Zvi Schwartz

Department of Periodontology
Hebrew University - Hadassah
Faculty of Dental Medicine
P. O. Box 12272
Jerusalem, Israel

E-mail: zvis1@cc.huji.ac.il
FAX: 972 2 6438705
Tel: 972 2 6778345

Born 1953, Jerusalem
D.M.D. 1981
Specialty in Periodontics 1986
Ph.D. 1987, Hebrew University
Instructor 1983
Senior Lecturer 1988
Associate Professor 1992
Professor 1996.

Research Interests:

  • Periodontal disease: different modalities of treatment on periodontal diseases.
  • The effects of various hormones and growth factors on enchondral bone regulation.
  • The influence of different implant materials on bone formation.

Recent Publications

Schwartz Z., Zeltser C., Attal U. , Goldstein M., Goultschin J. (2002) Apical vertical augmentation of the mandible for dental implants as part of full overdenture prosthesis. J Israel Dent Assoc, 17:24-29.

Hirsch A., Attal U., Chai E., Goultschin J., Boyan B.D., Schwartz Z. (2001) Root coverage and pocket reduction as combined surgical procedures. J Periodontol, 72:1572-1579.

Goldstein M., Nasatsky E., Goultschin J., Boyan B.D., Schwartz Z. Coverage of carious roots is as predictable a procedure as coverage of intact roots. J Periodontol, in press, 2002.

Schwartz Z., Sylvia V.L., Guinee T., Dean D.D., Boyan B.D. Tamoxifen elicits its anti-estrogen effects in growth plate chondrocytes by inhibiting PKC. J Steroid Biochem Molec Biol, in press.

Lohmann C.H., Tandy E.M., Sylvia V.L., Hell-Vocke A.K., Cochran D.L., Dean D.D., Boyan B.D., Schwartz Z. Response of normal female human osteoblasts (NHOst) to 17 b -estradiol is modulated by implant surface morphology. J Biomed Mater Res, in press.

Schwartz Z., Ehland H., Sylvia V.L., Larsson D., Hardin R.R., Lopez D., Dean D.D., Boyan B.D. 1,25(OH) 2 D 3 and 24R,25(OH) 2 D 3 modulate growth plate chondrocyte physiology via PKC-dependent phosphorylation of ERK1/2 MAP kinase. Endocrinology, in press.