Administration

William B. Butler, DDS, MS Dean, School of Dentistry (615) 327-6207 wbutler@mmc.edu View Dean Butler's Message

Associate Deans

Maria Fatima Lima, PhD Associate Dean, Research (615) 327-6533 flima@mmc.edu
William D. Scales, DDS Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs (615) 327-6605 (Interim) Associate Dean, Academic Affairs (615) 327-6182 wscales@mmc.edu
Charles W. Williams, DDS Professor, Chair and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs (Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) (615) 327-6370 cwilliams@mmc.edu
Cherae Farmer-Dixon, DDS, MSPH  Associate Dean, Student Affairs and Chair, Admissions Committee  (615) 327-6076 cdixon@mmc.edu

Department Chairpersons

Department of Dental Public Health
Angel Rivera Torres, DDS, MPH, MSPH, PhD.

Department of Endodontics
Vacant

Department of Oral Diagnostics Sciences
Heidi Christensen, DDS, MS 

Department of Oral Biology and Research
Vacant

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Charles W. Williams, DDS

Department of Orthodontics
Melvin S. Polk Jr., DDS, MS 

Department of Pediatrics
Adolfina Montalvo Polk, DDSDepartment of Periodontics
Paulette J. Tempro, DDS

Department of Restorative Dentistry
Charles T. Smith, DDS