Physician Profile

Alan G. Lurie, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Dr. Lurie is professor and chair of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences and chair of the Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He has John Dempsey Hospital appointments in the Departments of Dentistry and Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics. He has been a full-time member of the dental school faculty since 1973, during which time he has done R0-1 research on radiation carcinogenesis, administered predoctoral and graduate educational programs, performed clinical research, and performed imaging care on patients in both dental and medical radiology settings.

He is presently collaborating with Bartron Medical Imaging, Inc., and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, doing research on post-processing and data analysis of medical images for early detection and diagnosis of osteoporosis and colon cancer. Dr. Lurie is presently program director of the NIH/NIDCR Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology Training Grant, as well as its embedded D.M.D./Ph.D. program.

He is past president and current member of School of Dental Medicine Council, co-founder of the UConn Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Clinic, and numerous dental school and institutional committees. He is also an active member of his specialty nationally, having served as Councilor for Public Policy and Scientific Affairs of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, and Past President of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Dr. Lurie has more than 100 publications in the refereed literature, and numerous presentations to local, state, national and international organizations.

Appointment

• Professor and Chair, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences
• Chair, Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
• Hospital Staff Member, Department of Dentistry
• Hospital Staff Member, Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics

Specialty

• Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

Subspecialty

• Full scope of practice in oral and maxillofacial radiology.
• Special interest in bone imaging of osteoporosis, volumetric tomography, MR imaging of the temporomandbular joints, imaging of osteonecrosis and osteoradionecrosis, and effects of radiation therapy on oral and paraoral structures.

Certification
Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

Education
D.D.S., UCLA, 1970
Ph.D., Radiation Biology and Biophysics, University of Rochester, 1974

Awards

• Edward H. Hatton Award, IADR, 1969
• ICRETT Award, International Union Against Cancer, 1978
• Fellow, International Union Against Cancer, 1991
• Omicron Kappa Upsulon (Phi Chi Chapter) National Dental Honor Society, University of Connecticut Health Center, 2000
• Fellow, American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, 2005

Selected Publications
Brooks, S.L., Brand, J., Gibbs, S.J., Hollender, L., Lurie, A.G., Omnell, K.A., White, S. and Westesson, P.L., Imaging of the temporomandibular joint, Oral Surg:83:609-618, 1997

Scholl, R.J., Kellett, H.M., Brown, S.L., Neumann, D.P. and Lurie, A.L., Cystic lesions of the mandible: a clinical and radiological-pathcal review. Radiographics, 19:1107-1124, 1999.

Lurie, A., Discussion. Magnetic resonance imaging findings and clinical symptoms in the temporomandibular joint in patients with mandibular continuity defects. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 58:493-494, 2000.

Alfano, M.C., Coulter, I.D., Gerety, M.B., Hart, T.C., Imrey, P.B., LeResche, L., Levy, J., Luepker, R.V., Lurie, A.G., Page, R.C., Rye, L.A., Smith, L. and Walker, C.B., Diagnosis and management of dental caries throughout life. National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement, J Dent Educ, 65:1162-1168, 2001 and NIH Office of the Director, 18(1), March 26-28, 2001.
http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/115/115_statement.htm

Colosi, D., Potluri, A., Islam, S., Geha, H. and Lurie, A., Brief communication: Bone trabeculae are visible on periapical images. Quad-O-E, 96:772-773, 2003.

Brand, J.W., Edwards, M., Gibbs, S.J., Katz, J.O., Lurie, A.G. and White, S.C., NCRP Report No. 145, Radiation Protection in Dentistry. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD. 12/2003.

Islam, M., Lurie, A. and Reichenberger, E., Clinical features of Tricho-Dento-Osseous syndrome and presentation of three new cases: an addition to clinical heterogeneity. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 100:736-742, 2005.

Tosoni, G., Lurie, A., Cowan, A. and Burleson, J., Pixel intensity and fractal analyses: detecting osteoporosis in postmenopausal women using digital panoramic images. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 102:235-241, 2006.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Research Interests

• Early detection of osteopenic and osteoporotic changes on dental images using recursive hierarchical segmentation analysis.
• Diagnostic efficacy and prognostic ability of treatment planning panoramic and ConeBeam CT imaging of dental implant patients.