Jonathan Esquivel, DDS

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Jonathan Esquivel, DDS, is a  a private practice prosthodontist in Metairie Louisiana and former Associate professor of the department of Prosthodontics at LSUSD. He received his dental training at Universidad Americana in his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua. After graduating from dental school, he joined his father’s practice for four years. Due to his growing interest in prosthetics, he decided to pursue a specialty training in prosthodontics at LSUSD, completing the residency in 2013. He then was accepted and completed the LSUSD Esthetics and Surgical Implant Fellowship in 2014.Throughout his career as an educator he won numerous awards including "The Golden Apple “ excellence in teaching award in 2016, along with being named honorary faculty member for the C. Edmund Kells Honorary Society, and faculty member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society, Theta Kappa Chapter. He was selected to participate in the dental student “white coat ceremony", an honor bestowed upon respected faculty members, he was also awarded the “Dr. Allen A. Copping” excellence in teaching award, the Brasseler USA Professorship in prosthodontics and won the Claude Baker award from the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics. He has published articles on the topics of dental implants and esthetics in nationally recognized peer reviewed journals and has lectured nationally and internationally. 

• American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics "Claude R. Baker Faculty Award" 2023
• Wiley Top Cited Article 2021-2022 recognition. For Gomez-Meda R, Esquivel J, Blatz MB. The esthetic biological contour concept for implant restoration emergence profile design. J Esthet Restor Dent. 2021 Jan;33(1): 173-184.
• Wiley Top Cited Article 2020-2021 recognition. For Gomez-Meda R, Esquivel J, Blatz MB. The esthetic biological contour concept for implant restoration emergence profile design. J Esthet Restor Dent. 2021 Jan;33(1): 173-184.
• LSUHSC Allen Coping Award. 2021
• Pierre Fauchard Academy induction  2020
• Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society, Theta Kappa chapter induction 2019
• Brasseler USA Professorship in Prosthodontics, 2018
• Edmund C. Kells "Honorary faculty", LSU  2017
• LSU School of Dentistry Excellence in teaching award "golden Apple" 2016
• First Place, Poster Session. International Congress of Oral Implantologist Winter meeting 2014.