The Chief Scientist of Scabbard Research is
Myron F. Levenson, D.D.S., F.I.C.D.

His complete Curriculum Vitae is presented below. But briefly, in addition to coordinating a busy clinical practice, he is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Clinical Dentistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry in Cleveland, Ohio. He has served as the Dental Director of the University Youth Spine Center of CWRU. He is a member of the Cleveland Alumni Chapter of Alpha Omega. He has lectured and published numerous articles in the dental literature. Two of his papers indicate his wide ranging interest in dental sequelae from, perhaps unexpected,  medical problems, and may be of general interest. Click either title to read that paper:
Relieving Intraoral Pressures Generated During Orthopedic Treatment.
Oral Sequelae of Chemotherapy: A Complex Problem That Can Be Solved by Prevention.


CURRICULUM VITAE FOR
Myron F. Levenson

  • Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
    University Hospitals
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Pedodontic Dental Internship ..................................... ..........1951-1954
     
  • Western Reserve University
    Cleveland, Ohio
    D.D.S ..........................................................................................1951
     
  • Adelbert College and Cleveland College
    Cleveland, Ohio ........................................................................1946-1948
     
  • LICENSURE: Ohio, 1951
            Permanent:), #9899
            Renewal..............................................................................1999

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    Academic/Adminsitrative Appointments
     

    Associate Clinical Professor
            Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
            Department of Pedodotitics .......................................................1992 - present
     

    Thesis Advisor
            Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
            Department of Orthodontics
            Cleveland, Ohio ............................................................................1973
     

    Assistant Clinical Professor
            Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
            Department of Pedondtics .........................................................1970 -1983
     

    Thesis Advisor
            Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
            Department of Pedodontics
            Cleveland, Ohio .............................................................................1964 -1966
     

    Clinical Instructor,
            Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
            Department of Pedodontics
            Cleveland, Ohio .............................................................................1959 -1969
     


     


    Other Professional Appointments

    • Director,
              Dental Department
              Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
              University Hospitals
              Cleveland, Ohio ......................................................................1968-82
       
    • Assistant Dental Surgeon
              Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
              University Hospitals
              Cleveland, Ohio ......................................................................1954-67
       


      Professional Organizations (Past and Present)

      MEMBER,

      •         International College of Dentists
      •         American Dental Association
      •         International Association for Dental Research
      •         Alpha Omega
      •         Omicron Kappa Upsilon
      •         Federacion Dentaire Internacionale
      •         American Society of Dentistry for Children

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      Community Activities

    • Trustee,
              Lyric Opera
              Cleveland, Ohio .................................................................1992
       
    • Chairman,
              Emergency Management Committee
              City of Gates Mills .............................................................1990-Present
       
    • Member'.
              Committee on Merging
              Rainbow hospital and Babies and Children's Hospital
              University Hospitals
              Cleveland, Ohio .................................................................1972
       
    • Member,
              Committee on Dental Planning and Research
              Rainbow Hospital and Babies and Children's Hospital
              University hospitals
              Cleveland, Ohio .....................................................................1962-1968
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      • Honors and Awards

      Fellow,
          International College of Dentists 1981 -Present

      Member,
          Omicron Kappa Upsilon (through Faculty election) ...................1979-Present

      Personal Commendation
          West Coast Defense Command,
          Fourth Air Force
          World War II - Sergeant ................................................................... 1943-1946
       

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      Bibliography
      Papers Published

    • Levenson, M.F.: The Use of a clear pliable film to form a fiberglass-reinforced splint, Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol. 112, Jan. 1986, pg. 79-80.
       
    • Levenson, M.F.: Invisible reinforced splints, a practical solution to mobile teeth treatment. Chicago Dental Society Review, Vol. 79, No. 8, Sept. 1986, Pg. 23-25.
       
    • Levenson, M.F., and Wang, H.L.: Comparative strength of fiberglass reinforced splints, Journal. Internat. Assoc. of Dent. Research, Amsterdam, I-Holland, 1986
       
    • Levenson, M.F.: Relieving intraoral pressures generated during orthopedic treatment, Journal of Prosthetic
      Dentistry, April 1983, Vol. 49, No. 4, Pg. 546-548.
       
    • Levenson, M.F.: Some points on syringes and a new self-aspirating plunger, Chicago Dental Society Review, Vol. 68, May 1975, No. 5, Pg. 26-28.
       
    • Levenson, M.F.: A new self-aspirating plunger anesthesia progress, American Journal of Anesthesiology, vol. XXII, No. 5, Sept. 1975, Pg. 158-161.
       
    • Levenson, M.F.: Oral hygiene and self-care, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. XXII, No. 3, May 1968, Pg. 209.
       
    • Levenson, M.F.: Bite if you can't brush, American Journal of Nursing, vol. 66, No. 9, Sept. 1966, Pg. 2012-2013.
    • Levenson, M.F. and Burwasser, P.: Controlled topical medication to the teeth or gingiva, Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol. 70, Mar. 1965, Pg. 619-620.
       
