SHARON LYNN BROOKS, DDS, MS

Professor of Dentistry

Education

1962-1964 - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Chemistry, Russian
1965 - B.A. Ed., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Elementary Education
1973 - D.D.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Dentistry
1976 - M.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Oral Diagnosis/Radiology
1984 - M.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Environmental and Industrial Health (Radiological Health)
1989 - M.S. - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis
1991 - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, TMJ Imaging

Academic Appointments

1992 - Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan School of Medicine
1986 - Professor of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
1991 - Visiting Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
1980-86 - Associate Professor of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
1976-80 - Assistant Professor of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
1976-77 - Assistant Research Scientist, Dental Research Institute, University of Michigan
1973-76 - Clinical Instructor of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Scientific Activities

Editorial Boards
1985 - Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Oral Medicine Sections
1996 - Editor, Oral Radiology Section, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
Other Scientific Activities
1983-93, 95 Sponsored summer dental student researchers under NIDR training grants

Memberships and Offices in Professional Societies

Omicron Kappa Upsilon
American Dental Association
Michigan Dental Association
Washtenaw District Dental Society (President, 1990-91)
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Organization of Teachers of Oral Diagnosis (President, 1988-89)
American Association of Dental Schools (Chair, Section on Oral Diagnosis/Oral Medicine, 1991-92)
International Association of Dental Maxillofacial Radiology
Health Physics Society
International Association of Dental Research
American Board of Oral Medicine.

Bibliography: (Completed Publications in Scientific Journals Since 1992)

Brooks SL, Westesson P-L, Eriksson L, Hansson L-G, Barsotti JB. Prevalence of osseous changes in the temporomandibular joint of asymptomatic individuals without internal derangement. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1992; 73:118-22.

Widmalm S-E, Westesson P-L, Brooks SL, Hatala MP, Paesani D. Temporomandibular joint sound: correlation to joint morphology in fresh autopsy specimens. in Am J Orthod Dentofac Orthop 1992; 101:60-9.

Mohajery M, Brooks SL. Oral radiographs in the detection of early signs of osteoporosis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1992; 73:112-7.

Paesani D, Westesson P-L, Hatala MP, Tallents R, Brooks SL. Accuracy of clinical diagnosis for TMJ internal derangement and arthrosis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1992; 73:360-3.

Nakfoor CA, Brooks SL. Compliance of Michigan dentists with radiographic safety recommendations. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1992: 73:510-3.

Macher DJ, Westesson P-L, Brooks SL, Hicks DG, Tallents RH. Temporomandibular joint: surgically created disk displacement causes arthrosis in the rabbit. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1992; 73:645-9.

Lundh H, Westesson P-L, Eriksson L, Brooks SL. Temporomandibular joint disk displacement without reduction: treatment with flat occlusal splint versus no treatment. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1992; 73:655-8.

Westesson P-L, Brooks SL. Temporomandibular joint: magnetic resonance evidence of joint effusion relative to joint pain and internal derangement. Am J Roent 1992; 159:559-563.

Brooks SL, Miles DA. Advances in diagnostic imaging in dentistry. Dental Clin N Amer 1993; 37:91-111.

Brooks SL, Cho SY. Validation of a specific selection criterion for dental periapical radiography. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1993; 75:383-6.

Brooks SL, Westesson P-L. Temporomandibular joint: value of coronal MR images. Radiology 1993; 188:317-321.

Brooks SL. Computed tomography. Dental Clin N Amer 1993; 37:575-90.

Crabbe JP, Brooks SL, Lillie JH. Gradient-echo MR imaging of the temporomandibular joint: diagnostic pitfall caused by the superficial temporal artery. Am J Roentgenol 1995; 164:451-4.

Wyche CJ, Wilmot JJ, Brooks SL. Frequency of radiopaque turbinate bones on lateral cephalometric radiographs. Amer J Orthod Dentofac Orthop 1995; 108:56-61.

Callender KI, Brooks SL. The usefulness of tomography in the evaluation of patients with temporomandibular disorders: a retrospective clinical study. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod1996;81:710-9. (Winner of Arthur H. Wuehrmann Award for best paper published in Vol 80-81).