Mahmoud Torabinejad is an Iranian, a Professor of endodontics, and the Director of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Endodontics at
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University (LLU) is a private Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda, California. , the university comprises eight schools
and a Faculty of Graduate Studies. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist educatio ...
School of Dentistry.
Early life and education
Torabinejad was born in
Kashan, Iran. He graduated from
Tehran Dental School
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populo ...
in 1971, and trained in
endodontics at the
University of Illinois.
Career
Torabinejad practices clinically and is a researcher at Loma Linda University. In addition, he is involved with the
Mahmoud Torabinejad Clinical Research Center
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in
Isfahan, Iran
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.
He developed
mineral trioxide aggregate, a material used in the repair of root perforations, and in creating an artificial barrier where a normal root canal filling is not possible or would not be well sealed.kos kesh
Torabinejad is the author of many highly cited papers in the field of endodontics. In a 2011 review of the most cited papers in endodontics, Dr. Torabinejad was the author of 12 of the top 100 papers.
"Loma Linda University School of Dentistry endodontic specialist recognized as ‘most cited’ author for performing major research"
''Valley News''.
Torabinejad has also written a number of books with co-author Richard E. Walton.
References
External links
Google Scholar database
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Iranian dentists
Loma Linda University faculty