Position: Associate Professor

Organization: UTSD Houston, Private Practice, Houston TX

Biography Text: DDS | Universidad del Valle at Cali, Colombia, 2000 MS, Pharmacology | Universidad del Valle at Cali, Colombia, 2005 PhD, Oral Biology | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, 2011 Certificate in Periodontics | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, 2013 Dr. Arce started his graduate education at Universidad del Valle at Cali in Colombia, where he obtained a DDS degree (2000) and a master's degree in pharmacology and periodontology (2005). Dr. Arce then moved to the U.S. to earn a PhD in oral biology (2011) and a specialty certificate in periodontology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry (2013). He also completed a certificate in Translational Research from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a postdoctoral fellowship with the Next Generation of Oral Health Researchers (NextGen-NIDCR) training program at UNC. His research interests include molecular host/pathogen interactions and the modulation of inflammatory responses in periodontitis, as well as digital dentistry applications in implant surgery. Dr. Arce has been awarded the AAPF Educator Scholarship (2012), the AAPF Fellowship to the Institute for Teaching and Learning (2014), and the AAPF Teaching Fellowship (2015). Dr Arce is a former Harold Amos AMFDP scholar, a current diplomate of the American Academy of Periodontology, and an associate professor of periodontics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry. Dr. Arce also is a part time private practitioner limited to Periodontics and Implant Dentistry. Specialties: Periodontal disease, systemic diseases, dental implants, periodontal immunology research, dental education.