Name Derek Jones | ||
Known for International research in dental materials science, International and Canadian Dental Standards, mercury in amalgam | ||
Derek W. Jones (born December 9, 1933) is a Professor Emeritus of Applied Oral Science and Biomaterials at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Early life and education
Jones was born in the village of Water Orton, in the Midlands of England. He obtained a B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Career
Jones emigrated to Canada and joined Dalhousie's Faculty of Dentistry in 1975. Serving as Head of the Biomaterials Science Division, Chairman of the Department of Applied Oral Sciences and Associate Dean of Research during his tenure.
Jones conducts research into biomaterials and materials, including ceramics, hard and soft polymers, composites, dental cement, bone cement, mercury pollution, biocompatibility of materials and synthesis of glass and polymer materials, as well as the release of drugs from biomaterials. He has authored and co-authored over 300 papers and abstracts and contributed chapters and sections on biomaterials in eight books, and his research has resulted in two patents. He has contributed to dental materials standardization, both in Canada and internationally, since 1971. Serving as Secretary of ISO/TC/106/SC1 for 19 years, Chair ISO/TC 106/SC1 for 8 years and as International Chair of the full ISO TC 106 committee for nine years. Serving as Chair of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)) Technical Committee 106 - Dentistry from 2005 to 2014. His area of expertise is dental materials. He is a Chartered Chemist (C. Chem) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemists (FRSC), the Institute of Ceramics (F.I.Ceram), Institute of Materials (FIM) and Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE).
Jones is a past president of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, the Dental Materials Group, of the International Association for Dental Research, and served as Chair of the Canadian Dental Association Dental Materials and Devices Committee, the Canadian Dental Association Technical Committee on Dentistry and the Canadian Advisory Committee to the International Organization for Standardization. Jones was awarded the International Wilmer Souder Distinguished Scientist Award by the International Association for Dental Research in 1988.
He has also received the following awards in recognition of his work:
Selected publications
°Derek. W. Jones and H.J. Wilson, "Some Properties of Dental Ceramics", J Oral Rehab., 2:379,1975.
°C.G. Plant and Derek W. Jones "The Damaging Effect of Restorative Materials II: Pulpal Effects Related to Physical and Chemical Properties", Brit.Dent.J., 140:406, 1976
°Derek W. Jones, et al. "Survey of Mercury Vapour in Dental Offices in Atlantic Canada" J.Can.Dent. Assoc., 49:378, 1983.
°Derek W. Jones, et al. "Chemical Composition of Glass Synthesized from Aqueous Alkaline Solutions", J.Can.Ceram.Soc., 55:42-49, 1986.
°Derek W. Jones and E.J. Sutow, "Stress Corrosion Failure of Dental Porcelain", Brit.Ceram.Soc.Trans.&J., 86:40-43, 1987.
°Derek W. Jones, et al. "Fracture Toughness and Dynamic Modulus of a Tetrasilicic-Micaglass-Ceramic (K2O-MgF2-MgO-SiO2)", J.Can.Ceram.Soc.57:39-46, 1988.
°Derek W Jones, and A. S. Rizkalla, "Characterization of Experimental Composite Biomaterials." Journal of Biomedical Materials, 33: 89-100, 1996.
°Derek W. Jones “International Dental Standards.” JCDA Journal, 73, 10, 882-883, 2008.