Dr. Crystal McIntosh resides in Washington, DC and is a full time Associate Professor with tenure in the Periodontics Department at Howard University College of Dentistry. She received her B.S. degree and dental degree from Howard University. She earned her M.S. degree from the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan. She is a Board-Certified Periodontist with the American Board of Periodontology and an active member of:

• American Academy of Periodontology
  
• American Board of Periodontology
• American Dental Education Association
• Omicron Kappa Upsilon

Dr. McIntosh currently serves as the Director of the Division of Periodontology at Howard University College of Dentistry but also maintains an active clinical practice limited to Periodontics in Silver Spring, MD performing routine, esthetic and regenerative procedures and placement of dental implants.

Dr. McIntosh’s research interests include the relationship between systemic diseases and periodontal disease and pregnancy. She has published several scientific articles and presented the results of her research locally and nationally. From 2013-2016, Dr. McIntosh embarked on her first love - service to her global community. Dr. McIntosh conducted mission trips to Haiti and Nigeria. Each year she and 4 dental students provided oral health education and dental services i.e. extractions and dental cleaning to the impoverished areas of Ti Rivier, Haiti and Enugu, Nigeria.

Although she is very accomplished professionally, her greatest accomplishment is being a devoted wife and mother to her daughter. Dr. McIntosh still has some professional goals to meet in the upcoming years and is excited to embark upon them with her fellow colleagues.