Charles M. Cobb, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Biography

My life-long association with UMKC started as an undergraduate student in the fall of 1958.

My interest in dentistry was the result of multiple fraternity brothers being accepted into the School of Dentistry, I simply followed their example. While in dental school I was mentored by Dr. Lee R. Brown, a microbiologist, and Dr. William Lefkowitz, a histologist/pathologist. As a result of their mentorship, I began my career in the basic sciences, as related to dentistry and more specifically, the specialty of periodontics. Over the last six decades I have done research and published on the microbiology and histopathology of inflammatory periodontal disease; lasers in the treatment of periodontitis, and non-surgical periodontal therapy.

DDS, MS (microbiology), PhD (Anatomy and Cell Biology)
Louisiana State University, School of Dentistry (1971-73)
University of Alabama in Birmingham, School of Dentistry and Research Institute (1974-76)
University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry (1986-2003)
250+ publications
Outstanding Periodontal Educator Award from the American Academy of Periodontology (2012)
Retired from the U. S. Army Reserves with the rank of Colonel (1996)
Inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit (2004)
UKC Faculty Fellowship Award, September 1992
UMKC Alumnus of the Year Award (1995)
President’s Citation for Outstanding Alumni Service (2001), University of Missouri System Alumni Alliance Association
Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics, American Academy of Periodontology, 2009
Special Citation for Service, American Academy of Periodontology, 2015
Clinical Research Award, American Academy of Periodontology, 2021