Thiago Morelli, DDS, MS
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MEET RALEIGH PERIODONTIST DR. MORELLI
MEET RALEIGH PERIODONTIST DR. MORELLIDr. Morelli earned his doctorate in dental surgery from the University of Detroit Mercy, School of Dentistry and completed his Certificate and Masters degree in Periodontics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Morelli is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Periodontology and a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology. In 2012, Dr. Morelli moved to North Carolina to serve as a full-time professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Dentistry, teaching periodontics and serving as the Director of the Periodontology and Implantology program for five years. While at UNC Chapel Hill, he received several awards acknowledging his clinical skills and excellence in teaching.
Dr. Morelli continues to teach at UNC Chapel Hill as an adjunct professor in the Department of Periodontology. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters in the fields of regenerative medicine, implant dentistry, genetics, and tissue engineering. He is highly respected in the periodontal and implant field and has received multiple industry, foundation and NIH research awards.
When Dr. Morelli is not involved in dentistry he enjoys traveling within the state of North Carolina, exploring the outdoors with his wife and two children. He also enjoys playing acoustic guitar and watching the Carolina Hurricanes.
AWARDS
- The Entrepreneurial Mindset – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- IBM Faculty Development Award – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- The Educator Award – American Academy of Periodontology
- Fellow, International Team for Implantology (ITI)
- The Teaching Fellowship – American Academy of Periodontology Foundation
- American Academy of Periodontology Foundation Fellowship to the ADEA/AAL Institute for Teaching & Learning in the Health Professions
- The Abram and Sylvia Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowship American Academy of Periodontology
- First prize for the Balint Orban Memorial Competition – American Academy of Periodontology
- Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship in Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan
- Honorable Mention in the Graduate Student Research Forum in the Midwestern Society of Periodontology, Chicago, IL
MEMBERSHIPS
- American Academy of Osseointegration
- American Academy of Periodontology
- American Association of Dental Research
- American Dental Association
- International Association for Dental Research
- International Team for Implantology
- North Carolina Dental Association
- North Carolina Society of Periodontology
- Southern Academy of Periodontology
PUBLICATIONS
Periapical Microsurgery: A 4-dimensional Analysis of Healing Patterns.
Crossen D, Morelli T, Tyndall DA, Tawil PZ
Journal of Endodontics 2019
Bencharit S, Morelli T, Barros S, Seagroves J, Kim S, Yu N, Byrd K, Brenes C, Offenbacher S
The Journal of Oral Implantology 2019
An experimental murine model to study periodontitis.
Marchesan J, Girnary MS, Jing L, Miao MZ, Zhang S, Sun L, Morelli T, Schoenfisch MH, Inohara N, Offenbacher S, Jiao Y
Nature Protocols 2018
Offenbacher S, Jiao Y, Kim SJ, Marchesan J, Moss KL, Jing L, Divaris K, Bencharit S, Agler CS, Morelli T, Zhang S, Sun L, Seaman WT, Cowley D, Barros SP, Beck JD, Munz M, Schaefer AS, North KE
Nature Communications 2018
Interdental Cleaning Is Associated with Decreased Oral Disease Prevalence.
Marchesan JT, Morelli T, Moss K, Preisser JS, Zandona AF, Offenbacher S, Beck J
Journal of Dental Research 2018
Beck JD, Moss KL, Morelli T, Offenbacher S
Journal of Periodontology 2018
Periodontal Disease, Regular Dental Care Use, and Incident Ischemic Stroke.
Sen S, Giamberardino LD, Moss K, Morelli T, Rosamond WD, Gottesman RF, Beck J, Offenbacher S
Stroke 2018
Periodontal profile classes predict periodontal disease progression and tooth loss.
Morelli T, Moss KL, Preisser JS, Beck JD, Divaris K, Wu D, Offenbacher S
Journal of Periodontology 2018
Beck JD, Moss KL, Morelli T, Offenbacher S
Journal of Periodontology 2018
Morelli T, Moss KL, Beck J, Preisser JS, Wu D, Divaris K, Offenbacher S
Journal of Periodontology 2017
The Novel ASIC2 Locus is Associated with Severe Gingival Inflammation.
Zhang S, Divaris K, Moss K, Yu N, Barros S, Marchesan J, Morelli T, Agler C, Kim SJ, Wu D, North KE, Beck J, Offenbacher S
JDR Clinical and Translational Research 2016
TLR4, NOD1 and NOD2 mediate immune recognition of putative newly identified periodontal pathogens.
Marchesan J, Jiao YZ, Schaff RA, Hao J, Morelli T, Kinney JS, Gerow E, Sheridan R, Rodrigues V, Paster BJ, Inohara N, Giannobile WV
Molecular Oral Microbiology 2016
Impact of periodontal intervention on local inflammation, periodontitis, and HIV outcomes.
Valentine J, Saladyanant T, Ramsey K, Blake J, Morelli T, Southerland J, Quinlivan EB, Phillips C, Nelson J, DeParis K, Webster-Cyriaque J
Oral Diseases 2016
Offenbacher S, Divaris K, Barros SP, Moss KL, Marchesan JT, Morelli T, Zhang S, Kim S, Sun L, Beck JD, Laudes M, Munz M, Schaefer AS, North KE
Human Molecular Genetics 2016
Gingival crevicular fluid as a source of biomarkers for periodontitis.
Barros SP, Williams R, Offenbacher S, Morelli T
Periodontology 2000 2016
Association of Synergistetes and Cyclodipeptides with Periodontitis.
Marchesan JT, Morelli T, Moss K, Barros SP, Ward M, Jenkins W, Aspiras MB, Offenbacher S
Journal of Dental Research 2015
Development and applications of porous tantalum trabecular metal-enhanced titanium dental implants.
Bencharit S, Byrd WC, Altarawneh S, Hosseini B, Leong A, Reside G, Morelli T, Offenbacher S
Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research 2014
Salivary biomarkers in a biofilm overgrowth model.
Morelli T, Stella M, Barros SP, Marchesan JT, Moss KL, Kim SJ, Yu N, Aspiras MB, Ward M, Offenbacher S
Journal of Periodontology 2014
Crevicular fluid biomarkers and periodontal disease progression.
Kinney JS, Morelli T, Oh M, Braun TM, Ramseier CA, Sugai JV, Giannobile WV
Journal of Clinical Periodontology 2014
Marchesan JT, Morelli T, Lundy SK, Jiao Y, Lim S, Inohara N, Nunez G, Fox DA, Giannobile WV
Molecular Oral Microbiology 2012
Saliva/pathogen biomarker signatures and periodontal disease progression.
Kinney JS, Morelli T, Braun T, Ramseier CA, Herr AE, Sugai JV, Shelburne CE, Rayburn LA, Singh AK, Giannobile WV
Journal of Dental Research 2011
Angiogenic biomarkers and healing of living cellular constructs.
Morelli T, Neiva R, Nevins ML, McGuire MK, Scheyer ET, Oh TJ, Braun TM, Nör JE, Bates D, Giannobile WV
Journal of Dental Research 2011
Human histology of allogeneic block grafts for alveolar ridge augmentation: case report.
Morelli T, Neiva R, Wang HL
The International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry 2009
A novel decision-making process for tooth retention or extraction.
Avila G, Galindo-Moreno P, Soehren S, Misch CE, Morelli T, Wang HL
Journal of Periodontology 2009
Saliva as a diagnostic tool for periodontal disease: current state and future directions.
Giannobile WV, Beikler T, Kinney JS, Ramseier CA, Morelli T, Wong DT
Periodontology 2000 2009
