Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2004 Access to dental care in Alabama for children with special needs: Parents' perspectivesJournal of the American Dental Association.  135:490-495. 2004
2004 UAB School of Dentistry: reaching outside the walls.The Journal of the American College of Dentists.  71:17-19. 2004
2002 Parents' perceptions of access to dental care for children with special health needs. 2002
2000 Oral manifestations of Langehans' cell histiocytosis: Review and report of caseASDC journal of dentistry for children.  67:293-296. 2000
1999 Behavior management techniques among pediatric dentists practicing in the southeastern United StatesPediatric Dentistry.  21:347-353. 1999
1996 The incidence, classification, etiology, and embryology of oral clefts.Seminars in Orthodontics.  2:162-168. 1996
1995 Apples & oranges: a look at cultural diversity.Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine.  14:16-20. 1995
1995 Successful replantation and splinting of a maxillary segment fracture in the primary dentition.Pediatric Dentistry.  17:124-126. 1995
1994 Unilateral fusion of primary molars with the presence of a succedaneous supernumerary tooth: case report.Pediatric Dentistry.  16:53-55. 1994
1993 Preanesthesia transfusion and sickle cell anemia patients: Case report and controversies. 1993
1992 Neurofibroma of the mandible in an adolescent with von Recklinghausen's disease.Pediatric Dentistry.  14:347-350. 1992
1992 Dental management of patients with spinal cord injury.Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995).  13. 1992
1992 The assessment of two oral sedation drug regimens in pediatric dental patients.ASDC journal of dentistry for children.  59:306-312. 1992
1991 Short root anomaly in a patient with a history of Stevens-Johnson syndrome: report of case.ASDC journal of dentistry for children.  58:256-259. 1991
1990 Managing the dental patient with sickle cell anemia: a review of the literature.Pediatric Dentistry.  12:316-320. 1990
1989 Eye protection and ocular complications in the dental office.General Dentistry.  37:19-23. 1989
1989 Oral hygiene levels and periodontal disease prevalence among residents with mental retardation at various residential settings 1989
1988 Marginal leakage of two glass ionomer cements: Ketac-Fil and Ketac-Silver.American Journal of Dentistry.  1:35-38. 1988
1986 Fluoride release from and tensile bond strength of Ketac-fil and ketac-silver to enamel and dentinDental Materials.  2:241-245. 1986
1986 The effect of fluoride in phosphoric acid on enamel fluoride uptake and the tensile bond strength of an orthodontic bonding resinAmerican Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.  90:91-101. 1986
1986 The prevention of bacterial endocarditis. A new approach to a changing disease.The Alabama journal of medical sciences.  23:96-99. 1986
1985 A large dentigerous cyst in a child patient. The clinical implications.Clinical preventive dentistry.  7:9-11. 1985
1984 Microfilled composite restorative resins in pediatric dentistry.Compendium of continuing education in dentistry (Jamesburg, N.J. : 1995).  5:665-671. 1984
1983 Anaphylactoid reaction to vancomycin during general anesthesia in a child patient.Pediatric Dentistry.  5:276-279. 1983
1983 Osteogenesis imperfecta with dentinogenesis imperfecta: a mistaken case of child abuse.Pediatric Dentistry.  5:207-209. 1983
1983 Dentistry and the handicapped child.The Alabama journal of medical sciences.  20:22-27. 1983
1982 Severe congenital hypoglossia and micrognathia with other multiple birth defectsJournal Of Oral Pathology and Medicine.  11:276-282. 1982
1982 The space maintainer: case reports of misuse and failures.General Dentistry.  30:64-67. 1982
1981 Bacterial endocarditis. A retrospective study of cases admitted to the University of Alabama Hospitals from 1969 to 1979Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology.  52:379-383. 1981

Teaching Activities

  • DENT1333 - Growth and Development Genetic (Spring Term 2008)
  • DENT2109 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2009)
  • DENT2109 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2010)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2011)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2012)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2013)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2014)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2015)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2016)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2017)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2018)
  • DENT2135 - Special Patient Care (Fall Term 2019)
  • DENT2135R - Remediation Special Pt Care (Fall Term 2014)
  • DENT2261 - Special Patient Care in Dent (Spring Term 2009)
  • DENT2261 - Special Patient Care in Dent (Winter Term 2008)
  • DENT4219 - Principles of Pt Management (Spring Term 2009)
  • DENT4219 - Principles of Pt Management (Spring Term 2010)
  • DENT4219 - Principles of Pt Management (Spring Term 2011)
  • DENT4219 - Principles of Pt Management (Winter Term 2008)
  • PG508 - Adv Topics in Pediatric Dent (Fall Term 2007)
  • PG508 - Adv Topics in Pediatric Dent (Fall Term 2011)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2007)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2007)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2008)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2009)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2010)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2011)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2012)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2013)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2014)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2015)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2016)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2017)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2018)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2019)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2020)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Fall Term 2021)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2008)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2009)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2010)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2011)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2012)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2013)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2014)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2015)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2016)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2017)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2018)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2019)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2020)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Spring Term 2021)
  • PG509 - Fundamentals of Ped Dent (Winter Term 2008)
  • PG534 - Craniofacial Genetics (Fall Term 2007)
  • PG534 - Craniofacial Genetics (Fall Term 2009)
  • PG534 - Craniofacial Genetics (Fall Term 2017)
  • PG534 - Craniofacial Genetics (Fall Term 2018)
  • PG534 - Craniofacial Genetics (Spring Term 2009)
  • PG534 - Craniofacial Genetics (Spring Term 2010)
  • PG534 - Craniofacial Genetics (Spring Term 2011)
  • PG556 - Hospital Dentistry (Fall Term 2008)
  • PG556 - Hospital Dentistry (Fall Term 2009)
  • PG556 - Hospital Dentistry (Fall Term 2010)
  • PG556 - Hospital Dentistry (Fall Term 2011)
  • PG762 - Pedo Oral Conscious Sedation (Fall Term 2011)
  • PG777 - Spanish for Ped Dentistry (Fall Term 2009)
  • PG777 - Spanish for Ped Dentistry (Winter Term 2008)
  • PG782 - Board Prep in Ped Dentistry (Fall Term 2007)
  • PG782 - Board Prep in Ped Dentistry (Fall Term 2007)
  • PG782 - Board Prep in Ped Dentistry (Fall Term 2008)
  • PG782 - Board Prep in Ped Dentistry (Fall Term 2009)
  • PG782 - Board Prep in Ped Dentistry (Spring Term 2009)
  • PG782 - Board Prep in Ped Dentistry (Spring Term 2010)
  • PG782 - Board Prep in Ped Dentistry (Winter Term 2008)
  • PG792 - Signing in Dentistry (Fall Term 2009)
  • PG792 - Signing in Dentistry (Winter Term 2008)
  • PG794 - Board Prep in Ped Dentistry II (Fall Term 2012)
  • Education And Training

  • Master of Arts in Education, Pepperdine University 1981
  • Doctor of Dental Medicine in Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1972
  • Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, University of Alabama 1967
  • Full Name

  • John Thornton