Jan 8, 2024
Mark A. Latta, D.M.D., M.S., professor of general
dentistry,served as dean of the School of Dentistry from 2011 to
2021. Prior to the dean’s appointment, he served as the
Associate Dean for Research at Creighton University School of
Dentistry since 1995. He personally has been awarded more
than 140 research grants on prosthetic dental restorative
materials, adhesives and bonding and dental material clinical
trials. A speaker and lecturer of international renown, he
has published more than 85 manuscripts and more than 200 abstracts
and presented at numerous state and national dental association
meetings and throughout the world. Prior to joining Creighton,
Latta served as director of Research and Development for the
Trubyte Division of Dentsply International, York, PA. During
his industrial career he contributed to or was responsible for more
than 20 new dental product introductions and is an inventor or
co-inventor of numerous patents.
He earned his dental degree at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Dental Medicine in 1983, and his master’s degree in oral
biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental
Surgery in 1995. He also spent one year in hospital general
practice residency at York Hospital, York, PA.
Dr. Latta, a Fellow in the American College of Dentists and the
International College of Dentists is also a member of Omicron Kappa
Upsilon, the national honorary dental society. He has also
served as president of the Dental Materials Group and the
International Association for Dental Research.