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Bio Dr. Henry A. Gremillion is a 1977 graduate of Louisiana State University School of Dentistry. He maintained a private general dental practice in Cottonport, Louisiana from 1977-1989. He then completed a 2 year Fellowship in
Craniofacial Pain and Dysfunction at the University of Florida, College of
Dentistry under the mentorship of Dr. Parker E. Mahan. While at the University of Florida College of
Dentistry he served as director of the Parker E. Mahan Facial Pain Center and
directed a fellowship program in orofacial pain from 1992-2008 and was on the
active dental staff of Shands Teaching Hospital during that period. He also held the P. E. Mahan Endowed Professor
in Orofacial Pain in the Department of Orthodontics and held an affiliate
appointment in the Department of Prosthodontics at the UFCD. He is the recipient of the 2008 Academy of General Dentistry’s Thaddeus V. Weclew
Award for contributions to the art and science of dentistry. He received the Dawson Academy Career Service
Award in February 2009 and the American Academy of Orofacial Pain Career
Service Award in April 2010. In October
2008 he was named Dean of Louisiana State University School of Dentistry and is
the E.E. Jeansonne Endowed Professor of Lifelong Learning. He serves as a consultant in the field of
temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain for the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy,
U.S. Air Force, ADA Council on Dental Practice, and the Comprehensive Dentistry
Program at UFCD. He is an associate
faculty member and of the DawsonAcademy for Advanced
Dental Study. He also serves on the editorial boards of the
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, Journal of Craniomandibular Practice, and
Journal of the Academy of General Dentistry.
He has lectured extensively in the U.S. and abroad and has
authored/co-authored numerous scientific articles, abstracts, and book
chapters. His research interests include temporomandibular disorders, bruxism,
and psychosocial aspects of orofacial pain.
His major clinical interest is the diagnosis and management of orofacial
pain.