Timothy Wheeler

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ABOUT TIMOTHY WHEELER

Timothy Wheeler, D.M.D, Ph.D. is an orthodontist at Advanced Orthodontics in Panama City, Florida. He previously was a professor of orthodontics at the University of Florida College of Dentistry for 28 years where he taught in the orthodontic graduate program, conducted research and saw patients in his private practice. Dr. Wheeler completed a Ph.D. in the Medical Sciences, a D.M.D, and a certificate in orthodontics at the University of Florida. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. He has previously served as Director of the Orthodontic Graduate Program, Chair of the Department of Orthodontics, Assistant Dean of Advanced and Graduate Education, and as the Senior Associate Dean and Director of the School of Advanced Dental Sciences at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. He also was named as the third recipient of the Academy 100 Eminent Scholar Chair in the College of Dentistry. Dr. Wheeler has served as a site visitor for orthodontics for the American Dental Association’s Commission of Dental Accreditation, as president of The Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists, as president of the Craniofacial Biology Group of the International Association for Dental Research and currently serves on the American Dental Association’s Council on Dental Education and Licensure’s Continuing Education Recognition Program Committee. Dr. Wheeler has received funding in the past from the National Institute of Dental Research to examine the timing of treatment for Class II malocclusion in children. This prospective clinical trial has produced a large amount of outcomes data on the timing of Class II treatment and has been published extensively. He also has been funded by Align Technology for several prospective clinical trials to examine tooth movement and by BAS Medical to examine the effect of relaxin and OrthoAccel to examine the effect of Acceledent on tooth movement.