Ohio State University trained dentist (1973) with MA in professional education (1978) and PhD (1991) and Doctor of Odontology (2006) in dental behavioral sciences. at Aarhus University, Denmark. Clinical instructor since 1998 in general dentistry for dental students providing comprehensive dental care according to their abilities at third year, fourth year and fifth year competency levels. In addition, I teach third year dental students theory and practice of optimal communication with patients as well as applied psychology which includes conflict resolution, stress management, psychiatric disorders and dental anxiety. Current research is on optimal clinical dental education and psychosocial development of the dentist role. Other research ranges from aspects of dental anxiety and pain, both from dentist and patient perspectives, to occupational stress and sequelae among dentists. I use epidemiological, qualitative, or quasi-experimental methods. Interested in all aspects of behavioral science in dentistry (e.g. psychosocial aspects of orthodontics or need perceptions for crowns/bridges).