Van B. Haywood, DMD

Van B. Haywood, DMD

Van B. Haywood, DMD, is a professor in the Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia (MCG). A 1974 alumni of MCG, he was in private practice for 7 years in Augusta, Georgia, and taught at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in Operative and Prosthodontics for 12 years before coming to MCG in 1993. He teaches in the Castings course, the Occlusion course, and the Esthetics course, as well as in student clinics. Additionally, for the last 2 years, he has been the director of Continuing Education for the School of Dentistry.

Dr. Haywood is a member of the American Dental Association, the Georgia Dental Association, the Academy of Operative Dentistry, the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, and the Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, among others. He is a Fellow in the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists and is on the editorial board of several leading publications.

In 1989, he co-authored the first publication on Nightguard vital bleaching (at-home bleaching) with Dr. Harald Heymann, and in 1997 co-authored the first article on extended treatment (6-months) of tetracycline-stained teeth using this technique. He has completed further research and over 90 publications on the Nightguard technique and the topic of bleaching and esthetics, including first papers on treating bleaching sensitivity with potassium nitrate, direct thermoplastic tray fabrication, and bleaching primary teeth.

For the last 6 years, he has been listed in the Top Leaders in Continuing Education for the United States by Dental Products Report. He has recently completed a book titled Tooth Whitening: Indications and Outcomes of Nightguard Vital Bleaching to be published by Quintessence International in spring 2007.