Michael Glick, Executive Director of Penn Dental Medicine’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health, was named the Academy of Dentistry International’s International Dentist of the Year for 2021. The award honors career contributions to dentistry, international education, and service. 

Dr. Glick has been active with the FDI World Dental Federation since 2007, serving on multiple committees. He also had a leading role in establishing FDI’s Vision 2020 and most recently was the primary author of its Vision 2030, giving guidance for a global interdisciplinary and integrative role for oral health. Dr. Glick served as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of the American Dental Association from 2005 to 2020.

Dr. Glick served as Dean of the University at Buffalo, SUNY, School of Dental Medicine (2009-2015) where he remained as professor of oral diagnostic Sciences before coming to Penn Dental Medicine in 2021 to lead Penn Dental Medicine’s new Center for Integrative Global Oral Health (CIGOH). The school’s first policy center, CIGOH is seeking to find creative solutions to address unmet oral health needs around the world through public policy, education, and research initiatives, collaborating across disciplines and across borders. 

The ADI will present the award at its 2022 annual meeting (delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic), to be held in November in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Glick was also invited to present a continuing education lecture as part of the meeting.  

The ADI is an international honor society for dentists dedicated to sharing knowledge in order to serve the dental health needs and to improve the quality of life of people throughout the world. This transnational organization is devoted to the advancement of dentistry throughout the world and to the elevation of dental standards by continuing education. There are chapters and fellows in over 80 countries around the world.