Born: 1957, Montevideo- Uruguay
Education
1982 D.M.D. Montevideo - Uruguay
1994: Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry - Department of Pediatric Dentistry of the Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem
Senior clinical lecturer
Director of the Dental Clinic of Pediatric Dentistry- Hadassah School of Dental Medicine
Member of the National Examining Committee for Specializing in Pediatric Dentistry-the Scientific Council – Israeli Dental Association.
Other Activities
1998-2000: Elected Chairperson, Israeli Society of Dentistry for Children
1998-2005: Delegate of the Israeli Dental Association – Jerusalem Branch
1999-2005: Elected member of the National Evaluation Committee of the Israeli Dental Association
2000-2001: Re-elected Chairperson, Israeli Society of Dentistry for Children
2000-2007: Coordinator of the Advanced Education Course in Pediatric Dentistry of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, the Hebrew University Hadassah School of Dental Medicine
2001-present
Elected member of the board of P.A.N.D.A. (Prevent Abuse and Neglect through Dental Awareness)
2001- present: Member of the National Examining Committee for Specializing in Pediatric Dentistry. The Scientific Council – Israeli Dental Association
2000 -2007: A full course in Pediatric Dentistry: Dental Assistant's Course. Hadassah School of Dental Medicine
2003-present: Manuscript's Referee Reviewer of the Journal of Dentistry for Children
2004-present: Member of the National Examining Committee for Specializing in Orthodontics. The Scientific Council – Israeli Dental Association
2004-2006: Elected Chairperson of the Board of P.A.N.D.A. (Prevent Abuse and Neglect through Dental Awareness) (Israeli Branch)
2007 – present: re- Elected Chairperson of the Board of P.A.N.D.A. (Prevent Abuse and Neglect through Dental Awareness) (Israeli Branch (
2004 – present: Member of the Professional Committee for Specializing in Pediatric Dentistry- The Scientific Council – Israeli Dental Association
2005 present: Director of the Dental Clinic of Pediatric Dentistry- Hadassah School of Dental Medicine
2005- present: Elected Chairperson of the Ethics Committee of the Israeli Dental Association – Jerusalem District
2005 –present: Manuscript's Referee Reviewer of the International Journal of Pediatric Dentistry
2005- present: Member of the Editorial Board- Journal of the Peruvian Society of Dentistry for Children
2006 –present: Member, Ministry of Health, National Board of Dental Examiners for license in dentistry .
2007- - present: Member of the Pedagogic Committee, Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine .
2007 present: Director of the Course of Behavior and Communication- Hadassah School of Dental Medicine
2007 –present: Delegate of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at the Committee for Security Management- Hadassah- Jerusalem
2007 – present: Coordinator of the Academic Activities of the " Walter Cohen Middle East Center "
2007-present: Member of the Committee of Evaluation of Academic Teaching- Hadassah School of Dental Medicine
2008: Manuscript's Referee Reviewer of the Clinical Anatomy Journal
2008: Manuscript's Referee Reviewer of the Quintessence International
Research interests
§ Local Anesthesia in Pediatric Dentistry
§ Esthetics in Pediatric Dentistry
§ Behavior management of young children during dental treatment.
Current research projects
§ The relation between child's behavior during premedication intake and their behavior during dental treatment
§ Effectiveness of an expired Phosphoric acid 37% solution in comparison to a non-expired corresponding solution in enamel etching.
§ The influence of local anesthetic technique and kind of treatment in children's behavior after treatment
§ The influence of different anesthetic techniques (conventional or Wand) during mandibular block on increase of pulse after negative aspiration
§ Survey on oral hygiene of Ethiopian children aged 18 to 72 months.
§ The influence of kind of premedication in Oxygen Saturation during dental treatment under sedation
§ Which dental local anesthetic injection should be chosen to treat a child in the first appointment: maxillary infiltration or mandibular block? Assessment of children's behavior after treatment and on the next appointments
§ Validation of a Hebrew version of the child OIDP (Child-Oral Impacts Performances) questionnaire
§ Survey of dental status of women and children in shelters, victims of family violence
Recent Publications (last 3 years)
Kupietzky A , Ram D ( 2005) : Effects of a positive verbal presentation on parental acceptance of passive medical immobilization for the dental treatment of young children Pediatric Dentistry .25(5) 380-384
Ram D , Fuks A (2006):Clinical performance of resin bonded composite stripcrowns in primary incisors: a retrospective study. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry , 16:49-54, January.
Ram D , Kassirer J (2006) Assessment of a palatal approach- anterior superior alveolar (P-ASA) nerve block with the WAND in paediatric dental patients . International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 16, (5) 348-351, September.
Ram D , Amir E (2006): Comparison of Articaine 4% and Lidocaine 2% in Paediatric Dental Patients – International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry . 16:252-256
Ram D, Efrat J, Michovitz N, Moskovitz Moti: (2006) The use of Popsicles after Dental Treatment with Local Anesthesia in Paediatric Patients. J Clin Pediatr Dent. Fall;31 (1):41-3.
Ram D , Hermida L , Amir E . (2007).Reaction of children to dental injection with 27- or 30- gauge needles. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry .; 17:383-387
Matalon V, Brin I, Moscovitz M, Ram D : ( 2008) Compliance of children and youngsters in the use of mouth guards. Dental Traumatology; 24(4): 462- 464
Kupietzky A , Tal E, Shapira J, Ram D . (2007). Fasting state and episodes of vomiting in children receiving nitrous oxide for dental treatment. Pediatric Dentistry , Accepted October
Ram D (2006) Can we anesthetize maxillary anterior primary teeth without pain? The "Magic Wand" Dental Asia , 3:32 -35, July-August. (invited review article )
Ram D (2007) Parents' attitude to esthetic restorations in children Dental Asia May-June. 3: 22-25 (invited review article )
Ram D (2007 ) Post operative pain and analgesics use in children . British Dental Journal Mar 10;202(5):276-277. (invited review)
Ram D (2007) Can we provide a more pleasant anesthetic injection in children using thinner needles? Dental Asia (invited editorial article)
Katz-Sagi H, Gozal D Ram D (2006) Dental treatment of a 2 years old victim of a suicide bomb attack. Dental Traumatology . 23 (5): 318 -20
Davidovich E, Ronin L, Ram D (2007): Mastocytosis – oral and dental manifestations and medical considerations for dental treatment: a literature review and a case report. Journal of Disability and Oral Health , 8 (3):124-129
Kalil Bussadori S, Cardoso Guedes C, Hermida Bruno M. L, Ram D . (2008) Chemomechanical removal of caries in an adolescent patient using a papain gel: case report. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry . Spring; 32 ( 3 ): 177-80 .