Saldarriaga named Interim Division Director of Prosthodontics

Augusto Saldarriaga, DDS, MS, becomes Interim Director of the Division of Prosthodontics effective Tuesday, July 9.

Saldarriaga is a clinical associate professor in the Division of Prosthodontics and the Assistant Director of the Predoctoral Prosthodontics Clinic. He obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of California San Francisco in 2007, and his Certificate in Prosthodontics and Master of Science from the University of Minnesota in 2010. Saldarriaga became a diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics in 2017.

Saldarriaga takes on the role previously held by Alvin Wee, DDS, BDS, MS, MPH, PhD. Wee joined the School of Dentistry and this role in 2019. He has also led the School of Dentistry’s Digital Dentistry initiatives over the past  five years. Wee will become professor and Chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Washington Dental Service Endowed Chair in Dentistry at the University of Washington.

“We congratulate Dr. Wee on this new role,” shared Dean Keith A. Mays, DDS, MS, PhD, in an announcement of the transition to the School of Dentistry community. “Please join me in thanking Dr. Wee for his service, and welcoming Dr. Saldarriaga to his new role.”