Darnell Kaigler Jr., D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. is the Major M. Ash Collegiate Professor of Periodontics at the University of Michigan in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering. Dr. Kaigler’s research group focuses on the development and implementation of stem cell-based therapies for the regeneration of oral tissues. To this end, he has been the lead investigator of multiple clinical trials. Outside of his research and teaching responsibilities at the University of Michigan, Dr. Kaigler has dual clinical training in restorative dentistry and periodontology, is a Diplomate of the Academy of Osseointegration, and participates in patient care in an interdisciplinary, multi-specialty group practice in downtown Detroit."