Dental School
Periodontics
210-567-3576
jonesa@uthscsa.edu
Dr. Jones received his B.A. in Biology at the University of Kansas in 1970, and his Doctor of Dental Surgery (with distinction) at the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry in 1973. He completed a two-year residency in general dentistry at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Waco, Texas, in 1976. He received his certificate in Periodontics from UT Health San Antonio in 1980.
Dr. Jones began his dental school teaching career during his residency in periodontics. He joined UT Health San Antonio faculty and taught surgical and non-surgical periodontics in the predoctoral division. In 1988, he became the course director for the DS III Periodontics lecture course and continued that responsibility until 2011. Also in 1988, he became course director of the DS III periodontics clinic course and he continued that responsibility until 2003 when a curriculum reorganization took effect merging that course into General Dentistry. In 2009, he became the director of the predoctoral division of the Department of Periodontics with oversight of all five Periodontics courses.
InĀ 2009-10, he was the course director for four of those courses. He has particular interests in curriculum development and organization, clinical and classroom teaching and development of novel teaching methods. He has participated in research activities since early in my career at the Health Science Center using both human clinical and animal model study designs. His time commitment to research has increased in the last few years as he has expanded his interests in dental implants and periodontal regenerative surgical procedures. His service activities have been related to education, curriculum development and continuing education.
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Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
1986 | MBA | Business | University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
1980 | Postdoctoral Training | Periodontics | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
1976 | Residency | General Dentistry | Veterans Administration Hospital Waco , TX |
1973 | DDS | Dentistry | University of Missouri - Kansas City Kansas City , MO |
1970 | BA | Biology | University of Kansas Lawrence , KS |
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9/2011 - Present | Professor with Tenure and Director Predoctoral Division | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
Automated Periodontal Probing and Data Collection |
Clinical Evaluation of Oral Health Care Products |
Clinical Teaching |
Curriculum Management and Planning |
Dental Implants: Implant Support Materials |
Dental Implants: Novel Designs and Surfaces |
Models for Periodontal Disease & Osseointegration |
Oral Therapeutics |
Periodontal Regeneration |
Book Chapter |
Jones AA. Periodontal Maintenance of Dental Implants. In: J Nield-Gehrig, D Willmann. Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2015. |
Editorial |
Jones AA. How can 4-year dental school curriculum keep up with fast-changing implant field? "Academy News" The Official Quarterly News Publication of the Academy of Osseointegration 2014 Sep;:5-5. |
Electronic/Web Publication |
Sallaway ML, Jones AA. Local insulin delivery around titanium implants at the time of placement increases biomechanical retention in rats 2017 Jan. |
Tatsch K, Jones AA. Adjunctive Erbium:yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet laser treatment (ER:YAG) with scaling and root planing (SRP) shows negligible evidence in decreasing probing depth more effectively than SRP alone 2016 May. |
Craig J, Jones AA. Interdental brushes are as effective as floss in removing interproximal plaque 2016 Mar. |
Lorren T, Jones AA. The use of aloe vera mouthwash in a healthy adult patient does effectively reduce plaque index 2016 Mar. |
Lee K, Jones AA. For healthy adult patients, surgical therapy for peri-implantitis using bovine xenograft and enamel matrix derivative (Emdogain?) will be more effective in achieving positive clinical outcomes than Emdogain? alone 2015 Apr. |
Ahmad, M, Jones AA. Periodontal therapy on HIV patients undergoing HAART may provide slight benefit in periodontal health UT Health Science Center CATs Library; 2015 Mar. |
Houari I, Jones AA. Lower concentration H2O2 tooth whitening products do not significantly reduce post-treatment dentinal hypersensitivity and provide clinically similar color change compared to higher concentration products 2014 Mar. |
Patel H, Jones AA. Local periodontal care around mandibular second molar after third molar extraction decreases probing depth around periodontally involved second molars 2014 Mar. |
Journal Article |
