Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) co-authored 鈥淢anaging Dental Anxiety With Advanced Behavioral Techniques,鈥 which published May 1 in the Decision in Dentistry journal, and May 16 in Dimensions of Dental Hygiene. The article explored how using the principles of applied behavior analysis and functional behavior assessment can help allay patients鈥欌
Dr. Jyoti Mago and Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental Medicine) delivered a virtual oral presentation for the International Association of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology (IADMFR) World Tour in May 2023. Their research, 鈥淚ncidental Findings in the Paranasal Sinuses and Airway Regions and Their Potential Impacts on Dental Management: A CBCT Retrospective鈥
Dr. Maryam Tabrizi (Dental Medicine) organized and provided a continuing education course titled 鈥淒entistry and Opioids鈥 for community general dentists in response to opioid crisis in Nevada. The course provided a comprehensive outlook on clinical pain management for dentists, including:
Focusing on history of opioids use, culture, the鈥
Jessica Immonen, Linh Nguyen (both Dental Medicine) and co-authors published the article "An Integrative Review of Remediation Practices for Health Profession Students and Clinicians" in the journal Nurse Education Today. Their findings demonstrated a statistically significant difference between medicine and nursing regarding remediation鈥
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) presented a poster titled "Rare Oral Pathologies in Two Immunocompromised Patients and Their Management Challenges" during the national, annual meeting of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. The presentation explored two cases. The first was a patient taking immunosuppressive medications for a kidney transplant, and鈥
Jessica Immonen (Dental), along with orthodontics resident Dr. Jeremy James, and second-year dental students Ceanna Robinson-Wiley, Megan Melocoton, Philip Friesen, and Yuxuan Ren, co-authored, "Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis Exacerbates with Restored Teeth: A Cadaveric Case Report," which published in the April issue of Open Access鈥
Neamat Hassan and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) were recently appointed as guest editors for a special issue titled, "Advanced Biomaterials for Caries Prevention," in the Journal of Functional Biomaterials.
This special issue aims to publish innovative studies exploring recent updated materials and strategies for preventing dental caries. By鈥
Jessica Immonen (Dental) Ph.D., M.S., along with Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics resident Jeremy James D.M.D. published a paper titled, "Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis Exacerbates with Restored Teeth: A Cadaveric Case Report," with the assistance of second year dental students Ceanna Robinson-Wiley, Megan Melocoton, Philip鈥
Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole and Linh Nguyen, Ph.D., MPH, (both Dental) co-authored 鈥淕ingival transcriptomic patterns of macrophage polarization during initiation, progression, and resolution of periodontitis,鈥 which published March 24 in the journal Clinical and Experimental Immunology. Phenotypic and functional heterogeneity of macrophages is clearly a鈥
Dr. Neamat Hassan and Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (both Dental), and alumnae Dr. Audrey Morris and Dr. Patricia Grabowski (both Class of 2021) co-authored 鈥淩etrospective Analysis of the Correlation between TMD, Headache and Bruxism,鈥 which published in the April issue of Open Journal of Stomatology. The study aimed to evaluate the association between鈥
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) was elected Councilor of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology by her fellow oral pathologists around the country. In this role, during her three-year term, she will help shape the future of the profession and the academy.
Members of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) voted for Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) to serve as the organization鈥檚 president-elect. During her one-year term, Demopoulos will be a non-voting member of all AAPHD committees, will assist the president in fulfilling the AAPHD鈥檚 mission, and will handle other duties as鈥