Chair Department of Prosthodontics
LSUHSC School of Dentistry
New Orleans, Louisiana
After receiving a BS in microbiology from Louisiana State University in 1978, Dr. Bruggers attended LSUSD, earning an associate of science degree in dental laboratory technology. While taking graduate courses in biology at the University of New Orleans, she taught ceramics at the dental school; she then enrolled in the DDS program, graduating in 1986. After dental school she entered a postdoctoral residency at the University Of North Carolina School Of Dentistry, receiving her MS in prosthodontics in 1988.
Dr. Bruggers taught full time in the Department of Prosthodontics at the UNC School of Dentistry for three years. In late 1991, she started a solo private practice in prosthodontics in Cary, North Carolina. During this time she was also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at the UNC School of Dentistry, teaching in the graduate prosthodontic program. After retiring from private practice in May 2017, Dr. Bruggers and her husband, Dr. Mark Odom, returned to their love of teaching by joining the faculty at LSUSD. Dr. Bruggers is now head of the Department of Prosthodontics. Dr. Odom, also an LSUSD alumnus, is Chair of the Department of Endodontics.
Dr. Bruggers has memberships in the American College of Prosthodontics (ACP), the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, and the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists, as well as ADA, LDA and NODA. She served as the secretary of the Board of the ACP Educational Foundation, and presently serves as Chair of the ACP Education Foundation. She also was an editorial advisor for Quintessence Publishing and served for many years on the editorial board of Quintessence of Dental Technology. Dr. Bruggers has lectured throughout the United States.
During the 2017 ACP Annual Meeting, the American College of Prosthodontics Education Foundation presented Dr. Bruggers with the prestigious Founders Society Award in recognition of her legacy of vision, leadership, service and dedication to the Foundation and the specialty of prosthodontics. She was also awarded the ACP President's Award for outstanding vision and leadership. Dr. Bruggers is also a member of OKU Theta Kappa Chapter.
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
9:30 AM – 9:50 AM CDT