Dr Malterud is a 1983 graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and practices General and Family dentistry in St. Paul along with being an adjunct faculty member of the University of Minnesota Continuing Dental Education Department. Dr. Malterud’s practice focuses on comprehensive cosmetic dentistry incorporating Minimally Invasive Dental Procedures. His passions in these areas have allowed him to lecture locally, nationally and internationally. Some of his 2012 lectures include a Restorative study club group in Bend Oregon, The AGD’s annual meeting in Philadelphia, local study clubs along with the MNAGD’s Fall APEX Course and the WCMID along with the Academy of Biomimetic Dentistry’s meeting in Reno. He has further trained at the L.D. Pankey Institute and completed the entire curriculum of their educational continuums on comprehensive dentistry and has received Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry along with being awarded the Life Long Learning and Service Recognition Award from the AGD. Dr. Malterud is an active member of the American Dental Association, and it’s state and local components, Academy of General Dentistry (where he is a Past Minnesota AGD President and is currently the Region 10 Trustee) he is a Fellow in the American College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International and is a member of the Catapult Elite Lecture group and various local and national dental societies and study club groups. As an early user of the NTI splint he has had an opportunity to help with feedback and refinements of the uses of the splint. Dr. Malterud also consults with various other dental manufacturers on product development and testing.