Scott Benjamin, D.D.S

 Dr. Scott Benjamin is a graduate of SUNY Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine and has been in full-time private practice in the Tri-Town area for over 35 years. He has been a leader in advanced dental technology and dental lasers since their infancy and is an internationally recognized authority, author, and educator on lasers, dental technologies, diagnosis, and Oral Cancer and its early detection. He has presented internationally at major dental meetings, universities, workshops, study clubs, and user meetings and has authored more than 200 articles, textbook chapters, and ADA-ANSI Technical Reports and Standards on topics ranging from Oral Cancer and enhanced diagnostic modalities to computerization, lasers, and other advanced dental technologies. Dr. Benjamin is presently the Technology Section Editor for The Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry, and was the Technology Editor of The Journal of Practical Hygiene, and the Section Editor of Advanced Technologies for The Journal of Practical Procedures & Aesthetic Dentistry, and is currently on the editorial board of Inside Dentistry and, Dentistry Today.

 

Dr. Benjamin is an active member of ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics (ADA-SCDI), and is the chairman of three separate Working Groups on: Data Redundancy, Archiving, and Storage; Digital Imaging, Photography and Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM); and The Electronic Patient Dental Record and was appointed to the Task Force on the National Healthcare Information Infrastructure (NHII). He is also a member of the ADA Standards Committee on Dental Products (ADA-SCDP) and serves as the Working Group Chairman for Dental Lasers. As the only practicing dentist that serves on both standards committees Dr. Benjamin also is the co-chairman of the Joint Working Group of both the ADA-SCDP and ADA-SCDI that acts as the liaison that connects the two standards committees together especially in the areas of CAD-CAM dentistry and terminology. He is a past member of the National Dental Electronic Data Interchange Council (NDEDIC) Board of Trustees. He is also the Immediate Past-President of the Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD), a member of ANSI Sub-committee Z-136 on Laser Safety, and President of the Tri-County Dental Society and is a past President of the Sixth District Dental Society of the New York State Dental Association. He has served as the Scientific Program Chairman for the Academy of Laser Dentistry in 2007 and again in 2010. In 2014 Dr. Benjamin was honored by the ADA as “The Outstanding Volunteer” for his dedication to dentistry, especially as it relates to his efforts in the development of the ADA/ANSI Standards.

 

Dr. Benjamin has a faculty appointment at several universities and dental schools and was a participant at the World Health Organizations (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Precancer 2005 Closed Session Working Group on “Potentially Malignant Oral Mucosal Lesions and Conditions Terminology; Classification; Diagnosis and Prognosis”.

 

Dr. Benjamin’s interest in technology and advancing its proper utilization in dentistry began with his first computerized practice management system, in the early 1980’s, and was instrumental in the development and implementation of electronic communication and insurance submittals, in the mid 1980’s and is continuing to assist in the progression of digital communication, electronic patient records, and advanced technologies of many types into mainstream dentistry.

His interest continues today on a much broader scale with his involvement in the development of dental lasers, clinical screening, diagnostic, and treatment modalities and incorporating the appropriate utilization of advanced technologies into the everyday clinical dental practice. Dr. Benjamin is a consultant and advisor for many dental practices and several dental technology companies utilizing his expertise in clinical dentistry and oral health, oral cancer, lasers, digital radiography, imaging, practice management, dental computerization, diagnostics, ergonomics, and workflow.

 

 

SUNY at Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine

            Doctor of Dental Surgery

SUNY at Buffalo

            Bachelor of Science, Special Major in Health Science

 

 

Eastman Institute of Oral Health at the University of Rochester School of Medicine 

Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry

Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine

            Adjunct Professor

SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine

            Adjunct Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry

Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine

            Associate Professor and Director of Advanced Technology

Academy of Laser Dentistry

           Past-President

2009 FDA/CDRH and ALD Joint Symposium on Light Based Technology Utilization in Dentistry

            Facilitator and Presenter

ADA-Task Force on the National Healthcare Information Infrastructure (NHII)

            Voting Member

The Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry

            Technology Section Editor

The Journal of Practical Procedures & Aesthetic Dentistry (PPAD)

            Advanced Technology Section Editor 

The Journal of Practical Hygiene (JPH)

            Technology Editor

Dentistry Today

            Editorial Board

Inside Dentistry

            Editorial Board

National Dental Electronic Data Interchange Council (NDEDIC)

            Past Member of the Board of Trustees

Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD)

            2007 & 2010 Scientific Program Chairman

NYS Education Department Registered Certified Dental Assisting Modular Program (CDAMP) at the Schuyler-Chemung-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)

            Curriculum Advisor

American Dental Association Standards Committee on Dental Informatics (ADA-SCDI) Chairman of:

            Working Group 12.1 -Digital Imaging, Photography, & DICOM

            Working Group 11.2 -The Electronic Patient Dental Record

            Working Group 10.4 -Data Redundancy, Archiving, and Storage

             Joint Liaison Working Group of the ADA-SCDP and ADA-SCDI

American Dental Association Standards Committee on Dental Products (ADA-SCDP) Chairman of:

            Working Group 6.58 -Dental Lasers

            Joint Liaison Working Group of the ADA-SCDP and ADA-SCDI

American Nation Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee Z-136 on Laser Safety

            Voting Member

New York State Dental Association’s Sixth District Dental Society

            Past President

Tri-County Dental Society of New York

            President

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of the following organizations:

American Dental Association (ADA), and component societies

Academy of Laser Dentistry

Academy of General Dentistry

National Dental Electronic Data Interchange Council

International Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics

American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

American Academy of Oral Medicine

International and American Academies of Dental Research

Practice Based Research Network

American Dental Association Standards Committee on Dental Products

American Dental Association Standards Committee on Dental Informatics

American Nation Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee Z-136 on Laser Safety

National Electronic Manufactures Association (NEMA), Digital Imaging Communication in Medicine (DICOM) Working Group 22-The International DICOM Standard of Dentistry

 

CIVIC LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Tri-Town Boys & Girls Club (Sidney, NY)

            Charter President & Founding Board Member

Afton Sertoma Club (Service to Mankind Service Club)

            Past President