Laura D. Tawil

Biography

Dr. Laura Davies-Ludlow Tawil is a Chapel Hill native; she was raised in the area and graduated from Chapel Hill High School. She graduated with honors in 2005 from the University of Michigan with a BS in Biopsychology and German. She received her DDS with honors from the University of North Carolina in 2009 & went on to complete a one-year General Practice Residency program at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Tawil has multiple awards and publications through her research with dental radiographic dosage. She has a passion for esthetic dentistry, endodontics and oral surgery, but loves the diversity that general practice brings. Dr. Tawil is a member of the ADA, AGD, NC Dental Society and the Durham-Orange County Dental Association. She is also a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry. She loves running, Michigan football and spending time with her daughter and husband, Peter Tawil, who is an endodontist in Chapel Hill. 

Research Interest

Motion controls in chewing and during facial expression 3D facial morphology with a particular relevance to dentofacial esthetics Decision-making modeling in clinical dentistry Kinetics of dexterity in dental practice.