Airton O. Arruda, D.D.S., M.S.D.
Lecturer in Dentistry
Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry
University of Michigan
School of Dentistry
1011 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1078

Telephone: (734) 764 4504
Fax: (734) 763 8100

Email: aarruda@umich.edu
Education
DDS - University of Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, 1975
MSD - Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 1981
Research Fellow - Harvard University, Boston, MA, 1982

Biography
Assistant Professor of Orthodontics, University of Mogi das Cruzes, S o Paulo, SP, 1983 - 1985;
Adjunct Professor of Orthodontics, University of Mogi das Cruzes, S o Paulo, SP, 1985 - 1991;
Co-Founder, Harvard Society for the Advancement of Orthodontics, 1985;
Serving on the instructing staff of the Tweed study course, Charles H. Tweed International Foundation for Orthodontic Research and Education, Tucson, Arizona, 1994 - present;
Peer Reviewer, American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 1994 - present
Diplomate, The American Board of Orthodontics, 1995;
Diplomate, The European Board of Orthodontics, 1997;
Editorial Board, American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics - Portuguese Edition, 1996 - present;
Co-Founder and President, Brazilian Society of Charles Tweed Foundation, 1998 - present.

Research Interests
Re-evaluation of the statistical standards of tooth emergence.

Selected Publications