Research

Research in publications

Healthy tooth icon abstract treatment concept on a beautiful blue background

Adams School of Dentistry faculty have been hard at work performing research and reporting results. The list below represents faculty publications starting in June 2023.

August 2024

July 2024

June 2024

May 2024

April 2024

March 2024

February 2024 

January 2024

December 2023

November 2023 

October 2023 

  • Pieren JA, Wilder RS, Spolarich AE. 100 Years of Dental Hygiene Research: Progress and possibilities. J Dent Hyg. 2023;97(5):6-23. 
  • Benavides E, Bhula A, Gohel A, Lurie AG, Mallya SM, Ramesh A, Tyndall DA. Authors’ Response. J Am Dent Assoc. Published online October 26, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.09.019 
  • Brothers KM, Parker DM, Taguchi M, Ma D, Mandell JB, Thurlow LL, Byrapogu VC, Urish KL. Dose optimization in surgical prophylaxis: sub-inhibitory dosing of vancomycin increases rates of biofilm formation and the rates of surgical site infection. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):4593. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-30951-y 
  • Gibson T, Alsahafi T, Clark W, Duqum I, Culp L, Sulaiman TA. Fatigue resistance of 3D printed anatomic post-and-core after mastication simulation. J Prosthet Dent. Published online October 4, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.09.010 
  • Brame JL, Quinonez RB, Ciszek BP, Weintraub JA. Implementing a prenatal oral health program for dental students: lessons learned. Health Promot Pract. Published online October 31, 2023:15248399231207070. doi:10.1177/15248399231207070 
  • Babikow E, Ghaltakhchyan N, Livingston T, Qu Y, Liu C, Hoxie A, Sulkowski T, Bocklage C, Marsh A, Phillips ST, Mitchell KB, Ribeiro AA, Jackson TH, Roach J, Wu D, Divaris K, Jacox LA. Longitudinal microbiome changes in supragingival biofilm transcriptomes induced by orthodontics. JDR Clin Trans Res. Published online October 24, 2023:23800844231199390. doi:10.1177/23800844231199393 
  • Vamos CA, Cayama MR, Mahony H, Griner SB, Quinonez RB, Boggess K, Beckstead J, Daley EM. Oral health during pregnancy: an analysis of interprofessional guideline awareness and practice behaviors among prenatal and oral health providers. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023;23(1):721. doi:10.1186/s12884-023-06032-3 
  • Shing TL, Preisser JS, Sotres-Alvarez D, Divaris K, Beck JD. Patterns of site-level periodontal disease and within-mouth correlation among older adults in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2023;51(5):927-935. doi:10.1111/cdoe.12789 
  • Jacox LA, Ghaltakhchyan N, Nanney E, White R, Blakey G, Turvey T, Mielke J, Zajac D. Pediatrics, craniofacial and orthognathic surgery track: impacts of dentofacial disharmony and its surgical correction on speech. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2023;81(10):e9-e10. doi:10.1016/j.joms.2023.08.187 
  • Musskopf ML, Finger Stadler A, Fiorini T, Ramos UD, de Sousa Rabelo M, de Castro Pinto RN, Susin C. Performance of a new implant system and drilling protocol-A minipig intraoral dental implant model study. Clin Oral Implants Res. Published online October 19, 2023. doi:10.1111/clr.14194 
  • Preisser JS, Moss K, Finlayson TL, Jones JA, Weintraub JA. Prediction Model Development and Validation of 12-Year Incident Edentulism of Older Adults in the United States. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2023;8(4):384-393. doi:10.1177/23800844221112062 
  • Miao MZ, Su QP, Cui Y, Bahnson EM, Li G, Wang M, Yang Y, Collins JA, Wu D, Gu Q, Chubinskaya S, Diekman BO, Yamada KM, Loeser RF. Redox-active endosomes mediate α5β1 integrin signaling and promote chondrocyte matrix metalloproteinase production in osteoarthritis. Sci Signal. 2023;16(809):eadf8299. doi:10.1126/scisignal.adf8299 
  • Cho H, Ren Z, Divaris K, Roach J, Lin BM, Liu C, Azcarate-Peril MA, Simancas-Pallares MA, Shrestha P, Orlenko A, Ginnis J, North KE, Zandona AGF, Ribeiro AA, Wu D, Koo H. Selenomonas sputigena acts as a pathobiont mediating spatial structure and biofilm virulence in early childhood caries. Nat Commun. 2023;14(1):2919. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38346-3 
  • Gormley A, Haworth S, Simancas-Pallares M, Holgerson PL, Esberg A, Shrestha P, Divaris K, Johansson I. Subtypes of early childhood caries predict future caries experience. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2023;51(5):966-975. doi:10.1111/cdoe.12795 
  • Cheng X, An J, Lou J, Gu Q, Ding W, Droby G, Wang Y, Wang C, Gao Y, Shelton A, Satterlee A, Mann B, Hsiao Y-C, Liu C-W, Lu K, Hingtgen S, Wang J, Liu Z, Miller C, Wu D, Vaziri C, Yang Y. Trans-Lesion Synthesis and Mismatch Repair Pathway Crosstalk Defines Chemoresistance and Hypermutation Mechanisms in Glioblastoma. Res Sq. Published online October 16, 2023. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2367368/v1 
  • Sulaiman TA, Suliman AA, Abdulmajeed AA, Zhang Y. Zirconia restoration types, properties, tooth preparation design, and bonding. A narrative review. J Esthet Restor Dent. Published online October 15, 2023. doi:10.1111/jerd.13151 

