Mark R. Durham, DMD

Languages Spoken: English

Prosthodontist, VA Hospital 2011 - Present

Prosthodontist, U of U Faculty Practice 2015 - Present

Prosthodontist, Private Practice, Utah 2013 -2016

Attending, VA GPR (2010 – 2015)

Attending U of U GPR 2015 - 2016

Attending U of U, Dental School 2015 – Present

PIONEERING

Pioneered a nationally recognized Prosthodontic Portfolio (Advanced education in dentures, overdentures, hybrids, & full-mouth reconstructions) 2012

Pioneered the “Custom-Tray Rim” as a time-saving/quality-improvement denture advent 2012

Pioneered a team that gave the award winning, CAD/CAM, dental-implant prostheses, to a corporation to be marketed nationally 2013

Patent submission in dental technologies related to prosthodontics, with 11 University invention disclosures 2015 - Present

Developing virtual-reality educational models for hands-on learning in dentistry 2016 – present

Recipient of the Imagine Perfect Care award with funding for novel biomarker platform technology 2016

Developing artificial intelligence for dental radiographs with the SCI Institute and the Dental School 2017

TEACHING

Course director of Removable-Partial Dentures 2015 - Present

Course director of Complete Dentures 2015 – Present

Course director of Implants for Removable Prosthetics 2015 - Present

Course director of Implants for Fixed Prosthetics 2015 - Present

Co-course director for Fixed Prosthetics 2015

Course Director in CAD/CAM Ceramics 2015

Founder of international dental education website, dentucation.com (large “Generation Y/X” following)

LEADERSHIP

Chair, New Technology Workgroup, HSC Academic Affairs Office

Section Chief, Prosthetics, U of U

Assistant Residency Director, VA Hospital (2010 – 2015)

Laboratory Lead, VA Hospital (2010 – 2015)

The VHASLC George Whalen Award Recipient

Strategy Committee, Dental School 2016 - Present

Executive Committee, Dental School 2016 – Present

Director, Continuing Dental Education 2015 - 2017

Co-manage the logistics, employment, standards, policies, for the School of Dentistry’s in-house laboratory and have since its inception 2015 – Present