Dr. Gerard Kugel, DMD, MS, PhD, received his B.S. from Rutgers University and M.S. from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University. Kugel then earned his D.M.D. at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, his PhD in Dental Materials from the University of Siena in Siena, Italy, and in 2004 his Certificate of Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He began his career in private practice before transitioning to academia, where he is now Associate Dean for Research, and Professor. Dr. Kugel sits on Editorial and Advisory boards for multiple dentistry journals and publications. He has 120 articles and over 300 abstracts in the field of restorative materials and techniques and holds four patents in the field of dental technology.