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Dr. Charles S. Greene, DDS

2024 Gold Medal Award Recipient

Dr. Greene has been involved for many years in clinical research and teaching in the area of temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain. From 1965-1984 he worked with Dr. Daniel Laskin in the UIC College of Dentistry TMJ and Facial Pain Research Center. From 1986 to 1995 he worked at Northwestern University Dental School with Dr. Harold Perry as co-director of their TMD Clinic. After returning to UIC in 1995, Dr. Greene  served as Director of Orofacial Pain Studies. He was a Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at UIC, and he has contributed many articles and lectures to the orthodontic specialty in the USA and abroad. He has published over 150 articles, book chapters, and abstracts, and was co-editor of a multi-author book about temporomandibular disorders (Quintessence, 2006). A new multi-author book on TMDs co-edited by Dr. Greene and Dr. Laskin was released by Quintessence in 2013. In 2015 Dr. Greene was one of four co-editors on a book entitled “TMD and Orthodontics” published by Springer.  He is a Life Member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain as well as the International Association for Dental Research. He retired from UIC in 2018 and is currently Clinical Professor Emeritus.

About the Award
Past Recipients