Research Activities: Dr. Warren's current research includes several studies of factors related to dental caries in early childhood and the prevention of this disease; longitudinal sucking patterns and dental arch development; and longitudinal study of fluoride exposures and dental fluorosis. Dr. Warren is also the associate director of the College of Dentistry's student research program.
Teaching Activities: Dr. Warren teaches both pre-doctoral and graduate classes; his main pre-doctoral responsibilities include clinical preventive dentistry, but he also participates in the community dentistry courses. His graduate responsibilities include directing a course in thesis research design as well as participating in several other courses.
Clinical Activities: Dr. Warren's clinical activities include teaching in the pre-doctoral preventive dentistry clinics and various clinical research projects.
National or International Professional Appointments or Activities: Dr Warren is a diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health (1995). He is a calibrated examiner for the Iowa Fluoride Study and helped develop examination criteria for epidemiological dental caries and dental fluorosis examinations in the primary dentition. Dr. Warren has served as a consultant to several oral health studies in the United States and abroad and has served on several NIH grant review panels. Dr. Warren is a member of the editorial board for Journal of Public Health Dentistry and is a reviewer for Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology; Special Care in Dentistry; and a number of other journals.
John J. Warren
Preventive & Community Dentistry
College of Dentistry
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
E-mail: John J. Warren