Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Karl Kingsley (Dental) recently published the article "Uptake and Metabolism of Folate among Dental Pulp-Derived Stem Cells" in the peer-reviewed journal EC Dental Science with two current (Maria Leake, Brandon Saxe) and two former (Kristi Agari, John Silvaroli) dental students.
Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored 鈥淓nvironmental Lead Effects on Gene Expression in Oral Epithelial Cells,鈥 which evaluated the impact of environmental lead exposure on the responses of oral epithelial cells to challenge with a model pathogenic oral biofilm. The article first appeared Aug. 26 in the Journal of Periodontal Research.
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Dr. Eric Farbman (Medicine), Merrill Landers (Physical Therapy), and Dr. Daniel Orr II (Dental Medicine) accepted invitations to speak during the Inter-professional Health Symposium on Parkinson鈥檚 Disease, hosted by Friends of Parkinson鈥檚. Basu led a breakout session focused on dietary antioxidants鈥
Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) co-authored 鈥淥dontogenic Abscesses in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) of Cayo Santiago,鈥 which appeared online ahead of publication in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Because of the closeness between the rhesus monkey and human genomes, the study may provide insights into the epidemiology of鈥
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) and co-workers have published in the current issue of Quintessence International a paper titled 鈥淩andomized Clinical Trial on the Comparison of Bleaching Outcomes Using either Ozone or Hydrogen Peroxide鈥.
This randomized, double-blinded clinical trial conducted at the University of Jordan evaluated the efficacy of in-鈥
Drs. Christine Ancajas, Edward Herschaft, William Leavitt, Ronald Lemon, Robert Lockhart, James Mah, George McAlpine, Daniel Orr II, Victoria Woo, and Wendy Woodall (all Dental) have all been named by Desert Companion magazine to its 鈥淭op Dentists 2018鈥 list. Also listed by the magazine were eight part-time instructors and five volunteers. This鈥
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) and co-workers have published a paper, "Highly Acidic pH Values of Carbonated Sweet Drinks, Fruit Juices, Mineral Waters and Unregulated Fluoride Levels in Oral Care Products and Drinks in India: A Public Health Concern" in the online July issue of Perspectives in Public Health. This research quantified and assessed the鈥
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) this week was installed as president of the Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology Research Group at the annual meeting of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) in London. He was elected by his peers as Research Group president for the third time.鈥
Drs. Wenlian Zhou and Rick Thiriot (both Dental) taught two courses during July at Nankai University School of Dental Medicine in China as part of the Tianjin China Collaboration and Exchange Program. Both also were invited to present 鈥淒ental Licensure in the United States鈥 and 鈥淚ntroduction to Clear Aligner Therapy鈥 at Lanzhou University, School鈥
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental), along with Emily Masek, '18 BS Kinesiology, authored 鈥淒ietary Polyphenols and Periodontitis-A Mini-Review of Literature,鈥 which appeared in the July issue of Molecules. It focused on the mechanisms of action of dietary polyphenols in improving the pathophysiology鈥
Dr. Karl Kingsley, Dr. Jason Klingler, and Ching Shen (all Dental) published the peer-reviewed manuscript "Prevalence of Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans and Fusobacterium Nucleatum among Clinical Orthodontic and Non-Orthodontic Saliva Samples" in the International Journal of Advances in Microbiology. Klingler is an orthodontics resident鈥
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored 鈥淕ene Expression Analysis of Neuropeptides in Oral Mucosa During Periodontal Disease in Nonhuman Primates,鈥 which appeared during April on PubMed ahead of print in the Journal of Periodontology, the official journal of the American Academy of Periodontology. The study concluded anti-inflammatory neuropeptides鈥