Dr Levy maintains a private dental practice in Portland, Oregon. His dental practice focuses on occlusion, restorative dentistry and temporomandibular disorders. Dr. Levy attended Union College where he received a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1978.  He received his dental degree from New York University in 1982 and served on the faculty as an assistant professor between 1987 and 1991.  Between 1982 and 1999 he maintained a private dental practice in New York City.  He served on the faculty at Oregon Health and Science University as an Assistant Professor between 2000 and 2007 in the Departments of Biological Structure and Function, Prosthodontics and Community Dentistry.  He completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in neurophysiology at the Oregon Health and Science University in 2002 and in 2004 received a Certificate of Training in Human Investigations from the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University.  Dr. Levy's sensory-physiology research program has explored the mechanosensory mechanisms that underlay mastication.  He regularly presents CE courses that focus on the physiology and biomechanics of occlusion.