Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Sonal Shah and fourth-year student Quinton Steere (both Dental) recently had an article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association titled "Immunotherapy with Concomitant Antibiotic Treatment: A Cautionary Case Report of a Potential Adverse Effect.” The article focuses on a 38-year-old male patient referred for an unusual…
Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) published a policy perspective article with the title, “Federal Policy and the Emerging U.S. Public Health Workforce: Implications for Students and Early-Career Professionals” in the journal Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health. This policy…
Asma Awan and Christina Demopoulos (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) published a book chapter titled, “Co-creation of pedagogical models in higher education: Gaps and innovations in combined models of behavioral and educational theories" in the book Research in Educational Sciences-II. The chapter…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) has accepted appointments to two national committees. First, the American Dental Education Association’s Advisory Council, which directly reports to the board of directors about dental educational trends and CE programming. Second, the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology’s Strategic Planning Committee,…
Dr. Ken Reed (Dental) accepted a two-year appointment to the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Bylaws committee, which begins Oct. 20 at the close of the House of Delegates session. Established in 1905, the American Society of Anesthesiologists serves to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve…
Alumni Benjamin Bingham and Suchunya Rose Bumrung, together with faculty members Hassan Ziada and Neamat Hassan (all Dental), published an article in Dentistry Journal titled “Effects of STAMP Techniques and Conventional Carving on Marginal Adaptation of Class I Composite Resin Restorations: An In Vitro Study. ”The study compared the marginal…
Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Theoretical Paradigms Implied in Social Media Use and Mental Health Outcomes: A Narrative Review” in the journal Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health. The review explained thirteen theoretical paradigms which were…
John Gallob (Dental Medicine) was part of a team that published an article titled "Anhydrous stannous fluoride toothpaste in dentin hypersensitivity: clinician-assessed and patient-reported outcomes from two controlled trials" in the July 2026 issue of Clinical Oral Investigations. In this article they investigated the clinical improvements and…
Jessica Immonen (Dental) course directed a dissection-based head and neck anatomy Continuing Education (CE) course for dentists at the Annual Academy for General Dentistry (AGD) Conference held in Las Vegas in the month of June. The course was filled by 30 licensed dentists participating in the dissection of 10 fresh frozen donors. All…
Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a virtual talk titled, “Strengthening Local Public Health Workforce Capacity through Experiential Learning: Outcomes from an ARPA-Funded Workforce Pipeline Initiative” at the 2026 NACCHO360 Conference, held in Louisville, KY form July 13-17, 2026. The…
Mark Adriatico, Nghi Tran, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) have published a new peer-reviewed article in Frontiers in Dental Medicine titled “Influence of Intraoral Scanner Type on the Marginal Fit of Digitally Fabricated Lithium Disilicate Crowns.” The study examined whether the type of intraoral scanner used in a digital workflow affects the…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation to present "Red White and Urgent: The Clinical Warning Signs of Oral Cancer" during the national Academy of General Dentistry annual meeting last month. She discussed the steps of performing a comprehensive oral examination, identified risk factors, highlighted clinical features of oral cancers and…