Mario Tuchman, DMD, MD

Meet Oral Surgeon Dr. Tuchman

Fellow, International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons

Diplomate, International Congress of Oral Implantologists

Dr Tuchman received his D.M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.D. degree from UCLA School of Medicine and his certificate in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from UCLA Hospital Medical Center. His training included surgical training in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Santiago, Chile at the Hospital de Clnicas and Funacin Gantz, respectively.He also completed the AO Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery International Fellowship at Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid, Spain.

Dr Tuchman presently limits his private practice to full-scope Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery procedures with heavy emphasis in the areas of titanium and zirconia dental implants and associated hard & soft tissue grafting. He is a Fellow of the International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons and Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. Dr Tuchman is dually-licensed in dentistry and medicine in the states of New York, Connecticut and Florida.Dr Tuchman is on staff at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and Doctor’s Hospital in Coral Gables, Florida. He is also a part-time faculty member with NYU’s Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeryand an active volunteer for the Alpha Omega Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program. Dr Tuchman is part of the Journal of Implant & Advanced Clinical Dentistry’s (JIACD) Editorial Advisory Board and has been published in multiple journal articles and books on subjects encompassing all scopes of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr Tuchman lives in Manhattan with his wife and three children.

Publications

A New Technique for Hydroxylapatite Augmentation of the Zygoma Kawamoto HK, Garri JI, Tuchman M, Bradley JP, Urrego AF; accepted by Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2005.

The K-Stitch’ for hypertelorbitism: Improved soft tissue correction with glabellar width reduction Kawamoto HK, Garri JI, Tuchman M, Bradley JP, Urrego AF; accepted by Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2005.

Improved Nasal Tip Projection in Treatment of the Bilateral Cleft Nasal Deformity Garri JI, Tuchman M, Bradley JP, Urrego AF. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 16(5):834-839, September 2005

Chapter: Orthognathic Surgery Garri JI, Tuchman M, Kawamoto HK, Urrego AF in Craniofacial Surgery Editors: Thaller, Garri, Bradley; Taylor & Francis Group. 2007