Cochran DL, Jones AA, Sugita R, Brown MC, Guda T, Prasad H, Ong JL, Pollack A, Kay GW. Immediate Dental Implant Stabilization in a Canine Model Using a Novel Mineral-Organic Adhesive: Four Month Results. Accepted for publication IJOMI 2019 Sep;. |
Garrett, Phillip W, Johnston, W. Gary, Bosshardt, Dieter D., Jones, Archie A., Sasada, Yuya, Ong, Joo L. Cochran, David L. Hard and soft tissue evaluation of titanium dental implants and abutments with nanotubes in canies. Accepted for publication Journal of Periodontology 2019 Jan;. |
Janner SF, Bosshardt DD, Cochran DL, Chappuis V, Huynh-Ba G, Jones AA, Buser D. The influence of collagen membrane and autogenous bone chips on bone augmentation in the anterior maxilla: a preclinical study. (Epub Ahead of Print) Clinical Oral Implants Research 2016 Dec;28:1368-1380. |
Frost NA, Mealey BL, Jones AA, Huynh-Ba G. Periodontal Biotype: Gingival Thickness As It Relates to Probe Visibility and Buccal Plate Thickness Journal of Periodontology 2015 Oct;86(10):1141-1149. |
Nguyen CA, Jones AA, Jacks ME, English DK. Calculus detection calibration among dental hygiene faculty members utilizing dental endoscopy: a pilot study Journal of Dental Education 2015 Feb;79(2):124-32. |
Cochran DL, Obrecht M, Weber K, Dard M, Bosshardt D, Higginbottom FL, Wilson TG, Jones AA. Biologic width adjacent to loaded implants with machined and rough collars in the dog Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2014 Nov;34(6):773-779. |
Caram SJ, Huynh-Ba G, Schoolfield JD, Jones AA, Cochran DL, Belser UC. Biologic width around different implant-abutment interface configurations. A radiographic evaluation of the effect of horizontal offset and concave abutment profile in the canine mandible The International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants 2014 Sep;29(5):1114-1122. |
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Gutierrez M, Jones AA. Er:YAG lasers provide little to no improvement in pocket depth of peri-implantitis 2015 Mar;. |
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Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
1/2018 - Present | Periodontium and Pulp | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 103 students |
Co-Course Director - Periodontium and Pulp was added to the curriculum in 2017-18 as part of the track "Health and Human Disease". The course is a consolidation of PERI 5081 Freshman Periodontics and PERI 6082 Sophomore Periodontics, as well as one previously existing Endodontics course. Basic science content is incorporated in this course to be sequenced with the related clinical material. The clinical periodontics component is comprised of approximately 30 hours of lecture. I present most of the clinical lectures. The basic science content is from Immunology, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Oral Pathology and is taught by content experts in those fields. | |||
9/2017 - Present | Membership on Supervising Committee | UT Health School of Dentistry | |
9/2017 - Present | Patient Care Foundations | The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
For each DS1 student, the periodontics rotation is comprised of three half day sessions in one week in the first semester and another set of three half days in one week in the second semester. Students are grouped in teams of 12 and each three-day rotation is repeated 9 times each semester.
The predoctoral Curriculum Reorganization in 2016 established three system-based tracks for DS 1 and DS 2 students. The didactic components of existing courses PERI 5081-Freshman and PERI 6082-Sophomore Periodontics were merged into a new course in the new DS 1 track "Health and Human Disease" DHHD 5003, "Periodontium and Pulp". Also incorporated was an existing Endodontics course. The Course Directors continued as Co-course Directors. |
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9/2016 - Present | Membership on Supervising Committee | UT Health School of Dentistry | |
8/2011 - Present | Dental Biomed Core I | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 15 students |
Formation and Maturation of Plaque and Calculus | |||
7/2010 - Present | UTHSCSA | ||
5/2009 - Present | International Dentist Education Program (IDEP) | 10 students | |
Course director for the "Review of Periodontics" component of this pre-matriculation course for non-U.S. trained dentists seeking a U.S. DDS degree. I developed course materials, lectures (3 hours), and pre-clinical laboratory experiences (9 hours) intended to summarize our UTHSCSA freshman and sophomore periodontics courses and thus allow these students to enter into the third year of our dental school curriculum. | |||
7/2004 - Present | Periodontics | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 85 students |
