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Dr. Viviana Avila-Gnau
Dr. Viviana Avila-Gnau has more than 25 years of experience in dentistry. She obtained her D.D.S. from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Loma Linda, California, after receiving a previous D.D.S. from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. Her private practice experience includes managing her own practice in Bogotá and serving as an associate at practices in Maryland as well as in the Boston area and in Manhattan.
She also has significant teaching experience, having held faculty positions at several of the most highly regarded dental schools in the United States – Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Loma Linda, California; Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts; and New York University College of Dentistry in New York, New York.
Dr. Avila-Gnau was selected by the American Dental Association (ADA) for participation in two separate ADA-sponsored professional development programs:
- The ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership to promote and develop a diverse group of future leaders of the dental profession, and
- The ADA Evidence Reviewer program in support of evidence-based dentistry (EBD). According to the ADA, EBD is “an approach to oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient’s oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist’s clinical expertise and the patient’s treatment needs and preferences.”
For the above-referenced ADA Evidence Reviewer program, Dr. Avila-Gnau wrote several critical summaries of various evidence-based “systematic reviews,” which synthesize the findings of a wide array of published research on specific topics of interest to doctors, dentists, and clinicians to provide them with actionable takeaways for their practices. One of her critical summaries was published by the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).
She also achieved Fellowship status in the Academy of General Dentistry and is a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and the American Dental Association.
In her spare time, Dr. Avila-Gnau enjoys spending time with her husband and two children and sharing her love of dancing and Latin music with the students in her Zumba classes.
She would love the opportunity to take care of you and your family. Please reach out so we can start your journey to better health together!