William V. Giannobile
Professor William V. Giannobile, DDS, MS, DMedSc, is the Najjar Endowed Professor of Dentistry and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. He is the Chair of the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the School of Dentistry. Dr. Giannobile also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dental Research.
Articles
Feature Article
Until the turn of the century, oral health had been primarily assessed with objective indicators of caries such as the number of decayed, filled or missing teeth due to caries or with periodontal health indicators such as probing pocket depth or bone loss. Similarly, outcomes of dental treatment were primarily determined by considering clinical parameters. Following a powerful movement in medicine, clinicians and researchers in the oral health arena have begun to realize the value of considering patient-centered outcomes (PCO) and subjective indicators of oral health.