Dr. Adriana Zaharie, D.M.D.

Dr. Adriana Zaharie has a gentle patient approach and excellent clinical skills that will make you and your family more comfortable than you ever thought possible.

Dr. Zaharie and her team provide some of the latest advances in dentistry, including a fully paperless automated office including gentle low radiation digital intraoral and panoramic x-rays, high resolution intraoral cameras, Invisalign orthodontics and extensive use of tooth colored fillings and many more.

Initially she received a Masters Degree in Biology in 1990 and a Doctor in Dental Surgery, DDS from University of Antioquia, Colombia in 1995. She received a second Doctorate in Dental Medicine from the Advanced Standing Program at Pitt University, School of Dental Medicine, Pennsylvania in 2004. Also in 2004 she was Awarded "The Essay of the Year" from ASDA - American Society of Dental Anesthesia.

Dr. Zaharie continues to attend some of the most advanced, post-doctoral study programs available. This focus allows her to provide you with a comprehensive and advanced approach to your dental health that is uncommon in today's rushed world.

Dr. Karen L. Marino, D.D.S., MS
Periodontist & Implant Surgery

Dr. Marino is a specialist in Periodontics with the emphasis in cosmetic and Implant Dentistry. She specializes in progressive yet conservative treatment of gum disease including cosmetic procedures to aesthetically enhance your smile and dental implants that can replace single or multiple missing teeth. She also diagnoses and treats oral pathology.

Education, Research and Fellowships:

- COLEGIO ODONTOLOGICO COLOMBIANO - Bogotá, Colombia.
Degree obtained: DDS

- MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA - Augusta, GA
Master in Science Oral Biology

- MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA - Augusta, GA
Certificate in Periodontics

HONORS

First Place Billy M. Pennel Memorial Research Competition, Basic Science - 2008
First Place Annual Poster Presentation AADR-GA, SRG and ASDA - 2010

Associate Member of:

- ADA. American Dental Association.
- TDA Texas Dental Association
- A.A.P American Academy of Periodontology.
- Asociación Dental Hispana de Houston.

POSTERS

" ANIMAL MODEL FOR BISPHOSPHONATE INDUCED OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW - AADR, Washington, DC. March 2010

" MIGRATION OF AN IMPACTED THIRD MOLAR- Case Report. AAOMR, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 2008.

" DEVELOPING OF A PREDICTIVE MODEL OF BISPHOSPHONATE ASSOCIATED OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW - SAP, Sarasota, Florida. June 2008
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" TENSILE BOND STRENGTH OF ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS USING SELF ETCHING ADHESIVES - AADR, Baltimore, Maryland. March 2005

" HARDNESS OF DUAL-CURE RESIN CEMENTS USING THREE POLIMERIZATION METHODS - AADR, Baltimore, Maryland March 2005