Michael Mills, D.M.D.

Dr. Mills is a Clinical Associate Professor with teaching responsibilities in the Postdoctoral Division of the Department of Periodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Before joining the faculty at UTHSCSA in 2000, Colonel Mills completed a distinguished 30-year career in the Air Force. Prior to his retirement, he served as the Chairman and Program Director of the United States Air Force Periodontics Residency at Wilford Hall Medical Center from 1993 to 2000. He also held appointments as the Chief Consultant in Periodontics to the USAF Surgeon General and Special Consultant to the USAF Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services. Dr. Mills received his dental degree (DMD) from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in 1970 followed by a one- year General Practice Residency at Eglin USAF Regional Hospital in Florida. From 1977 to 1980, he received his specialty training at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas and completed requirements for the Master of Science degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.

            Dr. Mills is a Diplomate and former Director and Chair of the American Board of Periodontology (2003-2009). He served as an examiner and consultant for the ABP from 2010 to 2019 and is currently a faculty member of the LSU Perio Review Course. From 2014 to 2018, he held the position as the Periodontics Commissioner to the Commission On Dental Accreditation. He is a member of the American Academy of Periodontology, American Board of Periodontology, American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, Southwest Society of Periodontists, and San Antonio District Dental Society. He has authored or co-authored 33 scientific articles and three textbook chapters. He served as a reviewer for the 1996 World Workshop in Periodontics authoring a section on Anxiety; as a section participant on Periodontal Regeneration in the 2003 Contemporary Science Workshop; as a participant on the 2014 AAP Workshop on Regeneration; as co-chair of the AAP’s 2017 BEC on LASERs; and, as a participant in the 2017 World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-implant Disease. His expertise and interests cover a wide range of clinical periodontics and dental implantology with particular interest in osseous surgery and surgical anatomy. 

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 1978 - MS - Biomedical Science (Magna Cum Laude) - University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • 1975 - Residency - General Practice (Designated Top Graduate) - Eglin USAF Regional Hospital
  • 1974 - DMD - Doctor of dental Medicine - University of Alabama in Birmingham
  • 1970 - BS - Biology (Cum Laude) - University of Alabama

  Appointments

  • 6/2002 - Periodontist - University of Texas Health Science Center Faculty Practice Clinic, Periodontics, San Antonio
  • 8/2000 - Clinical Associate Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center, Periodontics, San Antonio

• Instruction & Training

  • 7/2007 - Present, Surgical Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2004 - Present, Perio/Pros Seminar I, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2004 - Present, Clinical Periodontics I, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 6/2004 - Present, Clinical Periodontics I, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 1/2004 - Present, Clinical Perio I, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2002 - Present, New Technologies Seminar, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 10/2001 - Present, Junior Periodontics Course, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 9/2000 - Present, Clinical Periodontics II, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 9/2000 - Present, Clinical Periodontics III, UTHSCSA Dental School Graduate Periodontics Program
  • 8/2000 - Present, Post-Doctoral Student Supervision, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2000 - Present, Periodontics, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2000 - Present, Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2000 - Present, Current Lit Seminar, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2000 - Present, Literature Seminars, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2000 - Present, Emergency Care Sem, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2000 - Present, Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Teaching, Supervised, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Mock Board Exam, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, PERI 5073, 5074: Current/Classic Graduate Literature Seminars, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Current Lit Review, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Literature Seminar III, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Lit Seminar II, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Current Lit Seminar, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Prin of IV Conscious Seda, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Adv Periodontics, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Case Pres/Interdiscip Sem, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Clin Periodontics V, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Clin Periodontics IV, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Clinical Periodontics III, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Clin Periodontics II, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Clin Periodontics I, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Supervised Teaching, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Supervised Teaching, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Supervised Teaching, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Peri Lecture Series, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Peri Lecture Series, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, PERI 5030, 5031: Periodontics Lecture Series, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 7/2000 - Present, Surgical Anatomy
  • 3/2000 - Present, Mock Boards
  • 3/2000 - Present, Mock Boards

• Research & Grants

  Grants

  Private

  Funding Agency Straumann Title Immediate Placement of the Straumann? Bone Level Tapered Implant with Early Loading in Single Tooth Gaps in the Maxilla and Mandible Compared to Delayed Placement Status Active Period 9/2016 - 9/2021 Role Principal Investigator Grant Detail  

• Publications

  Journal Article

  Jepsen S, Caton JG, Albandar JM, Bissada NF, Bouchard P, Cortellini P, Demirel
  K, de Sanctis M, Ercoli C, Fan J, Geurs NC, Hughes FJ, Jin L, Kantarci A, Lalla
  E, Madianos PN, Matthews D, McGuire MK, Mills MP, Preshaw PM, Reynolds MA,
  Sculean A, Susin C, West NX, Yamazaki K. Periodontal manifestations of systemic diseases and developmental and acquired conditions: Consensus report of workgroup 3 of the 2017 World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions Journal of Periodontology 2018 Jun;89:237-248. DeGroot BS, Villar CC, Mealey BL, Mills MP, Prihoda TJ, Huynh-Ba G. Osseous healing around immediate implants placed utilizing contour augmentation: a prospective case series International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry 2017 Nov;37(6):883-891. Chadwick JK, Mills MP, Mealey BL. Clinical and Radiographic Evaluation of Demineralized Freeze-Dried Bone Allograft Versus Platelet-Rich Fibrin for the Treatment of Periodontal Intrabony Defects in Humans Journal of Periodontology 2016 Nov;87(11):1253-1260. Huynh-Ba G, Meister DJ, Hoders AB, Mealey BL, Mills MP, Oates TW, Cochran DL, Prihoda TJ, McMahan CA. Esthetic, clinical and patient-centered outcomes of immediately placed implants (Type 1) and early placed implants (Type 2): preliminary 3-month results of an ongoing randomized controlled clinical trial Clinical Oral Implants Research 2016 Feb;27(2):241-52. Huynh-Ba G, Meister, DJ, Hoders, AB, Mealey BL, Mills MP, Oates TW, Cochran DL, Prihoda TJ, McMahan CA. Esthetic, clinical and patient-centered outcomes of immediately placed implants (Type 1) and early placed implants (Type 2): preliminary 3-month results of an ongoing randomized controlled clinical trial Clinical Oral Implants Research 2016 Feb;27(2):241-252. Caldwell GR, Mills MP, Finlayson RS, Mealey BL. Lateral alveolar ridge augmentation using tenting screws, acellular dermal matrix, and freeze-dried bone allograft alone or with particulate autogenous bone International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry 2015 Jan;35(1):75-83. Edmunds R, Mealey BL, Mills MP, Thoma DS, Schoolfield J, Cochran DL, Mellonig JT. Maxillary Anterior Ridge Augmentation with Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry 2014 Aug;34(4):551-557.

  Not Specified

  Mills MP, Rosen PS, Chambrone L, Greenwell H, Kao RT, Klokkevold PR,
  McAllister BS, Reynolds MA, Romanos GE, Wang HL. American Academy of Periodontology best evidence consensus statement on the efficacy of laser therapy used alone or as an adjunct to non-surgical and surgical treatment of periodontitis and peri-implant diseases Journal of Periodontology 2018 Jul;89(7):537-542. Reynolds MA, Kao RT, Camargo PM, Caton JG, Clem DS, Fiorellini JP, Geisinger
  ML, Mills MP, Nares S, Nevins ML. Periodontal regeneration - intrabony defects: a consensus report from the AAP Regeneration Workshop Journal of Periodontology 2015 Feb;86:105-107.