Dr. Don Tyndall is Professor in the Division of Diagnostic Sciences at the UNC Adams School of Dentistry. Dr. Tyndall graduated from UNC-CH in 1973 with majors in Biology and Ancient history. He received his D.D.S. in 1980 from the UNC School of Dentistry, his M.S.P.H. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering in 1984 specializing in Health Physics and his Ph.D. in 1988 in Health Physics from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Dr. Tyndall was the Director of Radiology for the School of Dentistry from 1988 to 2019. He was the creator of the UNC Adams School of Dentistry’s graduate program in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
and served as its director from 1993-2006. Currently he is serving as Director of the Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Predoctoral Program. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and was a Director and past President from 1995-1999. Dr. Tyndall has twice served as the Councillor for Scientific Affairs and Public Policy on the Executive Council of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (AAOMR). From 2000-2006 he served on the Radiology Review Committee of the Commission on Dental Accreditation. Dr. Tyndall was recently
elected as President of the AAOMR. In addition, he is a Fellow in the International College of Dentists.

Dr. Tyndall currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Dental Association and is a member of the Journal of Endodontics Scientific Advisory Board as an expert in artificial
Intelligence. He has also served as consultant to several dental imaging companies specializing in artificial intelligence, dental MRI, and intraoral tomosynthesis.

His research interests include 3-D digital imaging, 2D and 3D caries detection, applications of CBCT and stationary intraoral tomosynthesis (sIOT) in dentistry and artificial intelligence for radiologic diagnosis in 2D and 3D imaging. His work as author or co-author has been published in more than 125 journal articles.