Award for Outstanding Service to the Specialty of Periodontics in California 2008
  • Elected Fellow of International Team for Implantology 2010

PUBLICATIONS

  • Composed three original chapters in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology textbook
  • Supportive Periodontal Treatment in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology, 5th through 12th (2015) edition
  • Results of Periodontal Treatment in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology, 5th through 12th (2015) edition
  • Sedation in Periodontal Therapy in Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology, 11th through 12th (2015) edition
  • Repair of peri-implant bone loss after occlusal adjustment, Journal of American Dental Association, October 2014
  • Adult Oral Sedation in California, J Calif Dental Assoc 2006
  • Calif. Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Anesthesia, J West Soc Periodont. 2005
  • Hypertension Guidelines Table JADA 2004
  • The Immediate Dental Implant, J Calif Dental Assoc 2002
  • Periodontal Disease and Systemic Health, J Calif Dental Assoc 2002
  • Editor of special issues on New Approaches to Periodontal Management, J Calif Dental Assoc 2002
  • Simplifying Implant Prosthetics, J Calif Dental Asoc 1997

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Monday:

9:00 AM-4:00 PM (Reception Only)

Tuesday:

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Wednesday:

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Thursday:

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Friday:

8:00 am-2:00 pm

Saturday:

Closed

Sunday:

Closed