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Faculty
Faculty
Ioana Bettios
Interim Chair Prosthodontics Department
Department/Office
- Prosthodontics
School/College
- College of Dentistry
Biography
Dr. Bettios is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Prosthodontics at Howard University College of Dentistry. She received her Bachelors of Sciences and Doctorate of Dental Surgery Degrees at the University of Maryland; she joined the military service during Dental School, and retired after 30 years of highly decorated service. Dr. Bettios completed a Clinical Fellowship program in Prosthodontics, a Residency program in Prosthodontics, and a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences at the George Washington University. She has held several Senior Healthcare Executive leadership positions, has authored many healthcare policies for the Department of Defense, and Health Affairs, and has lectured to large scale audiences worldwide. She is the Vice President of the DC Dental Society, and an Immediate Past Chair of the Membership Committee on the Board for the DC Dental Society with four distinguished American Dental Association awards. An active member of the American College of Prosthodontists Digital Dentistry Task Force, and member of the test construction committees for the American Board of Prosthodontics, and the ADA, Joint Commission of National Board Examinations. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and the American College of Prosthodontists; a member of the ADA, the International College of Prosthodontists, and the Academy of Osseointegration. Dr. Bettios is a passionate clinician volunteer with many missions for the Capital Area Red Cross, the Northern Virginia Dental Society, the Maryland Mission of Mercy, and the Remote Area Medical Virginia Section with thousands of dollars of dental services provided to local underserved communities every year.
Education & Expertise
Education
Prosthodontics
MS
Prosthodontics Residency - Naval Post-graduate Dental School
Master of Sciences
MS
George Washington University- MSc
Expertise
Prosthodontics
Digital Dentistry
Implant Dentistry
Geriatric Dentistry
Esthetic Dentistry
Academics
Academics
D2 Removable Complete Denture Prosthodontics Lecture and Labs
Second year lecture and labs for removable complete denture prosthodonticss
D2 Fixed Prosthodontics Lecture
Lectures to second year students in Fixed Prosthodontics at HU College of Dentistry
D3 Clinical Prosthodontics Pre-clinical and Clinical Courses
Clinical hands-on pre-clinical simulation and patient care in prosthodontics for third year students at HU College of Dentistry
D1 Introduction to Prosthodontics Lecture course
Introduction to Prosthodontics Lecture for first year HU College of Dentistry
D4 Clinical Prosthodontics Pre-clinical and Clinical Courses
Pre-clinical and clinical Prosthodontics courses for fourth year students
D2 Implant Prosthodontics Pre-clinical Lecture and Lab courses
D2 Pre-clinical Lecture and Lab Implant Prosthodontics
D4 Advanced Concepts in Prosthodontics Lecture
Advanced concepts in prosthodontics Lecture and seminars for fourth year HU College of Dentistry students.
D3 Implant Prosthodontics Lecture and Labs
Implant Prosthodontics for Lecture and Labs courses for D3 year students
D2 Removable Partial Denture Lecture and Lab courses
Removable Partial Denture Lecture and Lab for second year HU College of Dentistry students
D3 Removable Prosthodontics Lecture course
Assisted with lectures in the third year removable prosthodontics course
Research
Research
Specialty
Geriatric dentistry and Digital dentistryFunding
Geriatric dentistry and impact of pandemic for immunocompromised patients
Digital Dentistry
Group Information
NIH
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Americal Dental Association (ADA) awards- DC Dental Society Membership Chair- 2016-2019
American Dental Association Awards- Most Diverse Dental Society as DC Dental Society Chair of Membership AwardsLocal DC Dental Society Membership Chair- 2016-2019
Virginia Dental Society Volunteer Award
Awards for volunteer service to VA Dental Society geriatric underserved population with dental prostheses
Remote Area Medical Awards of Volunteer Service
Recognition for dental Volunteer Service to underserved populations in remote areas in Southern VA Area with HU dental students.
Related Articles
Thirteen maxillary full dentures over 10 years: A case of peripheral painful traumatic trigeminal neuropathy.
Brown RS, Bettios I, Abbott J. Thirteen maxillary full dentures over 10 years: A case of peripheral painful traumatic trigeminal neuropathy. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2019 Nov;128(5):e180-e186. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2019.07.013. Epub 2019 Aug 7. PMID: 31447327