Dentistry

Shaddox Luciana

Shaddox Luciana
Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry
University of Florida, USA

Biography

Dr. Shaddox has joined the college’s Department of Periodontology as an Assistant Professor in February of 2006. Since her second year of dental school, Shaddox has actively participated in the scientific research development in Periodontology, both nationally and internationally. She joined the University of Florida Oral Biology department as a research scholar in 2004, developing part of her Ph.D. thesis project involving the microbiology of smokers with periodontal disease. Later, as a pos doc fellow in Periodontal Microbiology, she became involved in research with periodontal biofilm development and antibiotic resistance.

Research Interest

Periodontics; Oral Biology