Education
DDS: Central University of Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela, 2011
MS: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC, 2018 (Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology)
Certifications
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (Certification Date: 10-05-2018 )
Clinical Interests
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Benign jaw and mouth lesions
Facial Trauma
Impacted Wisdom Teeth
Jaw Fractures
Jaw Pain
Lockjaw
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Thompson, Stevan; Paquette, David (2023). Long-standing ulcer in mandibular gingiva in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 135 (2) , 169-174More Information
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Bankhead, Alec; Murrah, Valerie; Padilla, Ricardo (2022). Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disorders of the Oral and Maxillofacial Region: Report of Two Institutions. Frontiers in oral health, 3, 802555More Information
Bankhead, Alec; Tempel, T Robert; Flores-Hidalgo, Andres (2021). Mass in the floor of the mouth of an African American smoker. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 132 (4) , 373-377More Information
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Curran, Alice E (2020). Adherent white plaques in a nonsmoker. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 130 (3) , 231-235More Information
Altay, Mehmet Ali; Radu, Alexandra; Pack, Sean E; Yıldırımyan, Nelli; Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Baur, Dale A; Quereshy, Faisal A (2020). Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: An institution's experience. Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice, 38 (5) , 333-341More Information
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Murrah, Valerie; Fedoriw, Yuri; Padilla, Ricardo J (2019). Relationship of infiltrating intraepithelial T lymphocytes in the diagnosis of oral lichen planus versus oral epithelial dysplasia: a pilot study. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 127 (6) , e123-e135More Information
Atencio, Isabel; Beushausen, Max; Kowalczyk, John J; Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Fino, Nora F; Baur, Dale A (2018). Use of Intravenous Acetaminophen in Postoperative Pain Management After Partial and Full Bony Impacted Third Molar Extractions: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 76 (7) , 1414-1417More Information
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Lim, Si On; Curran, Alice E; Padilla, Ricardo J; Murrah, Valerie (2018). Considerations in the diagnosis of oral hairy leukoplakia-an institutional experience. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 125 (3) , 232-235More Information
Betz, Sasha J; Lim, Li Zhen; Flores-Hidalgo, Andres D; Riggs, Robert J; Curran, Alice E (2017). Tender swelling of the posterior mandible. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 124 (4) , 327-332More Information
Loveless, Tyman P; Kilinc, Yeliz; Altay, Mehmet A; Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Baur, Dale A; Quereshy, Faisal A (2015). Hounsfield unit comparison of grafted versus non-grafted extraction sockets. Journal of oral science, 57 (3) , 195-200More Information
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Altay, Mehmet Ali; Atencio, Isabel C; Manlove, Ashley E; Schneider, Keith M; Baur, Dale A; Quereshy, Faisal A (2015). Management of fractures of the atrophic mandible: a case series. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 119 (6) , 619-27More Information
Baur, Dale A; Altay, Mehmet Ali; Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Ort, Yirae; Quereshy, Faisal A (2015). Chronic osteomyelitis of the mandible: diagnosis and management--an institution's experience over 7 years. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 73 (4) , 655-65More Information
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Collie, John; King, Shae; Grant, Ford T; Beasley, Nicole E; Moss, Mark E; Tempel, Thomas R (2023). The use of teledentistry in clinical oral and maxillofacial pathology practice: an institutional experience. Frontiers in oral health, 4, 1063973More Information
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Phero, James; Steward-Tharp, Scott; Williamson, Megumi; Paquette, David; Krishnan, Deepak; Padilla, Ricardo (2024). Immunophenotypic and Gene Expression Analyses of the Inflammatory Microenvironment in High-Grade Oral Epithelial Dysplasia and Oral Lichen Planus. Head and neck pathology, 18 (1) , 17More Information
Flores-Hidalgo, Andres; Phero, James A (2025). A radiopaque protuberance of the glenoid fossa. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology, 140 (1) , 5-10More Information
Ruffing, Jarod; Jaimes, Oscar; Paquette, David; Khosa, Heather; Holmes, Eric; Flores-Hidalgo, Andres (2025). Oral potentially malignant disorders: clinical-pathological correlations in a dental institution in North Carolina. Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiologyMore Information