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Faculty

Ioana Bettios

Interim Chair Prosthodontics Department

  • Prosthodontics
  • 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

DDS


University of Maryland - DDS

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 dentistry

Funding

Geriatric dentistry and impact of pandemic for immunocompromised patientsDigital 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