Dr. Gil Triplett, Chairman

Regents Professor
Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology
Chairman of Dentistry Department, Baylor University Medical Center

Office Phone: 214-828-8101
Faxline: 214-874-4527
E-mail: gtriplett@tambcd.edu
Appointments 214-828-8493 / 8101
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 660677 Dallas, Texas 75266-0677
Physical Address: 3302 Gaston Avenue Dallas, Texas 75246

Primary Responsibilities

Dr. Triplett is the Chairman of the Department, Director of Hospital Affairs, and Chairman of the Dentistry Department at Baylor University Medical Center. He is the primary liaison between the College and the hospital. In 1998, he was awarded one of the highest honors in the Texas A&M University System when the Board of Regents named him a Regents Professor.

Education Credentials

Predental Training: Loyola University

Dental School: Loyola University School of Dentistry, 1959-1963 (DDS)

General Practice Residency: Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia

Residency: Boston (Chelsea, MA) Naval Hospital (Cert)(1973)

Postgraduate: Georgetown University, PhD (Physiology and Biophysics)(1982)

Diplomat, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1975

Licensure: Texas, Louisiana

Hospital Affiliation: Baylor University Medical Center, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Dr. Triplett was trained and served as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps, serving for 21 years and rising to the rank of Captain. He was in charge of research and training programs with an emphasis on combat casualty care, and also served as Chairman of the Dental Department at one of the Navy's flagship hospitals, where he ran the residency training program.

Dr. Triplett is the assistant editor of the only textbook ever written on the topic of war injuries to the head and neck region. He was recruited by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to join their Faculty in 1984. In 1991, he was named Chairman of the Baylor College of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, which subsequently merged with the Department of Pharmacology. Dr. Triplett's areas of research interest are in the areas of bone physiology, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, head and neck infection, maxillofacial trauma, dental implants, guided tissue regeneration, and microneurosurgery. He currently has two funded grants to address sinus floor augmentation, dental implants and immediate implant placement.

Dr. Triplett is also an internationally experienced speaker who lectures worldwide on guided tissue regeneration techniques, implantology, and treatment of wartime combat casualties. Dr. Triplett also was instrumental in the creation of the Dr. P. Earle Williams Memorial Lectureship, an annual continuing education platform created in the memory of the first board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Dallas. This new tradition is now in its fifth year. For more information, go to Speaking Availability.

Academic Appointments

Texas A&M University System HSC, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX	Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology	Professor and Chairman 1996-Present
Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas	Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology	Professor and Chairman 1991-1996
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Professor 1988-1991
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Associate Professor, 1984-1988

Principal Memberships

American Dental Association
Texas Dental Association
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
North Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
American College of Dentists
American Academy of Osseointegration

Recent Honors and Awards

Regents Professor Service Award for "a career of exemplary professional contributions to Baylor College of Dentistry, The Texas A&M University System, the people of Texas and beyond", The Texas A&M University System, 1998.
Edward C. Hinds Award for Continuing Education in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at UTHSC-Houston and the Houston Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 1997
Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, 1988.

Recent Professional Publications

Triplett RG, Schow SE, Fields RT. Bone augmentation with and without biodegradable and non-biodegradable microporous membranes. Oral Maxillofac Clin North Am, 13:411-422, 2001

Sykaras N, Triplett RG, Nunn ME, Iacopino AM, Opperman LA. Effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 on bone regeneration and osseointegration of dental implants. Clin Oral Implants Res, 12:339-349, 2001

Sykaras N, Iacopino AM, Marker VA, Triplett RG, Woody RD. Implant materials, designs, and surface topographies: their effect on osseointegration: a literature review. Intern J Oral Maxillofac Implants, 15:675-690, 2000

Triplett RG. Use of short endosseous implants and an overdenture in the extremely resorbed mandible: a five-year retrospective study. Discussion. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 58:387, 2000

Polizzi G, Grunder U, Goene R, Hatano N, et al (10th author). Immediate and delayed implant placement into extraction sockets: a five-year report. Clin Implant Dent and Related Res, 2:93-99, 2000

Triplett RG, Schow SR, Laskin DM. Oral and maxillofacial surgery advances in implant dentistry. In J Oral Maxillofac Implants, 15:47-56, 2000

Schow SR and Triplett RG. Implants in radiation-treated facial bones. Selected Readings in Oral and Maxillofac Surg, 8(1):1- 18, 2000

Grunder U, Polizzi G, Goene R, Hatano N, et al (11th author). A three-year prospective multicenter follow-up report on the immediate and delayed-immediate placement of implants. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants, 14:210-216, 1999

Ellis ML, Schow SR, Triplett RG. Oral Surgery. In: Urgent Care in the Dental Office: An Essential Handbook. Terezelmy GT and Batizy LG, Eds. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing, 1998

Triplett RG and Schow SR. Osseous regeneration with bone harvested from the anterior mandible. In: Implant Therapy: Clinical Approaches and Evidence of Success. Nevins M and Mellonig JT, Eds. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing, 1998

Lilly LC, Schow SR, Triplett RG. Recominant human BMP-2 for maxillary sinus floor grafting. In: The Sinus Bone Graft. Jenson O, Ed. Chicago: Quintessence Publishing, 1998

Triplett RG. Profuse bleeding and life-threatening airway obstruction after placement of mandibular dental implants. Discussion. J Oral Maxillofacil Surg, 55:1330, 1997

Schow SR, Triplett RG, Solomon JM. Lingual nerve injury associated with over-penetration of bicortical screws used for fixation of a bilateral mandibular sagittal split ramus osteotomy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 54:1451-1452, 1996

Triplett RG and Schow SR. Autologous bone grafts and endosseous implants: complementary techniques. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 54:486-494, 1996

Triplett RG and Bolding SL. Guided tissue regeneration in association with dental implants. In: Reconstructive preprosthetic oral and maxillofacial surgery. Fonseca RJ, Davis WH, Eds. Philadelphia:W.B.Saunders, 1995

Lewis S and Triplett RG. Brånemark Implant System. In: Endosseous implants for maxillofacial reconstruction. Block MS and Kent JN, Eds. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1995