Mahmoud torabinejad endodontics define

Mahmoud Torabinejad (Persian: محمود ترابی‌نژاد) is an Iranian Professor of endodontics and the Director of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Endodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Loma Linda, California.^[1]

Early life and education

Torabinejad was born in Kashan, Iran.

He graduated from Tehran Dental School in 1971, and trained in endodontics at the University of Washington.

Career

Torabinejad practices clinically and is a researcher at Loma Linda University. In addition, he is involved with the Mahmoud Torabinejad Clinical Research Center in Isfahan, Iran.^[2]

He developed mineral trioxide aggregate, a material used in the repair of root perforations,^[3] and in creating an artificial barrier where a normal root canal filling is not possible, treating internal root resorption, and pulp capping.^[4][5]

Torabinejad is the author of many highly cited papers in the field of