Faculty Practice: Prosthodontics

Scope of Practice

Providers:

Kwok Hung (Albert) Chung, DDS , PhD

Dr. Chung holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (1979) from the National Defense Medical Center-Taiwan, a Doctor of Philosophy degree (1987) in Biomaterials from the Northwestern University at Chicago , and a certificate in Prosthodontics from the University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio (2002).

Dr. Mats Kronstrom

(Bio coming soon)

Xavier Lepe, DDS, MS

Dr. Lepe holds a Bachelor of Science degree (1976) and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (1980) from Universidad de Guadalajara, a specialty certificate in Combined Prosthodontics (1985) and a Master of Science degree in Oral Biology (1987) from Loyola University Chicago.

Ernesto Ricardo Schwedhelm, DDS, MSD, FRCDC(P)

Dr. Schwedhelm received his D.D.S at the Universidad Tecnologica de Mexico in 1978. From Indiana University, he received an M.S.D (1983), Certificate of Fixed and Removable Partial Prosthodontics (1983) and a Certificate of Removable Prosthodontics, also in 1983. The national Dental Examining Board of Canada certified him for practice in August of 1983. He completed a Fellowhip in Prosthodontics at the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in 1995 and a Certificate of Prosthodontics from the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia in 1997.

Dr. Hai Zhang, DMD, PhD

Dr. Zhang received a DMD from West China University of Medical Sciences in 1992. In 2002, he received both a PhD in Oral Biology and a Certificate in Prosthodontics from the University of Connecticut.

Mats Kronstrom, DDS, Ph.D

Mats Kronstrom has a DDS and Ph.D from Malmo University in Sweden. He held a position as associate Professor in the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Odontology, Malmo University between 2000 to 2003. He joined Dalhousie University in 2003 where he served as Director of the Implant Program and was also involved in teaching and lecturing in the Graduate Prosthodontic Program. In 2006 he joined the University of Washington and is the Course Director of the Undergraduate Implant Program (3rd year) and Advanced Restorative Dentistry (4th year).

Dr. Kronstrom graduated as a Prosthodontist 12 years ago and was maintaining a full time clinical position at the Department of Prosthodontics, Central Hospital in Skovde, Sweden until he decided to join the Faculty at Malmo University . In 1999, he successfully defended his Thesis “Prosthodontics and the General Dentist”for the Ph.D degree at Malmo University, Sweden. Dr. Kronstrom is involved in several ongoing research projects related to dental implants. He has numerous publications in the area of prosthodontics, dental implants and decision making and is the principle supervisor for one Ph.D student, and 2 Master of Science students in Sweden.