Martha Ann Keels DDS PhD

National Children's Dental Health Month

Martha Ann Keels DDS PhD Associate Professor in Surgery and Pediatrics, Division Chief, Pediatric Dentistry, comes on the show to discuss National Children's Dental Health Month and her best tips for keeping your childs teeth healthy.

Dr. Martha Ann Keels received her dental degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1984. In 1990, she received a certificate of Pediatric Dentistry from the University of North Carolina, where she also completed her PhD in Epidemiology in 1991. Concordantly, Dr. Keels was appointed as a clinical associate in July 1986 at Duke Children’s Hospital of Duke University Medical Center. In 1990, she helped established the Pediatric Dental program at Duke. She currently is the Division Chief of Pediatric Dentistry at Duke Children’s Hospital. She is also board certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry (ABPD) and serves on the Examining Committee for the ABPD.

Dr. Keels holds Fellowships in the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and is a member of several national and international associations and societies. In 1984 she was elected to membership in OKU (dental honor society). She has served as president of the North Carolina Academy of Pediatric Dentistry; on the editorial board of Pediatric Dentistry; and on the Council for Clinical Affairs and the Research Committee for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. She is presently the chair of the Section of Pediatric Dentistry and Oral Health within the American Academy of Pediatrics.

She was the recipient of the NIH Dentist-Scientist Award, which funded specialty training in Pediatric Dentistry and PhD training in Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Keels has received recognitions for her research efforts as a Pfeiffer Foundation Research Fellow and has been awarded the Quintessence Award for Research Achievement and the Dr. Derek Turner Postdoctoral Research Award in Clinical Sciences. She received NIH funding for an epidemiological study of water fluoridation from 1997-2001; currently, she continues her research in gastroesophageal reflux disease in pediatric patients.

Melanie Cole, M.S.

2 / 16 / 2011