This course was restructured in 2004 to be a Dental National Board review course. I currently present a one hour lecture which is a review of three topics: 1) Periodontal Maintenance, 2) Wound Healing and 3) Periodontal Medicine. This presentation was video recorded for future viewer access. | |||
1/2000 - Present | Periodontics | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 32 students |
Lecture and demonstration of the Florida Probe automated periodontal probing system presented to dental hygiene students. | |||
10/1999 - Present | Advanced Periodontics | The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
Lectures titled "Periodontal Wound Healing" and " The Florida Probe" presented to dental hygiene students. | |||
8/1998 - Present | Implantology | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 105 students |
My lecture commitment in PERI 7059 has varied from 1 hour in the early years to as many as 7 hours after I became course director. My lecture topics in this course have included: 1) Implant Treatment Planning, 2) Maxillary Sinus Bone Augmentation, 3) Radiographic Imaging Techniques in Implant Therapy, 4) Implant Maintenance, 5) Socket Grafting/Ridge Preservation, and 6) Abutment Selection. | |||
1/1997 - Present | Pre-Doctoral Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |
1/1997 - Present | Periodontics I | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 93 students |
Lecture participant in this course. | |||
8/1988 - Present | Periodontics | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 90 students |
My lecture commitment in Junior Periodontics (PERI 7081) has varied from 3 to 8 hours per year. My lecture topics have included: 1) "I had no idea you guys did all that.", 2) Review of Scaling and Root Planing, 3) Reevaulation and the Periodontal Surgical Decision, 4) Periodontal Treatment Planning, 5) Mucogingival Problems, 6) Furcation Management, 7) Osseous Surgery, 8) Perio-Prosthodontic Interactions and 9) Periodontal Regeneration. | |||
8/1982 - Present | Periodontics II | The University of Texas Health Science Center | |
Periodontics lecture presentation(s)to dental hygiene II students. My lecture topics in this course have included: Wound Healing, Occlusion, New Diagnostic Methodologies, Contributing Factors in Periodontal Disease and Automated Periodontal Probing. | |||
8/1981 - Present | UTHSCSA Clinic | ||
Consultative service includes being on call for Periodontics and Implantology consultations in any of the patient care clinics in the Dental School. These consults are most often for specialty diagnostic assistance, periodontal case treatment planning, implant treatment planning, and emergency treatment situations. |
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Funding Agency | OraPharma, Inc. |
Title | A Histological Assessment of OC-1016 When Used as a Treatment for Dental Implants to Enhance Osseointegration |
Status | Complete |
Period | - Present |
Role | Co-Investigator |
Grant Detail | |
Funding Agency | OraPharma |
Title | Multicenter Phase III Trial of Minocycline Periodontal Therapeutic System |
Status | Complete |
Period | - Present |
Role | Co-Investigator |
Grant Detail | |
Funding Agency | Genetics Institute |
Title | Pilot Study Evaluation of rhBMP-2/Absorbable Collagen Sponge Device for Alveolar Ridge Preservation or Augmentation |
Status | Complete |
Period | - Present |
Role | Co-Investigator |
Grant Detail | |
Funding Agency | Straumann, Inc. |
Title | The Use of ITI SLA Implants as Immediate Implants in Extraction Sites, A Pilot Study |
Status | Complete |
Period | - Present |
Role | Co-Investigator |
Grant Detail | |
Funding Agency | Genetics Institute |
Title | Bone Morphogenic Protein-2/Healing of Osseous Defects Surrounding Dental Implants |
Status | Complete |
Period | - Present |
Role | Co-Investigator |
Grant Detail | |
Funding Agency | ITI Foundation |
Title | Tetranite Bone Adhesive Device Used to Stabilize Dental Implants in Bone |
Status | Active |
Period | 10/2017 - 4/2019 |
Role | Principal Investigator |
Grant Detail | The purpose of the proposed study is to demonstrate that Tetranite (TN) can provide immediate stability to dental implants placed in oversized osteotomies, that it can maintain implant stability over time, and that the material is resorbed and replaced with bone during the course of the nine-month study. |
Funding Agency | LaunchPad Medical, LLC |
Title | An Efficacy Study of a Bone Adhesive to stabilize Dental Implants in a Canine Empty-Socket Model including Local Toxicity Endpoints |
Status | Active |
Period | 10/2017 - 4/2019 |
Role | Principal Investigator |
Grant Detail | The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of a novel adhesive device, Tetranite, in a dog model tooth extraction, with dental implants, in sites that lack sufficient bone contact for primary stability. |