Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Robin Weltman and Jessica Immonen, Ph.D., (both Dental Medicine) co-authored, “The Significance of Mylohyoid Muscle Release (MMR) in the Vertical and Horizontal Ridge Augmentation Surgeries; Clinical and Human Cadaver Analyses of the Techniques,” which published February 26 in the journal Genes. The study reviewed, analyzed, and discussed…
Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole and Linh Nguyen, Ph.D., M.P.H., (both Dental Medicine) co-authored, “Sex effects on gingival transcriptomic patterns during initiation, progression, and resolution of periodontitis,” which published online ahead of print in Journal of Periodontology. The results demonstrated clear gene expression differences in healthy (…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental Medicine) presented two multi-institution collaborative sessions during the American Dental Education Association annual meeting last month. Her first presentation titled, "New Dental Specialties Are Possible: Oral Medicine, Orofacial Pain and Dental Anesthesiology," examined the results of a student and faculty survey…
Katherine Howard and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) with Keegan Lott, Paris Collier, and Marc Ringor (all Medicine) recently published the study, "Administration of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) to Induce Neural Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSC) Isolates," in the journal Biomedicines.
An interdisciplinary collaboration between the dental and medical school resulted in a publication titled, "Extranodal manifestation of mantle cell lymphoma in the submandibular duct: A case report and review of literature." The publication was accepted in Otolaryngology Case Reports. It was written by fourth-year medical student Spencer…
Linh Nguyen and Class of 2022 alumnae Cynthia Le and Vivien Lee co-authored “Game-based learning in dental education,” which published online in the Journal of Dental Education. The four-year study compared game-based learning attitudes among students within different stages of their Doctor of Dental Medicine program. The results indicated that…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental Medicine) co-authored “Extranodal manifestation of mantle cell lymphoma in the submandibular duct: A case report and review of literature,” which published in the March issue of Otolaryngology Case Reports.
Dr. Neamat Hassan and Dr. Hassan Ziada (both Dental Medicine) co-authored "The Dental Educational Environment of Online and Blended Learning during COVID-19 and the Impact on the Future of Dental Education," which published in the February 2023 issue of Dentistry Journal as part of the special issue Developing an Education Concept during the COVID…
Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental Medicine) co-authored “Perceptions about human papillomavirus vaccine and oropharyngeal cancers, and the role of dental care providers in human papillomavirus prevention among US adults,” which published in the February 2023 issue of Journal of the American Dental Association. The study’s results indicated that…
Karl Kingsley, Hyungbin Lee, Allen Bae, and John Kim (all Dental Medicine) recently published their study, "Differential Effects of Extracellular Matrix Glycoproteins Fibronectin and Laminin-5 on Dental Pulp Stem Cell Phenotypes and Responsiveness," in the Journal of Functional Biomaterials.
Karl Kingsley, Andrew Graves, and Troy Grahl (all Dental Medicine) recently published their study, "Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of the Relative Effect on Plaque Index among Pediatric Patients Using Powered (Electric) versus Manual Toothbrushes," in the MDPI Dental Journal. 
Drs. Neamat Hassan and Hassan Ziada (both Dental Medicine) co-authored a publication of collaborative educational research titled, "The Dental Educational Environment of Online and Blended Learning during COVID-19 and the Impact on the Future of Dental Education." The article has been published in Dentistry Journal as part of the special…