Maria Therese Galang-Boquiren, DMD, MS, MBA
Director, Predoctoral Orthodontics, Professor of Orthodontics
Orthodontics
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UIC College of Dentistry 801 S. Paulina Street, IL 60612
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About
Dr. Maria Therese Galang-Boquiren is a Professor and Director of Predoctoral Orthodontics at the University of Illinois Chicago, where she also completed her MS in Oral Sciences, Certificate in Orthodontics, Advanced Standing DDS, and an MBA with concentrations in Management and Business Analytics. She earned her DMD from the University of the Philippines Manila. Dr. Galang-Boquiren is one of only a handful of dual Diplomates of the American Board of Orthodontics and the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, and the only one in the Midwest. She serves as Consultant Orthodontist at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and has completed both the prestigious Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship for women leaders and the UIC Faculty Administrator Leadership Program.
Honored with the UIC Teaching Recognition Award and a Certificate of Distinction from the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission, Dr. Galang-Boquiren and her collaborators recently received a $440,000 NIH grant to advance research on oral appliance therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). She has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and mentored over 40 award-winning students and residents. Dr. Galang-Boquiren has served as director of the Illinois Sleep Society, President of the Illinois Society of Orthodontists, and is an invited speaker both in the United States and internationally, as well as a reviewer for leading scientific journals.
Scholarly Interests:
Dental sleep medicine, dental and orthodontic education, orthodontic treatment outcomes
Selected Publications
1. Galang, MT. A comparison of the mean arch dimensions of selected Filipinos with normal occlusion and the Unitek Arch Symmetry Chart. J Philipp Dent Assoc. 2001; 53: 3-11.
2. Galang MT, Yuan JC, Lee DJ, Barao VA, Shyamsunder N, Sukotjo C. Factors influencing publication rates of abstracts presented at the ADEA annual session & exhibition. J Dent Educ. 2011 Apr;75(4):549-56
3. Ligas BB, Galang, MT, BeGole E, Evans C, Klasser G, Greene C. Phantom bite: a survey of U.S. orthodontists. Orthodontics: The Art and Practice of Dentofacial Enhancement. 12: 38-47, 2011.
4. Yuan JC, Galang MT, Lee DJ, Barao VA, Shyamsunder N, Sukotjo C. Differences between abstracts and full-length publications from ADEA annual meetings. J Dent Educ. 75:1476-81, 2011.
5. Galang MT, Yuan JC, Lee DJ, Sukotjo C. Applicant Selection Procedures For U.S. Orthodontic Specialty Programs: A Survey Of Program Directors. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2011 Dec;140:822-827.
6. Dragstrem K, Yuan JC, Sukotjo C, Lee DJ, and Galang MT. Gender Equality in Orthodontic Literature and Leadership. Orthodontics (Chic.). 2012;13(1):176-183.
7. Bartilotta, BY, Galang-Boquiren, MT, Greene, CS. Non-painful phantom sensations in dentistry: an update of etiologic concepts. Gen Dent. 2014 Sep-Oct;62(5):19-21.
8. Weaver TE, Calik MW, Farabi SS, Fink AM, Galang-Boquiren MT, Kapella MC, Prasad B, Carley DW. Innovative treatments for adults with obstructive sleep apnea. Nat Sci Sleep. 2014 Nov 18;6:137-47. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S46818. eCollection 2014. Review.
9. Dada DM, Galang-Boquiren MT, Viana GC, Obrez A, Kusnoto B. Treatment effects of Forsus fatigue resistant device on class II malocclusion cases: A cephalometric evaluation. J World Fed Orthod. 2015 Mar 4;1:14-17.
10. Kusnoto B, Kaur P, Salem A, Zhang Z, Galang-Boquiren MT, Viana G, Evans CA, Manasse R, Monahan R, BeGole E, Abood A, Han X, Sidky E, Pan X. Implementation of ultra-low dose CBCT for routine 2D orthodontic diagnostic radiographs: cephalometric landmark identification and image quality assessment. Semin Orthod 2015; 21:233–247.
11. Obaisi NA, Galang-Boquiren MT, Evans CA, Tsay TP, Viana MG, Berzins D, Megremis S. Comparison of the Transformation Temperatures of Heat-Activated Nickel-Titanium Orthodontic Archwires by Two Different Techniques. Submitted, Dental Materials.
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