PROF. MARCEL KORN

Dr. Marcel Korn received his D.M.D., cum-laude from Tufts University in 1966. He studied orthodontics at Tufts under the directorship of Dr. Everett Shapiro and received his postgraduate certificate in orthodontics in 1970. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, member of the College of Diplomates of the American Board, a member and ex president of the Angle Society of Orthodontists and a fellow in the International College of Dentists. Dr. Korn is an “Associate Clinical Professor” in the department of postgraduate orthodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, and was the orthodontic consultant to the Gelb Craniomandibular Pain Center at Tufts. He is a senior consultant and lecturer for the American Orthodontics Corporation. Dr. Korn‘s main interest is clinical research and treatment related to a philosophy he calls ‚‘Postural Orthodontics‘‘. Postural Orthodontics is concerned with the early treatment of malocclusion in children, and the management of adult problems via a fixed-functional and postural approach. The influence of the musculature on orthodontic treatment, retention, and stability is the keynote of “Postural Orthodontics”. The main goal of “Postural Orthodontics” is a simplified, cost effective, and less invasive alternative for all orthodontic problem solving. Research projects are in progress at Tufts on the early treatment-postural approach, the non-surgical management of adult surgical cases, and on muscular activity and training. Dr. Korn has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, the Americas, and Asia, on the subject of Postural Orthodontics. He has developed a number of orthodontic appliances and holds a number of patents on items related to his mechanotherapy. He has written a syllabus utilized in his courses, published numerous articles on early treatment with ‚‘Lip Bumpers‘‘ and the ‚‘Mandibular Advancer‘‘ and he has written a chapter titled ‚‘Postural Orthodontics‘‘ for a textbook named ‚‘Orthodontics for the TMD & TMJ Patient‘‘, published by Duane Grummons. Dr. Korn has maintained private practices in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (37 years), and in Boston, Massachusetts (24 years). He has been on the faculty at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in both the Department of Postgraduate Orthodontics (35 years) and the Gelb Cranio-Mandibular Pain Center. He and his wife Gail have two daughters, four grandchildren, and reside in Boston, Massachusetts.