Keith Kinderknecht, standing, instructs his prosthodontic residents.Keith Kinderknect, DMD, professor in the Department of Prosthodontics in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry, has been elected to the Board of Directors of The American Equilibration Society.
Kinderknecht, who joined UAB’s faculty in 2006 and has more than 40 years of experience in academics and clinical care, also is the director of the Advanced Education Program in prosthodontics. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists. He also is a consultant to the National Naval Dental Center Postgraduate Dental School and is active in providing continuing education courses on all aspects of prosthodontics care and Temporomandibular Disorders.
The AES is the largest organization in the world to investigate and study the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of dental occlusion (bite problems) and disorders of the temporomandibular joint and associated muscles. The AES is international in scope and encompasses general dentists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, prosthodontists, orthodontists and allied health care professionals.
The AES is the pre-eminent society recognized as the source of excellence in the pursuit and sharing of knowledge related to the form, function, and pathology of the masticatory system.
It sponsors education and research that focuses on the evaluation, diagnosis, management, and restoration of the oral health and function embracing all the disciplines of dentistry.