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Dr. John E. Moenning – Retired

John E. Moenning, D.D.S., M.S.D., Indianapolis Oral SurgeonDr. Moenning grew up in Greenfield, Indiana. He attended college at Miami of Ohio and Indiana University, where he received his undergraduate degree in Biology and Chemistry. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1983. He finished a General Practice Residency at Indiana University in 1984. He completed a three-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Indiana University Medical Center and Methodist Hospital. In 1988, he received his Master of Science degree from the Indiana University School of Dentistry, where he focused his training on orthognathic (jaw) surgery research. He also completed a fellowship at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas in 1988.

He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has published more than 20 journal articles regarding various aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and one book chapter on waste anesthetic gases. He has served on the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Committee on Practice Management and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Indiana University School of Dentistry. Dr. Moenning has written articles and lectured on nitrous oxide in Dentistry and was awarded a patent for a new nitrous oxide delivery mask system called the Safe Sedate Mask. He also has 4 additional patents and has helped in the development of the ISO-Gard Mask from Teleflex Medical for the Post Anesthetic Care Unit in hospitals.

Dr. Moenning enjoys running, hiking, fishing, swimming, and biking. He and his wife have three children and three granddaughters.

Dr. Moenning retired from active practice on 12/31/21.

Hospital Affiliations

  • Community Surgery Center North
  • Community Heart & Vascular
  • Community Hospital North
  • Community Hospital East

Publications

Moenning, J.E.: Class President’s Message, Indiana University Alumni Bulletin, Fall 1983. Moenning, J.E., Garrison, B.T., Twadros, A., Graham, L.L.: Multiple radiolucencies of the mandible: a review of differential diagnosis and a case report. Journal of Indiana Dental Association, May-June, pp 11-13, 1984. Moenning, J.E.: Viral Hepatitis. Presented to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Indiana University, 1985. Moenning, J.E., and Graham, L.L.: Elimination of mandibular labial undercuts with autogenous bone graft from a maxillary tuberosity. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, August 1986. Wolford, L.M., and Moenning, J.E.: Interpore 200 porous hydroxylapatite as a bone graft substitute in orthognathic surgery: twenty-four month follow-up results on 49 patients. Prepared for Interpore International, May 1988. Moenning, J.E., and Wolford, L.M.: Coralline porous hydroxylapatite as a bone graft substitute in orthognathic surgery: twenty-four month follow-up results. International Journal of Adult Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery, Vol. 4, #2, 1989. Moenning, J.E., and Wolford, L.M.: The comparison of alloplastic materials for chin augmentation: long-term follow-up. International Journal of Adult Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery, Vol. 4, #3, 1989. Moenning, J.E., Nelson, C.E., and Kohler, R.B.: Microbiology and chemotherapy of odontogenic infections. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vol. 47, Sept. 1989. Wolford, L.M., and Moenning, J.E.: Diagnosis and treatment planning for mandibular subapical osteotomies with new surgical modifications. Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine. October, 1989. Moenning, J.E., Bussard, D.A., Lapp, T.H., and Garrison, B.T.: A Comparison of relapse in bilateral sagittal split osteotomies for mandibular advancement: rigid internal fixation (screws) versus inferior border wiring with anterior skeletal fixation. International Journal of Adult Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery. Vol. 5:3, 1990. Moenning, J.E., Garrison, B.T., Lapp, T.H., and Bussard, D.A.: Early screw removal for correction of occlusal discrepancies following rigid fixation in orthognathic surgery. International Journal of Adult Orthodontics and Orthognathic Surgery. Vol. 5:4, 1990. Moenning, J.E., and Tomich, C.E.: A technique for fixation of oral mucosa lesions. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Vol. 50, 1992. Moenning, J.E., Hayhurst, D.L., Summerlin, D.J., and Bussard, D.A.: Surgical ciliated cyst: A delayed complication in a case of maxillary orthognathic surgery. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Vol. 51, 1993. Rodgers, S., J.E. Moenning, D.A. Bussard, B.T. Garrison, T.H. Lapp, J. Dickey. Utilization of 3-D Computerized Tomographs in Oral Surgery. Indiana Dental Association Journal. Vol. 72, No. 2, 16-20, 1993. Cowan, J., Moenning, J.E., Bussard, D.A.: Glucocorticoid therapy for myasthenia gravis resulting in resorption of the mandibular condyles. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 53:1091-1096, 1995. Moenning, J.E., Bussard, D.A., Lapp, T.H., Garrison, B.T.: Average blood loss and the risk of requiring perioperative blood transfusion in 506 orthognathic surgical procedures. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 53:880-883, 1995. Moenning, J.E., D.A. Bussard et al. Medical Necessity of Orthognathic Surgery for the Treatment of Dentofacial Deformities Associated with Temporomandibular Joint Disorders. Int. J. Adult Orthod. Orthognath. Sug. 1997; 12:153-161. Moenning JE, Williams KL, et al. Resorption of the mandibular condyle in a 6-year-old child. J. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 56:477-482, 1998. Pruitt JW, Moenning JE, Lapp TH, et al: Treatment of painful temporomandibular joint dysfunction with the sagittal split ramus osteotomy. J Oral Maxillofacial Surg 60 : 996, 2002 Pruitt JW, Moenning JE, Lapp TH, Bussard DA, Condyle Position in Disc Displacement (letter), J. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 62: 906, Rademaker AM, McGlothlin JD, Moenning JE, Bagnoli M, Carlson G, Griffin C. Evaluation of two nitrous oxide scavenging systems using infrared thermography and real-time air analysis to visualize and control fugitive emissions. JADA, Vol. 140:190-199, February, 2009