Department Affiliation(s)

Primary: School of Dentistry

Biographical Sketch
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	BA	1989	Chemistry
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	D.D.S.	1993	Dentistry
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	M.S.B.E.	1997	Biomedical Engineering
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	Ph.D.	1999	Biomedical Engineering

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Research/Clinical Interest Description

Michael McCracken, DDS, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics and Biomaterials and the Director of the Predoctoral Implant Curriculum. He is an Associate Scientist in the Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and has a joint appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. McCracken is pursuing clinical and basic science research targeting the interaction between systemic disease and bone response. One project has identified a unique interaction between dental implant materials and bone growth in a diabetic animal model. Also, Dr. McCracken is preparing to begin a clinical research training program under the direction of Dr. Larry Moreland examining the potential relationship between bone loss associated with rheumatoid arthritis and alveolar bone loss present with periodontal disease. This will augment his previous work on the manipulation of host response to dental implants using bioengineered materials and growth factors.

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	Selected Publications  0	PubMed ID
McCracken MS, Haywood VB Effects of 10% carbamide peroxide on the subsurface hardness of enamel Quintessence Int 1995;26:21-24. Dergachev AY, Kudryavtsev AB, McCracken MS, Mirov SB Detection of hepatitis B surface protein by means of laser spectroscopy CLEO 1996;9:158-159. McCracken MS, Haywood VB Demineralization effects of 10 percent carbamide peroxide J of Dent 1996;24:393-398. Ramp M, McCracken MS, Mazer R Tooth structure loss apical to preparations for fixed partial dentures when using self-limiting burs J Prosthet Dent 1998;79:491-494. McCracken MS Dental implant materials: commercially pure titanium and its alloys J Prosthodod 1999:8:40-43. McCracken MS Impact of FGF-1 on healing of implants Bone-Biomaterials Interface, J.E. Davies, Ed., University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada, 2000. McCracken MS , Lemons JE, Rahemtulla F, Prince F, Feldman D Bone response to Ti-6A1-4V implants placed in diabetic rats JOMI (In Press). McCracken MS, Lemons JE, Thompson A, Zinn K, Feldman D Analysis of Tc-6A1-4V implants placed in rat tibiae JBMR (Submitted). McCracken MS, Zinn K, Lemons JE Radioimaging of implants in rats using Tc-99m-MDP techniques In Preparation.
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Date Updated

03-10-04

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