Faculty Profile - Dr. Dorothy McComb

Dr. Dorothy McComb
Professor/Doctor
Clinical Sciences/Restorative Dentistry

Faculty of Dentistry
124 Edward Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 1G6

Phone: 416-979-4934 ext.4418
Fax: 416-979-4936
d.mccomb@utoronto.ca

Current academic / hospital appointments

Full Professor and Head, Restorative Dentistry and Director of Comprehensive Care. University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry

Education

• 1968 - BDS, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1973 - MScD, University of Toronto, Ontario

Courses

Undergraduate: Restorative Dentistry DDS4

Comprehensive Care DDS3 and 4 QP1 and 2

Graduate/Postgraduate: Advanced Operative Dentistry

Continuing Education: Restorative Dental Materials

Research interests

Restorative Biomaterials

Recent publications

• Attar, N, Tam, L and McComb, D. Mechanical and physical properties of contemporary dental luting agents. J.Prosthet.Dent. 2003: 89:127-134
• Dong, C, McComb, D., Anderson JD and Tam, L. Effect of mode of polymerization of bonding agent on shear bond strength of autocured resin composite luting cements. J.Can.Dent.Assoc. 2003; 69(4):229-234
• Walshaw, P, Tam, L and McComb D. Bond failure at dentin-composite interfaces with “single-bottle” adhesives. J of Dentistry 2003; 31: 117-125
• Attar, N., Tam, L and McComb, D. Mechanical and physical properties of flowable composite resin. J.Can.Dent.Assoc. 2003 69:516-521.
• McComb D. Teaching of Resin Composite and Silver Amalgam in Canadian Faculties of Dentistry. Accepted for publication, J. Can. Dent. Assoc. November 2004
• Santos MJMC, Navarro MFL, Tam, L, McComb D. The Effect of dentin adhesive and cure mode on film thickness and microtensile bond strength to dentin in indirect restorations. Oper. Dent. 2005; 30(1): 50-57
  

Awards and Honours

• WWWood Teaching Award 2004
• 3M ESPE National Teaching Award 2004
• CDA Certificates of Merit 2001 and 2005

Current Editorships

Editorial Board, Journal of Operative Dentistry

Students

* Presently accepting students for supervision in the area of Restorative Biomaterials Research