Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Jeffrey Ebersole and Linh Nguyen (both Dental) co-authored 鈥淭ranscriptomic features of programmed and inflammatory cell death in gingival tissues,鈥 which published April 16 in the journal Oral Diseases. The study used an experimental periodontitis model to detail the gingival transcriptome related to cell death processes of pyroptosis,鈥
Katherine Howard, Kate Hendricks, Tyler Hatch, and Karl Kingsley (all Dental) published their manuscript, "Screening for Selenomonas noxia in a Pediatric and Adolescent Patient Population Reveals Differential Oral Prevalence across Age Groups," in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Dr. James Mah (Dental) co-authored 鈥淏iomechanics of clear aligner therapy: Assessing the influence of tooth position and flat trimline height in translational movements,鈥 which was published online April 29 in the journal Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research. Despite the popularity of clear aligner orthodontic treatments, many aspects鈥
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation to serve as a seminar speaker during the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology annual meeting where she presented two challenging patient cases of oral manifestations of genetic and systemic diseases.
Shah also co-presented an abstract as a poster during the American Academy of Oral鈥
Katherine Howard, Austin Williams, Karl Kingsley, and Jace Porter (all Dental) published their manuscript "Higher Prevalence of the Periodontal Pathogen Selenomonas noxia among Pediatric and Adult Patients May Be Associated with Overweight and Obesity" in the journal MDPI Pathogens.
Tina Brandon Abbatangelo, Nancy Nguyen, Rachel Kim, Christina Demopoulos (all Dental Medicine) along with Timothy Grigsby (Public Health), Kavita Batra (Medicine) presented their study, "Investigating e-cigarette use perceptions among dental students: A cross-sectional study," at the Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference on April 17,鈥
Dr. Moni Ahmadian, D.M.D and Dr. Jeff Moxley, D.D.S. (both Dental) co-authored and presented an abstract titled, "Mandibular Paresthesia Caused by Unifocal Eosinophilic Granuloma-Like Proliferation in an Adult," as a poster in 2024 annual meeting of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (AAOMP) in Orlando, Florida. 鈥
Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) recently published an article titled "Risk Factors for OSA Observed During Orofacial Examination: A Review" in the Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine. This article was the product of collaboration with faculty at the University of North Carolina- Adams School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University- School of鈥
Hahnnah Park, Sandy Hong, Brian Chrzan, Tanya Al-Talib, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) recently published a study titled, "Resin infiltration for white spot lesions: An in vitro experimental trial," in the Journal of Orthodontics (the official journal of the British Orthodontic Society/ Sage Journals).
Eric Ochoa and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) published their study "Analysis of a Dental School Pediatric Patient Population Reveals Growing Inequality in Utilization of Services among Native Americans and Hispanics" in the Journal EC Dental Sciences.
During the recent American Dental Education Association (ADEA) annual meeting, Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) led a seminar titled, 鈥淔acing a Public Health Crisis: Initiatives in Dental Sleep Medicine,鈥 and Dr. Sonal Shah and Dr. Jessica Owens (also Dental) presented 鈥淩oad to Residency鈥 to dental students from around the country regarding the鈥
Hunter Hinton, Lorena Herrera, Sofia Valenzuela, Katherine M. Howard, and Karl Kingsley (all Dental) published their study, "Screening for High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Reveals HPV52 and HPV58 among Pediatric and Adult Patient Saliva Samples," in the MDPI journal, Dentistry.