Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Tina Brandon Abbatangelo and Dr. Christina Demopoulos (both Dental) earned the 2023 Community Service Award from the Southern Nevada Dental Society for their exceptional dedication to bettering the health and the lives of Southern Nevada, and for going beyond the call to serve and enrich the dental community and the lives of her patients.
Dr. Neamat Hassan (Dental), third-year dental student Gio Lee, and alumnus Dr. Justin Vo (鈥20), co-authored, "Shear Bond Strength of Different Types of Cement Used for Bonding Band and Loop Space Maintainer," which published November 23 in the Open Journal of Stomatology. The study aimed to evaluate the effects of thermal aging on the shear bond鈥
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored 鈥淒AMPS and Alarmin Gene Expression Patterns in Aging Healthy and Diseased Mucosal Tissues,鈥 which published in the journal Frontiers in Oral Health. During the study, specific correlations of DAMP/alarmin genes and relative abundance of particular microbes were observed in health and resolution samples in鈥
Dr. Linh Nguyen and Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (both Dental), along with dental school alumni Dr. James Chon (鈥21), Dr. Eunbee Kim (鈥22) and Dr. Jennifer Cheng (鈥22), co-authored 鈥淏iological Aging and Periodontal Disease: Analysis of NHANES (2001-2002),鈥 which published in JDR Clinical and Translational Research. The study aimed to test whether鈥
Dr. Maryam Tabrizi (Dental) served as first author for 鈥淟inking Current Dental Education to Gerontological Education to Meet the Oral Health Needs of Growing Aging Populations,鈥 which published online ahead of print in Journal of Frontier in Oral Health. The study aimed to recognize the gaps in dental education by studying the current level of鈥
Dr. Ben Barborka (Dental) earned "Diplomate" status (board certification) with the American Board of Endodontics after successfully completing a rigorous three-part examination comprising a written portion, an oral portion, and a case submission portfolio. Only 23 percent of endodontists nationwide become board certified, and Barborka is the first鈥
51吃瓜网万能科大 School of Dental Medicine received a grant of nearly $182,000 from the State of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Division of Health Care Financing and Policy to expand the Seal Nevada South program through June 30, 2024. Seal Nevada South offers oral health education, oral hygiene instruction, oral health screenings, dental鈥
Charlton Bassett, Hunter Triplett, Keegan Lott (all Medicine) with Katherine M. Howard and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) recently published their study, "Differential Expression of MicroRNA (MiR-27, MiR-145) among Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs) Following Neurogenic Differentiation Stimuli," in the MDPI journal, Biomedicines. 
Gio Lee, Justin Vo, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) recently published their study, "Shear Bond Strength of Different Types of Cement Used for Bonding Band and Loop Space Maintainer," in the Open Journal of Stomatology.
Dr. Jyoti Mago, Dr. Neamat Hassan, and third-year dental students Luke Smith and Nicholas Bautista (all Dental), presented "Identifying Indirect Restorations using two-dimensional Imaging and three-dimensional imaging by using low dose and standard protocols on two different CBCT Machines鈥 during the poster session of the American Academy of Oral鈥
Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) presented 鈥淭he Potential Usefulness of ChatGPT in the Queries related to Radiation Biology and Radiation Protection鈥 during the poster session of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology meeting. The study concluded that ChatGPT-3 being a descriptive model is quite competent in answering queries related to鈥
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) has been appointed section co-head for the World Workshop of Oral Medicine IX by the American Academy of Oral Medicine. The section's task is defining a global undergraduate oral medicine curriculum and minimal competencies for graduating dental students around the world. The group comprises 12 prominent oral medicine鈥