Patrick Quaranta, DMD, MA
School
New Jersey Dental School
Department/Program
Diagnostic Sciences
Year Inducted Phone E-Mail 
2000 973-972-4733 quaranpa@umdnj.edu
Biography
Dr. Patrick Quaranta received both a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Philosophy from Villanova University in 1968. After attending the Monmouth University Graduate School of Education in 1969, he entered New Jersey Dental School where he received a D.M.D. degree in 1972. Upon graduation from dental school, Dr. Quaranta owned and operated a private dental practice on a full time basis for 29 years while teaching one and then three days per week at the New Jersey Dental School. He then joined the faculty on a full time basis in 2001. Dr. Quaranta completed a two-year residency certificate program in Oro-Facial Pain at the New Jersey Dental School in 1992. In 1993, Dr. Quaranta entered the Kean University Graduate School of Psychology where he received an M.A degree in Behavioral Sciences and Clinical Psychology in 1997. In 1998, he was elected to membership in Omicron Kappa Epsilon, the national honor society of the dental profession. In 1999 he was elected to Fellowship in the International College of Dentists (FICD) and in 2002, became a Fellow in the American College of Dentists (FACD). Dr. Quaranta is a two-time recipient of the Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry Excellence in Teaching Award, the Irwin Quinn Teaching Excellence Award, and was elected to the Master Educators' Guild as a charter member in 2000. He has been published in the area of immunizations for oral health care workers and has performed original research as principal investigator in studies involving anxiety, depression and phobias. Dr. Quaranta is presently involved in clinical and didactic teaching at NJDS. He has served as course director for several major courses at the dental school, including Problem-Based Learning and Dental Radiology. Dr. Quaranta also yearly presents several Continuing Dental Education Courses (CDE) for practitioners through the UMDNJ department of Continuing Education. These courses include Dental Treatment for Medically Complex Patients, Treating Patients with Mental Disorders, Clinical Decision Making, Evidence Based Dentistry, Controversies in Dentistry, and Smoking Cessation Programs for the Dental Practice.