Dr. David Cottrell
Associate Professor, Chairman, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine; Chief of Service, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Boston Medical Center

Doctor Cottrell graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1987 and completed a General Practice Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 1998. He completed his oral and maxillofacial surgery training at Tufts University in 1992 and completed a fellowship in Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery at the Baylor Medical Center in 1993. Dr. Cottrell Joined the oral and maxillofacial surgery faculty at the BUGSDM in 1993. He was appointed Program Director in 1997 and Department Chairman and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs in 2002. Doctor Cottrell's interests include orthognathic and TMJ surgery, bone grafting and regeneration and dental implant surgery.  He has authored over 50 journal articles and contributed to multiple book chapters in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. Doctor Cottrell lectures all over the world on advances in Implant surgery and bone regeneration. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He has also held various positions in the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and its affiliated societies, including the position of President of the Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

100 East Newton Street
Room 407
617/638-4350
To reach Dr. Cottrell, please email Louise Kimball at lkimball@bu.edu.

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RESEARCH DESCRIPTION

Research Area: Bone grafting and regeneration, implant surgery

APPOINTMENTS

2008

Elected President, Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, May 8, 2008. (Term 2008-2010)

2007

Elected Delegate to the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, April, 2007.  Appointment for 2008, 2009, 2010.

2006

Elected Vice-President, Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2006 Annual Spring Meeting.

Chair, Subcommittee on Surgical Correction of Maxillofacial Skeletal Deformities, Special Committee on OMS Parameters of Care (ParCare), American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, September 2008-October 2009.

AAOMS Spokesdoctor, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, September 2008-October 2009.

 

REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS

Ashrafi JH, Batal H, Steigmann M, Cottrell DA: Predictable bone augmentation without using barrier membranes.  J Implants Adv Clin Dent (http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/specops/jiacd_200906/#/66), 1:4, 57-65, 2009.

Mehra P, Van Huekelom E, Cottrell DA: Rigid Internal Fixation of Infected Mandible Fractures: J Oral Maxillofac Surg; 67: 1046-51, 2009.

Wolford LM, Cassano DS, Cottrell DA, El Deeb M, Karras SC, Goncalves JR: Orthognathic surgery in the young cleft patient: Preliminary study on subsequent facial growth.  J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 66:12, 2524-2536, 2008.

Wolford LM, Cassano DS, Cottrell DA, El Deeb M, Karras SC, Goncalves JR: Orthognathic Surgery in the Young Cleft Patient: Effects on Subsequent Facial Growth.  J Oral Maxillofac Surg Suppl 1, 66:8, 43, 2008.

Cottrell DA, Reebye UN, Blyer SM, Hunter MJ, Mehta N:  Referral patterns of general dental practitioners for oral surgical procedures. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 65:4, 686-690, 2007.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Cottrell DA: Membranes are not necessary. American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Dental Implant Study Guide. Page 21, November 29-December 2, 2007.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Batal H, Cottrell DA: Alveolar Distraction Osteogenesis for Implant Site Development: in, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, W.B. Saunders, 16:91-109, 2004.

Cottrell DA: Surgical Approaches to the Temporomandibular Joint. Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, 2 nd Ed., Bailey BJ, Calhoun KH, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, p.778, 2001.

Cottrell DA: Temporomandibular Joint Articular Disc Repositioning. Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, 2 nd Ed., Bailey BJ, Calhoun KH, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, p.780, 2001.

Cottrell DA: Bone Graft Reconstruction of the Temporomandibular Joint. Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, 2 nd Ed., Bailey BJ, Calhoun KH, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, p.782, 2001.

Cottrell DA, Herman LT: Reactive Proliferations, In, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ed. by, Fonseca R., W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2000.

Cottrell DA : Surgery of the Temporomandibular Joint. Atlas of Head & Neck Surgery - Otolaryngology, Baily BJ, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1998.

Wolford LM, Cottrell DA: End-Stage Reconstruction of the Complex Cleft Lip/Palate; in, Facial Clefts and Craniosynostosis: Principles and Management, W.B. Saunders, 1996.