Mahmoud Torabinejad (Persian: محمود ترابینژاد) is an Iranian Professor of endodontics and the Director of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Endodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in Loma Linda, California.[1]
Torabinejad was born in Kashan, Iran. He graduated from Tehran Dental School in 1971, and trained in endodontics at the University of Washington.
Torabinejad practices clinically and is a researcher at Loma Linda University. In addition, he is involved with the Mahmoud Torabinejad Clinical Research Center in Isfahan, Iran.[2]
He developed mineral trioxide aggregate, a material used in the repair of root perforations,[3] and in creating an artificial barrier where a normal root canal filling is not possible, treating internal root resorption, and pulp capping.[4] [5]
Torabinejad is the author of many highly cited papers in the field of endodontics. In a 2011 review of the most cited papers in endodontics, Dr. Torabinejad was the author of 12 of the top 100 papers.[6] [7]
Torabinejad has also written a number of books with co-author Richard E. Walton.