Paul Tiwana, M.D.

Educated in both dentistry (Northwestern University) and medicine (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Dr. Tiwana completed in residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and internship in General Surgery at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. While at UNC he also earned a masters degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Subsequently, he completed fellowship training in Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery in Washington, D. C. He was appointed to the full-time teaching staff of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry with joint appointments in the School of Medicine in the Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, where he practiced from 2004 to 2010. He was also the Chief of Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky during this time. In 2010 he was recruited to become the graduate program director of the residency program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Tiwana is a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS), a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS). He serves on multiple national committees which are educationally focused on the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Tiwana is frequently called upon for lecturing to professional groups regionally, nationally, and internationally. In addition, as a published author he has contributed numerous journal articles and book chapters to the professional scientific literature. Dr. Tiwana’s clinical practice is through The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center University Hospitals and Faculty Clinic. He is also very actively involved in the craniofacial team at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. Dr. Tiwana’s investigative and clinical efforts are focused primarily on infants, children, and young adults affected by: dento-facial deformities/orthognathic surgery, craniofacial sybndromes, craniosynostosis, cleft lip and palate, and craniomaxillofacial trauma. He also maintains an active outpatient oral surgery faculty practice.

Medical School	Northwestern University Dental School (1996)
Medical School	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (1999)
Internship	University of North Carolina Hospitals (2000), General Surgery
Residency	University of North Carolina Hospitals (2002), Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Graduate School	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2003)
Fellowship	Georgetown University Hospital - GME (2004), Craniofacial Surgery

• Bone Grafts (Periodontal Regenerative Surgery)
• Cosmetic Dentistry
• Dentistry & Oral Surgery
• Face Jaw Surgery
• Oral Implants
• Transplant Dental Clearance
• Wisdom Teeth Removal

• Primary Interests
• Acquired Nasal Deformity
• Amelogenesis Imperfecta
• Anomalies of Dental Arch Relationship
• Central Giant Cell Granuloma
• Complicated Tooth Fracture
• Dental Implants
• Dentinogenesis Imperfecta
• Dermoid Cyst
• Deviated Nasal Septum
• Epidermoid Cyst
• Epstein's Pearl Cyst
• Erythryplakia
• Fissural Cysts of the Jaw
• Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia
• Frenectomy
• Gingivectomy
• Hypersomnia with Sleep Apnea
• Hypertrophic Frenulum & Lip
• Hypertrophy Nasal Turbinates
• Impacted Teeth in Mandible & Maxilla
• Leukoplakia of Oral Mucosa
• Loss of Teeth
• Macrogenia
• Macroglossia
• Major Anomalies of Jaw Size
• Mandibular Hyperplasia & Hypoplasia
• Mass in Head & Neck Region Needing Biopsy for Diagnosis
• Maxillary Asymmetry
• Maxillary Hyperplasia & Hypoplasia
• Microgenia
• Mucocoele
• Nasoalveolar Cyst
• Odontogenesis Imperfecta
• Odontogenic Dentigerous, Follicular & Keratocyst
• Oral Pathology of Hard & Soft Tissue
• Orbital Floor Blow-Out Closed
• Osteomyelitis of Maxilla & Mandible
• Pathologic Fracture
• Sequestrum of Maxilla & Mandible
• Sialoadenitis & Sialolithiasis
• Soft Tissue Trimming
• Stomatitis
• Supernumerary Teeth
• Tooth Extraction & Pain
• Torus Exostosis, Mandibularis & Palantius
• Unilateral Condylar Hyperplasia & Hypoplasia
• Unspecified Anomaly of Jaw Size
• Unspecified Anomaly of Jaw to Cranial Base
• Zygomatic Hypoplasia

• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Craniofacial Syndromes
• Craniomaillofacial Trauma
• Craniosynostosis
• Dento-facial Deformitities/Orthognathic Surgery

Featured Publications

Odontogenic Mxyoma in the Pediatric Patient, a Literature Review and Case Report

Harokopakis-Hajishengallis E., Tiwana P. S. Pediatric Dentistry Fall 2007 Vol 29, No. 5 404-414

Lag Screw Fixation of Anerior Mandibular Factures: An Analysis of Intra-operative & Post-operative Complications

Tiwana P. S., Kushner G. M., Alpert B Journal of the American Dental Association 2007 65 1180-1185

Facial Distortion Secondary to Idiopathic Gingival Hyperplasia: Surgical Management and Oral Reconstruction with Endosseous Implants

Tiwana P.D., De Kok I, Stoker D, Cooper L Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology August 2005 Volume 16:4 153-157

The Impact of IV Corticosteroids on Oral Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes and Clinical Recovery After Third Molar Surgery

Tiwana P.S., Shaugars D., Phillips C., Marciani R., White RP Journal of the American Dental Association January 2005 Vol 63:1 55-62

Aspiration and Ingestion in Dental Practice: A 10 Year Institutional Review

Tiwana K., Morton T., Tiwana P.S. Journal of the American Dental Association September 2004 Volume 135 1287 - 1291

Craniofacial Dysostosis Syndromes: Stages of Reconstruction

Posnick J. C., Ruiz R. L., Tiwana P. S. Update in Criofacial Surgery. The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America November 2004 Volume 16:4 475-492

Subcranial Procedures in Craniofacial Surgery: The LeFort III Osteotomy

Tiwana P. S., Tuvey T.A. Update in Craniofacial Surgery. The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America November 2004 Volume 16:4 493-502

The Craniofacial Dysostosis Syndromes

Posnick J. C., Ruiz R. L., Tiwana P. S. Principles of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery July 2004 July, 2004 901-929

Pediatric Cranio-Maxillofacial Fracture Management

Posnick J. C., Costello B. J., Tiwana P. S. Principles of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery July 2004 July, 2004 527-545

Facial Bipartition and Monoblock Osteotomies

Ruiz R. L., Turvey T. A., Tiwana P. S. Craniofacial Surgery, Atlas Of The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America March 2002 March, 2002

• Junior Faculty Award
  ADEA/ADEA Council of Students/Vital Source Technologies, Inc. (2008)
• Educator Development Award
  American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons - W. Lorenz Surgical Faculty (2004)
• Clinical Fellowship Award
  Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation (2003)

• Fellow - American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Fellow - American College of Surgeons
• Fellow - American Society of Dental Anesthesia
• Fellow - International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons