MSD, 1976, Indiana University School of Dentistry

DDS, 1969, Indiana University School of Dentistry

Ronald Billings, DDS, MSD

Director Emeritus of Eastman Dental Center
Professor of Dentistry, University of Rochester Eastman Department of Dentistry
Professor, Community Dentistry

Contact Information:
The University of Rochester
Eastman Dental Center
625 Elmwood Avenue, Box 683
Rochester, NY 14620

Email:
Ron_Billings@URMC.Rochester.edu

Research:
Risk factors associated with caries onset in children, intra-oral fluoride-releasing devices, anti-caries chemotherapeutic agents and restorative materials, root surface dental caries, radiation-induced xerostomia and dental caries, hyposalivation in the elderly, and studies on the etiology and epidemiology of xerostomia. Collaborative interests include access to care, utilization of oral health programs and oral health disparities in under represented minorities, with emphasis on early childhood caries (ECC) in Hispanic children.

Additional Education:
NIDR postdoctoral fellowship in cariology at the University of Minnesota.

OVERVIEW

Dr. Billings has over 30 years of experience as a clinical investigator and research administrator. He is the principal or co-principle investigator of both federally and industrially funded studies. These include clinical studies of risk factors associated with caries onset in children, intra-oral fluoride-releasing devices, anti-caries chemotherapeutic agents and restorative materials, root surface dental caries, radiation-induced xerostomia and dental caries, hyposalivation in the elderly, and studies on the etiology and epidemiology of xerostomia.

PUBLICATIONS

Click to see publications by Dr. Billings indexed in the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database.

Additional Publications:
Billings R.J., 2000. Eastman Dental Center: Its History and Relationship to the Medical Center. In, University of Rochester Medical Center: Seventy-Five Years of Achievement, 1925-2000. Eds. Jules Cohen and Robert J. Joynt. University of Rochester Press. Pp. 299-307.

Billings R.J. 1993. Epidemiology of salivary gland dysfunction. In: US/Latin American Workshop on Salivary Research. Proceedings of a conference held at the Pan American Health Organization; 1992 May 26-29; Washington, DC. Albuquerque, New Mexico: C&A Press. 170-7.

Billings R.J. 1993. Saliva flow and dental caries in aging adults. In: BowenWH, Tabak LA, editors. Cariology for the nineties. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press. 235-47.