Dr. Rade Paravina

Rade D. Paravina, DDS, MS, PhD, is a tenured professor at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, and he serves as director of the John M. Powers, PhD, Center for Biomaterials and Biomimetics.

He is the founder and past president of the Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry and a recipient of the 2014 Jerome M. and Dorothy Schweitzer Research Award of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics.

Dr. Paravina is President-Elect of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry (JERD, Wiley, Impact Factor, IF=3.2).