ABOUT YOUR ENDODONTISTS

Dr. Robert J. Hanlon, Jr. and Dr. Charles E. Jerome are experienced and highly trained dentists specializing in the practice of endodontics.  The specialty of endodontics requires two years of residency training after a four year dental degree.  All of their cases are performed using the surgical operating microscope, the latest techniques in rotary instrumentation, warm vertical condensation techniques for obturation, and low radiation exposure digital radiography. They are members of the American Dental Association, the American Association of Endodontists (AAE), the California Dental Association (CDA), and the San Diego County Dental Society.  Drs. Hanlon and Jerome exceed the California State requirement of fifty hours of continuing education every two years. Both doctors are regular participants in the San Diego County Dental Society sponsored continuing education courses, the annual CDA convention, and the annual convention of the AAE.  Additionally, Escondido Endodontics  is authorized by the California Dental Board to provide continuing education credits through their sponsorship of The North County Dental Study Club. Escondido Endodontics was established with a commitment to providing the highest quality endodontic care available in a warm and compassionate manner.

Robert J. Hanlon, Jr., DMD

A Native of Kearny, New Jersey,  Dr. Hanlon earned a B.S. in Biology from Villanova University in 1980. He received  his degree in dentistry in 1986 from the Farleigh Dickinson University School of Dental Medicine in Teaneck, N.J.   Upon graduation, he served  in the United States Navy Dental Corps for ten years as a general dentist serving with distinction in the Gulf War and Somalia.   He completed his postgraduate work in endodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston in 1998 and is Board Eligible in the American Board of Endodontics.  He participated in bone metabolism research during his endodontic residency.  Dr. Hanlon established Escondido Endodontics in January 1999. Dr. Hanlon also serves on the California Dental Association Political Action Committee and California Dental Association Board of Advisors.  Dr. Hanlon currently serves as the President of the San Diego County Dental Society.

Dr. Hanlon published an article in the September 2007 Journal of the California Dental Association entitled “Dental antomical anomalies in Asians and Pacific Islanders”.

Charles E. Jerome, DDS

Dr. Jerome was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and graduated with a B.S. in Biology from the University of Scranton in 1975. He received his dental degree from Georgetown University School of Dentistry in Washington, D.C. in 1980.   He practiced general dentistry in the Navy for five years then  completed an endodontic residency at the Naval Graduate Dental School in Bethesda, Maryland in 1987.  Dr. Jerome served for twenty years in the Navy Dental Corps where he was well known as a postgraduate educator, lecturer, and mentor of future endodontists.  He was Board Certified in Endodontics in 1990 and was elected as a member of the International College of Dentists in 1998.  From 1988 to 1996, he was a part-time Associate Professor of Endodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry and returned to teaching at Loma Linda in 2009.   Dr. Jerome currently serves on the San Diego County Dental Society Committees for Continuing Education and Peer Review and is a member of the Journal of Endodontics Scientific Advisory Board.  His numerous publications include the following citations:

Jerome CE, Hanlon RJ. Dental anatomical anomalies in Asians and Pacific Islanders. J Calif Dent Assoc 2007;35:631-636.

Jerome CE.  Acute care for unusual cases of dentin hypersensitivity. Quintessence Int 1995;26:715-716.

Jerome CE, Hill AV.  Preventing root tip loss in the maxillary sinus during endodontic surgery. J Endodon 1995;21:422-424.

Jerome CE.  Maxillary molar root fracture caused by sinus surgery: case report. Endod Dent Traumatol 1994;10:286-288.

Jerome CE.  C-Shaped root canal systems: Diagnosis, treatment, and restoration. Gen Dent 1994;42:424-427.

Jerome CE. Warm vertical gutta-percha obturation: A technique update. J Endodon 1994;20:97-99.

Jerome CE. Effective methods for drying root canals. Gen Dent 1992;40:40.

Jerome CE, Hicks ML, Pelleu GB.  Compatibility of accessory gutta-percha cones used with two types of spreaders.  J Endodon 1988;14:428-434.

Jerome CE, Hanlon RJ. Identifying multiplanar root canal curvatures using stainless-steel instruments. J Endodon 2003;29:356-358.