Dr. Richard P. Harper DDS, PHD, PA
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
729 W 2nd Ave Corsicana TX, 75110Rating
3/5
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Dr. Richard Harper is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Corsicana, TX. Dr. Harper specializes in the treatment of problems related to the face, mouth and jaws. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Harper is a unique dental specialist who can provide emergency medicine, perform general surgery and give anesthesia. These medical doctors are the only type of medical care specialist who can administer anesthesia, besides anesthesiologists. Typical procedures performed by Dr. Harper are tooth extractions, especially wisdom teeth, corrective jaw surgery, cleft palate surgery and reconstructive surgery after an injury. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can also perform dental work including placing dental implants. These surgeons might also deal with conditions of sleep apnea, oral cancers and more.
Education and Training
University Of Toronto Faculty Of Medicine 1972
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of estrogen on the condylar cartilage of the rat mandible in organ culture.
- Experimental tooth movement through regenerate alveolar bone: A pilot study.
- Force level and strain patterns during bilateral mandibular osteodistraction.
- Calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P immunoreactivity in rat trigeminal ganglia and brainstem following adjuvant-induced inflammation of the temporomandibular joint.
- Masticatory function in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
- Meal pattern analysis in response to temporomandibular joint inflammation in the rat.
- Effects of calcium hydroxide and transforming [correction of tumor] growth factor-beta on collagen synthesis in subcultures I and V of osteoblasts.
- Clinical indications for altering vertical dimension of occlusion. Functional and biologic considerations for reconstruction of the dental occlusion.
- TGF-beta 1 alone and in combination with calcium hydroxide is synergistic to TGF-beta 1 production by osteoblasts in vitro.
- Modulation of the inflammatory response in the rat TMJ with increasing doses of complete Freund's adjuvant.
- Effects of estrogen on chondrocyte proliferation and collagen synthesis in skeletally mature articular cartilage.
- The dental management of a patient with surdo-cardiac syndrome: report of a case.
- The dental management of a patient with surdo-cardiac syndrome: report of a case.
- Resolution of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the mandible: possible application for intermittent low-dose parathyroid hormone [rhPTH(1-34)].
- Analysis of temporomandibular joint function after orthognathic surgery using condylar path tracings.
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