Physician Profile

Martin A. Freilich, D.D.S.

Dr. Freilich is a professor in the Department of Reconstructive Sciences at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He has been treating patients in the dental faculty practice, teaching and conducting research since joining the University of Connecticut in 1985. He is the director of pre-prosthetic/implant surgery in the division of prosthodontics. He also serves as the principal investigator of studies developing new methods of jaw bone re-growth and as the principal investigator of a clinical study studying the relationship between osteoporosis and jaw bone re-growth. Dr. Freilich has written many scientific articles, review articles and chapters. In addition to his receipt of patents related to dental biomaterials, he has patents pending related to the regeneration of bone and implant dentistry.

Appointment

• Professor, Department of Reconstructive Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine

Specialty

• Periodontics
• Prosthodontics

Subspecialty

• Dental implant surgery
• Reconstruction of the jaws with hard and soft tissue grafting

Education
D.D.S., Georgetown University School of Dentistry

State Licensure
Connecticut 

Residency
Specialty certificates in prosthodontics and periodontics, Medical College of Georgia

Fellowship
Academy of Prosthodontics, American College of Prosthodontists, International Team for Implantology

Awards

• Kaiser-Permanente Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher, 1990
• Kaiser-Permanente Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, 1991
• Kaiser-Permanente Award for Outstanding Clinical Teacher, 2002

Selected Publications
Freilich M.A., Karmaker A.C., Burstone C.J., and Goldberg A.J., Development and clinical applications of a light polymerized fiber-reinforced composite, J. Prosthet. Dent. 1998;80;311-318.

Freilich M.A., Duncan J.P., Alarcon E.K., Eckrote K.A., and Goldberg A.J., The Design and Fabrication of Fiber-reinforced Implant Prostheses, J. Prosthet. Dent. 2002;88; 449-454.

Freilich M.A., Wei M., Iddir S., Kuhn L.T., and Shafer D.M., Improvement of Alveolar Bone Height Using Novel Graft Placement”, Key Eng. Mater. (Bioceramics 17), 2005;284-286, 889-892.

Freilich M.A., Schleier P., Kuhn L.T., Shafer D.M., Hortschansky P., and Wei M., Development of a murine calvarial model to study implant guided bone growth, Abstract accepted for oral presentation at 30th annual meeting, Society for Biomaterials.

Erdoğan O., Shafer D.M., Taxel P., and Freilich M.A., A review of the association between osteoporosis and alveolar ridge augmentation, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology. In press.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Research Interests

Clinical Research

• Relationship between osteoporosis and the success of dental implants and bone grafting procedures for the jaws.

Preclinical Research

• Development of dental implants and related systems for guided bone growth.