Background
Bowers was born in Trenton, Michigan.
Bowers was born in Trenton, Michigan.
He received his bachelor"s degree from the University of Michigan in 1950 and his Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Michigan in 1954. He received a certificate in General Dentistry from the Navy Dental School in 1960 and completed his Masters and Certificate in Periodontology from The Ohio State University in 1962.
He and his colleagues demonstrated for the first time conclusive histologic evidence that demineralized bone matrix used as a bone graft supports periodontal regeneration in humans. Bowers was the Director of the Postdoctoral Fellowship program, Periodontal Clinic, Washington, District of Columbia from 1964-1967. He was Chairman of the Department of Periodontics at the Naval Graduate Dental School, Bethesda from 1969 to 1974.
At the same time, he was a Clinical Associate Professor and Professorial Lecturer at Georgetown University.
From 1974 to 1996, he was a Professor and the Director of the Postdoctoral Program in Periodontics at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery where he is currently Professor Emeritus. He served as the personal Periodontist to President Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidency.
The Bowers Study Club and Bowers Endowment Fund for the American Board of Periodontology are named in his honor. He is the principal author or co-author of one textbook and 41 peer-reviewed journal articles
His most cited paper, Histologic evaluation of new attachment apparatus formation in humans.
Participant III. in the December 1989 issue of Journal of Periodontology 60(12):683-93 by Bowers General Motors, Chadroff B, Carnevale R, Mellonig J, Corio R, Emerson J, Stevens M, Romberg East. has over 300 citation in Google Scholar.
