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Frank Grimaldi, DDS
Clinical Professor Director, Hospital Dentistry Program
Part-Time Faculty
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Clinical Interests:
- restorative dentistry
- dentistry for medically compromised patients
- conscious sedation for dental treatment
- dental treatment under general anesthesia
- dental treatment for fearful or phobic patients
- medical and legal dental evaluations
Research Interests:
- Clinical outcome verification, specifically examining decayed, missing and probed indexes in developmentally disabled patients and comparing their deterioration after a two and three-year recall interval to the operating room.
Brief Biography:
Dr. Grimaldi received his bachelors degree in Biology from San Jose State University in 1976, graduating Tau Delta Phi scholastic honor society and deans list commendations from the School of Science. He received his D.D.S. degree from the University of California, San Francisco, graduating with a class rank of 1st in class and receiving a regents scholarship Omicron Kappa Epsilon dental honor society award as well as the Alpha Omega award for scholastic excellence. He completed residency training in Hospital Dentistry at the University of California, San Francisco in 1982 with a specific focus on dentistry for medically compromised developmentally disabled or phobic patients. Dr. Grimaldi joined the University of California, San Francisco faculty in 1983 as the Director of the General Practice Residency in Hospital Dentistry serving in that capacity until 1987. Since 1987, he has served as the director of Hospital Dentistry, offering dental treatment in an operating room setting.
Dr. Grimaldi is a member of the Omicron Kappa Epsilon National Honorary Dental Society, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the California Society of Medicine and Surgery and the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities. Dr. Grimaldi is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, holds state of California conscious sedation permit #2 and is qualified medical evaluator #9577 for the state of California. He has been recently inducted into the American College of Dentists.
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Last Updated: May 15, 2007