    • Levenson, M.F.: A Home oral hygiene (device requiring no dexterity, Ohio Dental Journal, Vol. 38, Mar. 1964, Pg.14-15.
       
    • Levenson, M.F. Oral Sequelae of Chemotherapy; A Complex Problem That Can Be Solved By Prevention. Special Care in Dentistry, Vol. 17, No. 6, 1998

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      Research (PI/Co-Pl) Grants

      Youth Spine Center
              University Hospitals
              Cleveland, Ohio........................................................................... 1976.

      Pilot Study
              Dentofacial effects of the Milwaukee Brace
              Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
              University Hospitals
              Cleveland, Ohio ............................................................................1970
       

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      Teaching - Lectures, Clinics, Papers Presented
       

    • Attended Seminar: International Dental Show, Cologne, Germany. ................................ ..... ................................... 2005

    • Participant in National Conference on Prevention of Device-Mediated Blood Borne Infections. Washington, D.C..
      Sponsored by the F.D.A., N.I.D.R.,
               and I.C.D.P. ................................................................... 1992

       
    • Reduction of Oral Contaminated Aerosols
              Ohio State Dental Society
              Columbus, Ohio .............................................................1992
       
    • National Conference of Device-Mediated Blood borne Infections.
              Sponsored by: OSHA-Center for Disease Control, FDA
              Washington, D.C ............................................................1992.
       
    • Splinting Mobile Teeth Aesthetically
              Lecture
              International College of Dentists
              Beijing, China .................................................................1986
       
    • A Fiberglass Splint
              Lecture
              European Dental Society
              Royal Society of Medicine
              London, England ............................................................1986
       
    • Anesthesia and Pain Control
               Consensus Conference
               NIH Seminar
               Washington, D.C ............................................................1985
       
    •  Paper Presented
               Federacion Dentaire Internacional
               Paris, France ...................................................................1980
       
    • Intra Oral Splints
              Third International Dental Congress
              Cairo, Egypt ....................................................................  1987
       
    • Paper Presented
               Federacion Dentaire Internacionale
               Madrid, Spain ................................................................  1978
       
    • Archaeology and Dentistry Seminar
               Participant
               Hebrew University
               Jerusalem, Israel ...........................................................1977
       
    • Paper Presented
               Federacion Dentaire Internacional
               London, England ............................................................1972
       
    • Paper Presented
               Royal College of Medicine - Splinting
               London, England ............................................................1972
       
    • Paper Presented
               Federacion Dentaire Internacional
              Stockholm, Sweden ........................................................1965
       

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      Teaching - Postgraduate Courses

    • Injection Technique
              American Society on Biomaterials
              Chicago, Illinois .................................................................1981
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      * Participant in National Conference on Prevention of Device-Mediated Blood Borne Infections. Washington, D.C..
      Sponsored by the F.D.A., N.I.D.R.,
               and I.C.D.P. ....................................................................... 1992
       

      * Reduction of Oral Contaminated Aerosols
              Ohio State Dental Society
              Columbus, Ohio .................................................................1992
       

      * National Conference of Device-Mediated Blood borne Infections.
              Sponsored by: OSHA-Center for Disease Control, FDA
              Washington, D.C .................................................................1992.
       

      * Splinting Mobile Teeth Aesthetically
              Lecture
              International College of Dentists
              Beijing, China .......................................................................1986
       

      * A Fiberglass Splint
              Lecture
              European Dental Society
              Royal Society of Medicine
              London, England ..................................................................1986
       

      * Anesthesia and Pain Control
               Consensus Conference
               NIH Seminar
               Washington, D.C .................................................................1985
       

      *  Paper Presented
               Federacion Dentaire Internacional
               Paris, France ........................................................................1980
       

      * Intra Oral Splints
              Third International Dental Congress
              Cairo, Egypt .........................................................................  1987
       

      * Paper Presented
               Federacion Dentaire Internacionale
               Madrid, Spain .....................................................................  1978
       

      * Archaeology and Dentistry Seminar
               Participant
               Hebrew University
               Jerusalem, Israel ................................................................1977
       

      * Paper Presented
               Federacion Dentaire Internacional
               London, England .................................................................1972
       

      * Paper Presented
               Royal College of Medicine - Splinting
               London, England ................................................................1972
       

      * Paper Presented
               Federacion Dentaire Internacional
              Stockholm, Sweden ............................................................1965
       


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      Teaching - Postgraduate Courses



      * Injection Technique
              American Society on Biomaterials
              Chicago, Illinois ...................................................................1981
       
      * Oral Hygiene for Hospitalized Children
              Babies and Children's Hospital
              University Hospitals
              Cleveland, Ohio ...................................................................1974
       
      * Oral Surgery/Anesthesia
       
      * Pedodontics Department
              Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
              Cleveland, Ohio ...................................................................1972
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      * Preventive Dentistry for . Special Hospitalized Patients
              Baylor University/Denton State School
              Dallas, Texas .......................................................................1966
       
      * Preventive Dentistry
              U.S. Public Health Service
              Chapel I-Hill, North Carolina .............................................1964

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