Positions

Clinical Associate Professor, Surgical Sciences, School of Dental Medicine

Contact Info

martinezlunaa17@ecu.edu

252-727-7748

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Acela Alejandra Martinez Luna

member of

Academy of Osseointegration 2023
North Carolina Society of Periodontists 2022
American Dental Association 2017
North Carolina Dental Society 2017
East Central Dental Society 2017
American Academy of Periodontology 2011
International Team for Implantology 2011
Mexican Association of Periodontology 2011

selected publications

article
- Immediate Loading of Full-Arch Prosthesis Utilizing Self Drilling Implants. Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry. 43:1-4. 2022
- Periodontal health disparities among adults from rural North Carolina communities. J Periodontol. 2022
case study
- Amlodipine-Induced Severe Gingival Overgrowth: A Case Report. 2018
chapter
- Management of Furcation Defects.. Springer. 2019

presentations

presentation

principal investigator on

Soft and Hard Tissue Changes Around Implants Using Customized CAD/CAM Healing Abutments awarded by AAIDF - American Academy of Implant Dentistry Foundation 2021 - 2025

investigator on

Correlation between Pre-Extraction Periodontal Status and Peri-Implant Microbiome for Patients Treated with Implant-Retained Overdenture awarded by International Congress of Oral Implantologists 2021 - 2024

education and training

Certificate in Restorative Dentistry, Centro de Estudios Odontologicos de Queretaro
Certificate in Periodontology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Dental Medicine in Dentistry, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi
M.S. in Periodontology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

credentials

awards and honors

Faculty member, conferred by Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) Dental Honor Society, 2022
Straumann New Periodontist Award, conferred by American Academy of Periodontology, 2017

preferred title

DMD, MS

located in facility

1851 MacGregor Downs Rd, Mail Stop #701