Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Karl Kingsley (Dental) presented "MicroRNA Expression in Dental Pulp Stem Cells" as an invited speaker to the 25th World Congress on Dentistry and Oral Health in London earlier this month.
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) accepted an invitation to speak at Thessalonika University in Greece where he presented translational evidenced-based research from the dental school and UNLV, and discussed establishing research collaborations between the two universities.
The School of Dental Medicine received one of Nevada Medical Center’s inaugural Eric M. Hilton Healthcare Collaboration awards, which recognizes organizations that find actionable and timely solutions for the state’s most pressing health care needs, with a particular focus on preventative care. The school earned the recognition for its community…
Lacey Rahmig (Dental) accepted an invitation to return for a fourth consecutive year to the advisory board of the state’s dental sciences program, which provides high school students with first-hand looks at becoming dental assistants, hygienists, and dentists. First available during 2008 at Southwest Career and Technical Academy, the program has…
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) accepted an invitation from the King Saud Dental School in Saudi Arabia to lead lectures and provide hands-on training for students earning their master’s degrees in prosthodontics. He also discussed the collaborative, clinical translational research to be conducted by the King Saud Dental School and the UNLV School of…
Drs. Ahmed Mohamed and Edward Lynch, along with pediatric resident Dr. Alice Trieu (all Dental) co-authored an article, "Silver Diamine Fluoride Versus Sodium Fluoride for Arresting Dentine Caries in Children: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," which appears in the current issue of Scientific Reports, Nature. The article systematically…
Drs. Neamat Hassan and Hassan Ziada (both Dental) co-authored an article, "Implant impression Accuracy of Parallel and Non-parallel Implants: A Comparative In-vitro Analysis of Open and Closed Tray Techniques," which appeared in the International Journal of Implant Dentistry’s online version. The study concluded there were generally no significant…
UNLV School of Dental Medicine hosted professor XiaoDong Chen and students Yifan Wang, Yunbo Wang, and Zhang Xi from Nankai University in Tainjin, China, to participate in lectures, learn about evidence-based education, and observe the delivery of dental care. The two institutions established a collaborative relationship during 2012 designed to…
Dr. Robin E. Reinke (Dental) has published her point/counterpoint paper "Should the U.S. Adopt a National Dental Clinical Licensure Examination? Two Viewpoints" in the Journal of Dental Education with co-authors Drs. Joseph Gambacorta, Natalie Jeong, Mary MacDougall, Riki Gottleib, and Jeffrey Price. This is the product of the year-long…
Dr. Elena Farfel (Dental) has published her study "Propolis of Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester (CAPE) Inhibits Growth and Viability in Multiple Oral Cancer Cell Lines" in the International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies with co-authors Whitney Saarem, Fang Yu Wang, and Karl Kingsley (all Dental).
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) accepted an invitation to speak during the annual Saudi International Dental Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the three-day conference, he lectured about evidenced-based operative dentistry and provided updates about the latest methods for providing more effective clinical dentistry. He then visited the King…
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Biologic Modeling of Periodontal Disease Progression,” which determined the synergistic utility of bacterial and inflammatory biomarkers from saliva, serum, and plaque in predicting disease progression. The article appeared in the January 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology.