Assistant Professor
Department of Endodontics
3302 Gaston Ave.
Dallas,
Texas 75246
Phone: 214-828-8365
Email: tkomabayashi@bcd.tamhsc.edu
Education and Post-Graduate Training
Takashi Komabayashi is Assistant Professor of the Department of Endodontics at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas. He received a D.D.S degree from the University of Hiroshima in 1998, a Ph.D. in dental material from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 2002, a D.D.S. from the University of California San Francisco in 2005, and a Certificate and M.Dent.Sc. in Endodontics from University of Connecticut in 2008. Dr. Komabayashi served as a student member of American Association of Endodontists Research and Scientific Affairs Committee. He was a recipient of Endodontic Educator Fellowship Award and Henry M. Thornton/ Student Clinicians of the American Dental Association Fellowship Award. He is a John and Joyce Ingle Fellow in Endodontics. He serves as an ad hoc reviewer of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Endodontics.
His research interest is focused on dentin-material interface. The title of Ph.D. study was “Properties of a New Injectable Type of Root Canal Filling Resin with Adhesiveness to Dentin.” The title of M.Dent.Sc. thesis was “Permeability Alterations of Bio-silicified Treated Human Dentin -An In Vitro Study-.” He currently is a National Institute of Health/ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas CTSA Clinical Research Scholar.
