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Adriana Vargas Green, D.D.S., M.P.H.

Professor - Tenure

Subspecialties: Geriatrics and Hospital Dentistry

Dr. Vargas Green is specialty trained in Geriatrics, medically compromised patients and hospital dentistry. She has a Masters in Public Health from University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston and received her DDS degree in General Dentistry from Colegio Odontologico Colombiano, Bogota Colombia. As a full Professor Tenure and faculty at the Advance General Dentistry Clinic, Dr. Vargas Green's main responsibility is as a Clinical Instructor to AEGD Residents as well dental students. Her duties involve clinical teaching supported Digital Dentistry by evidence-based dentistry and scholary activity for the students such as literature searches, literature review and latest referencing research articles. Dr. Vargas Green teaches and supervises the execution of dental procedures in all aspects of dentistry in patients. For the residents and dental students she teaches immediate assessment for urgent care, diagnosis and presentation of the primary treatment plan and treating the patient immediately. Also teaches comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plan in complete rehabilitation, esthetics, simple and complex oral surgery like extraction of thirds molars, alveoloplasties, crown lengthening, implant placement, bone grafting, bumps and close sinus lifts, operative, fix prosthodontics, endodontics, periodontics, complete dentures and digital immediate or interim dentures, Removable prosthodontics and all aspects of the general dentistry, 

Dr. Vargas Green served as a Director of the Geriatric course 2022-2023, Director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Minitries Transicional Living Center (SAMM) TLC Dental clinic since 2016-2020 with collaboration with Dental Hygiene and Graduate Periodontics Dept, Pedodontics Department and Comprehensive Dentistry. She is also a faculty advisor for the American Student Dental Association (ASDA) since 2016 to present. Dr. Vargas Green collaborated on a Research project since 2003-2018 and 2023 latest publication about quality of life with Dr Tom Oates at the University of Maryland at Dental School looking at long term healing of dental implants in diabetic patients both controlled and uncontrolled.

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