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Bio
Dr. Seena Patel currently serves as the Associate Director of Oral Medicine and Assistant Professor at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health at A.T. Still University. She is also an associate at the Southwest Orofacial Group in Phoenix, AZ, practicing orofacial pain, oral medicine, and dental sleep medicine since 2012. She is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Orofacial Pain and the American Board of Oral Medicine. Her educational interests are in myofascial pain, neuropathic pain, oral mucosal diseases, management of obstructive sleep apnea with mandibular advancement devices, and the dental management of medically complex patients. She has authored several publications that encompass these topics, and her current research endeavors are focused on dental sleep medicine, management of myofascial pain affecting the orofacial structures, oral complications of cancer therapy, and the dental management of patients taking direct oral anticoagulants. She also serves as a peer-reviewer of scientific articles for dental journals and as the dental public health expert on the National Board Dental Examination Part II Test Construction Committee. Furthermore, she has lectured at several local and national dental meetings on various topics on orofacial pain and oral medicine-related conditions.
