Marcelle Nascimento, DDS, MS, PhD received her DDS degree from the University of Campinas, Brazil, and continued her studies at that same institution, where she obtained a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Cariology. Dr. Nascimento joined the University of Florida College of Dentistry (UFCD) in 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operative Dentistry. In 2015, was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Dr. Nascimento has been conducting several research projects in the areas of Cariology, Oral Microbiology, Pediatric Dentistry, and Dental Education. She is the director of the Cariology and Preventive Dentistry course offered to first year dental students. She is also actively engaged in the teaching of preclinical and clinical Cariology and Operative Dentistry for both undergraduate and graduate programs. In 2019, she was appointed as the Program Director of the UFCD Dental Clinical Research Unit (DCRU).

With regards to other professional and scholarship activities, Dr. Nascimento serves as a member of the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs (CSA; 2020-2022) and a member of the American Academy of Cariology (AAC) Board of Directors and Chair of the AAC Research Section Pillar. In addition, she has served as President of the IADR Cariology Research group (2015-2016). Dr. Nascimento has also served as chair and is currently the councilor of the ADEA Cariology section. Recent awards and recognitions include the 2021 ADA Evidence-Based Dentistry Mid-Career Faculty Award, 2020 AADR/IADR William J. Gies Award Clinical Category,  2019 UF Research Foundation Professorship Award, 2019 UFCD Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award, and the 2019 IADR Cariology Research Group Award.

Disclosure: Dr. Nascimento served as consultant and some of my research projects have been or are funded by Colgate-Palmolive, which manufactures arginine-based toothpastes. Dr. Nascimento also speaks about arginine-containing toothpastes.