About

Dr. Neiva graduated from The Federal University of Paraná School of Dentistry (Brazil) in 1991. She has earned two Master of Science degrees from the University of Michigan:
● MS in Restorative Dentistry from the Rackham School of Graduate Studies in 1996
● MS in Clinical Research Design & Statistical Analysis from the School of Public Health in 2005.

Dr. Neiva has been faculty at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry since 2001, where she holds the title of Clinical Professor. Dr. Neiva has been the Director of the Graduate Restorative Clinic since 2012 and the Director of the Graduate Restorative Dentistry Program since 2016. She has recently been appointed as the Director of Predoctoral Dental Technologies at UMSD.

Dr. Neiva’s accomplishments in scholarly include Chairing or co-Chairing over 35 master thesis projects, co-authoring 5 book chapters, as well as publishing 37 peer-reviewed publications. She was either the PI or Co-I on multiple clinical research projects and corporate laboratory research contracts, among other student grants and special projects.

Dr. Neiva demonstrates leadership in service activities at the University of Michigan. She has either Chaired or been a member of multiple committees during the past 20 years. She has recently graduated from the ADEA Leadership Institute 2022/2023.

Dr. Neiva has been involved in clinical and laboratory research for over 20 years. Her initial work focused on laboratory materials testing studies of composite resins, resin cements and dental ceramics. For the last thirteen years, she has been collaborating on several large randomized clinical trials of CAD/CAM and digital dentistry technology applied to restorative dentistry.

Dr. Neiva is a reviewer for the Journal of Dental Research, Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, the Journal of Operative Dentistry, the Journal of Prosthodontics and the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, among other high impact factor journals. She is an active member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry, IADR, AADOCR, ADEA, ADA, Michigan Dental Association and Washtenaw District Dental Society. She also has a part-time dental faculty practice in Ann Arbor where she focuses on CAD/CAM and digital dentistry technologies applied to restorative dentistry.

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