Dr. Ed McLaren

Dr. Ed McLaren is a prosthodontist and master dental ceramist. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the University of Redlands, earned his DDS at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, and after several years in general practice received his specialty certificate in prosthodontics from the UCLA School of Dentistry.

At UCLA he founded and was first director of the Postgraduate Esthetic Dentistry Program, directed the UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry, and founded the UCLA/LACC Master Dental Ceramist Program for dental technicians. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham he founded and directed the Advanced Dental Esthetics, Restorative and Biomaterials Program. He is retired from professorships at both schools.

He is CEO of ArtOral America, a private teaching institute in Park City, Utah, and keeps a private practice limited to prosthodontics and esthetic dentistry. He has authored or co-authored more than 90 articles and the book The Art of Passion: Ceramics, Teeth, Faces, and Places.