Dr. Albert J. Kurpis, DDS
Columbia faculty, United States implant patent holder, 52 years, more than 5,000 implants placed.
The bench
Complex cases are not solved by one opinion. Prosthodontics, periodontics and cosmetic dentistry sit at the same table here, which is why the diagnosis holds up.
Each of them teaches, or has taught, at the level they practise. That matters more in complex reconstruction than any single credential.
Columbia faculty, United States implant patent holder, 52 years, more than 5,000 implants placed.
Prosthodontics. An engineering degree from Stevens, DMD from FDU, MS in Prosthodontics from Indiana. Department Chairman of Dental Materials at UMDNJ and Director of Fixed Prosthodontics at Stony Brook.
Periodontics. FDU 1969, Columbia periodontal certificate 1971. Faculty at VCU, Columbia and Harvard. Section Chief of Periodontics, Beth Israel, New York.
Cosmetic. Rutgers summa cum laude, DMD from UMDNJ Newark, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, GPR at Metropolitan Hospital, New York. English, Russian and Spanish.
On complex cases
A single clinician has a single set of instincts. A reconstruction judged by a prosthodontist, a periodontist and a cosmetic dentist together is judged on foundation, function and appearance at once, rather than in sequence by whoever saw it first.
Questions
That follows the diagnosis. Complex reconstruction is led by Dr. Kurpis with the relevant specialist involved where the case calls for it.
Yes. Say so when you book and it will be arranged where it is clinically appropriate.
Between them they have held faculty positions at Columbia, Harvard, VCU, UMDNJ, Indiana and Stony Brook.
No obligation
The preliminary consultation is free and includes a 2‑D panoramic scan. If the plan you were given was the right one, you will be told so.