Ohio dentist elected American Dental Association president-elect
Dr. Tom Paumier, a general dentist in Canton, was elected president-elect of the American Dental Association on Oct. 27.
“Dr. Tom Paumier has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities throughout his many years of involvement in organized dentistry including as president of the Ohio Dental Association,” said ODA Executive Director David Owsiany. “He is well prepared to lead the ADA at this critical time for the dental profession.”
Paumier earned his DDS degree from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry in 1987 and completed a GPR at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio. He has been in private practice in Canton, Ohio since 1988. He is on the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital GPR in Canton and is a Fellow in the International and American College of Dentists.
He was a member of the ADA and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons expert panels who wrote the Clinical Practice Guidelines and Appropriate Use Criteria for Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Prosthetic Joint Patients. He also was a JADA co-author of the ADA Clinical Practice Guideline for Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Endodontic Infections and was the 2019 recipient of the ADA Evidence Based Dentistry Clinical Practice Award. He regularly lectures to students at Case School of Dental Medicine. He is chair of the Cleveland Clinic Hospital Board of Trustees, and is a past president of the Ohio Dental Association and Stark County Dental Society.
The not-for-profit ADA is the nation’s largest dental association, representing 159,000 dentist members. The premier source of oral health information, the ADA has advocated for the public’s health and promoted the art and science of dentistry since 1859. The ADA’s state-of-the-art research facilities develop and test dental products and materials that have advanced the practice of dentistry and made the patient experience more positive. For more information, visit www.ada.org.
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Contact: David Owsiany, ODA executive director
Phone: 614-270-6095
Email: david@oda.org
