New faculty spotlight: Steven Fox, DDS

Steven Fox, DDS, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Steven Fox, DDS
  • Title and department: Associate professor, department of adult restorative dentistry, UNMC College of Dentistry

Research/professional interests:

  • Temporomandibular disorders and management
  • Fixed and removable partial dentures

How I fell in love with dentistry: I didn’t fall in love with dentistry at first. My father was a dentist and told me for as long as I can remember that I was going to be a dentist. I would say that dentistry is not the only profession, and he would respond, “What are you going to do, dig ditches?” So off I went to find my way. After a year of unemployment, my father approached me and offered me a job as a laboratory technician. I did that for nine years, and that’s when I fell in love with dentistry. I went to dental school and practiced with my father for 25 years before he retired.

Education:

  • DDS, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Professional memberships:

  • American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics
  • American Equilibration Society

Three things people may not know about me:

  • That I’m funny, though my wife says that she is the funny one.
  • I am a Mac computer geek.
  • I love The Beatles.