September 2023 

  • Elkassaby H, Touloumi F, Clark WA, Jiang S, Mahrous A, Mainelli J, Moghadam M, Zemnick C, Sadid-Zadeh R. A survey on utilization and barriers of digital removable prostheses in the US dental education. J Dent Educ. Published online September 15, 2023. doi:10.1002/jdd.13372 
  • Johnson KB, Kay EM, LaPrade JC, Ludlow JB. Bitewing radiography dosimetry of the PORTRAY stationary-intraoral tomosynthesis imaging system. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2023;136(3):360-370. doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2023.04.017 
  • Aldoski MRN, Selivany BJ, Sulaiman T. Bromelain-based endodontic irrigant: preparation, properties, and biocompatibility: An in-vitro study. Aust Endod J. 2023;49 Suppl 1:146-155. doi:10.1111/aej.12704 
  • Mao Z, Tian G, Shrivastava M, Zhou J, Ye L. Complications of Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis in Infants with Isolated Robin Sequence. Children (Basel). 2023;10(10). doi:10.3390/children10101591 
  • Cho H, Qu Y, Liu C, Tang B, Lyu R, Lin BM, Roach J, Azcarate-Peril MA, Aguiar Ribeiro A, Love MI, Divaris K, Wu D. Comprehensive evaluation of methods for differential expression analysis of metatranscriptomics data. Brief Bioinformatics. 2023;24(5). doi:10.1093/bib/bbad279 
  • Quinonez RB, Broome A, Nesbit S, Tittemore A, Kowlowitz V, Duqum I, Uyan D, Musskopf ML, Phillips K, Moretti A, Mason M, Jacobs A, Brian Z, Simancas-Pallares M, Swift EJ, Ramaswamy V, Guthmiller JM. Developing entrustable professional activities for general dentistry at the University of North Carolina. J Dent Educ. Published online September 23, 2023. doi:10.1002/jdd.13374 
  • Archer HR, Brian Z, Blackburn B, Weintraub JA. Disseminating oral health educational content and evaluating its use on non-dental safety net clinic websites. J Public Health Dent. Published online September 28, 2023. doi:10.1111/jphd.12587 
  • Mcilwain AK, Alsahafi TA, Bashiri R, Duqum I, Sulaiman TA. Effect of simulated toothbrushing on the surface roughness of LOCATOR abutments: An in vitro study. J Prosthet Dent. Published online September 16, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.08.026 
  • Anderson LN, Alsahafi T, Clark WA, Felton D, Sulaiman TA. Evaluation of surface roughness of differently manufactured denture base materials. J Prosthet Dent. Published online September 16, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.08.028 
  • Benavides E, Bhula A, Gohel A, Lurie AG, Mallya SM, Ramesh A, Tyndall DA. Patient shielding during dentomaxillofacial radiography: Recommendations from the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. J Am Dent Assoc. 2023;154(9):826-835.e2. doi:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.06.015 
  • Sen S, Curtis J, Hicklin D, Nichols C, Glover S, Merchant AT, Hardin JW, Logue M, Meyer J, Mason E, Huang DY, Susin C, Moss K, Beck J. Periodontal disease treatment after stroke or transient ischemic attack: the PREMIERS study, a randomized clinical trial. Stroke. 2023;54(9):2214-2222. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.042047 
  • Tasoulas J, Farquhar DR, Sheth S, Hackman T, Yarbrough WG, Agala CB, Koric A, Giraldi L, Fabianova E, Lissowska J, Świątkowska B, Vilensky M, Wünsch-Filho V, de Carvalho MB, López RVM, Holcátová I, Serraino D, Polesel J, Canova C, Richiardi L, Zevallos JP, Ness A, Pring M, Thomas SJ, Dudding T, Lee Y-CA, Hashibe M, Boffetta P, Olshan AF, Divaris K, Amelio AL. Poor oral health influences head and neck cancer patient survival: an International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium pooled analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst. Published online September 19, 2023. doi:10.1093/jnci/djad156 
  • Kornegay EC, Hayon E, Gisler S, Bell G, Wilder R, Stewart S, Quinonez RB. Preparing learners to ACT as change agents: Early implementation of leadership curricula in dental education. J Dent Educ. 2023;87(9):1257-1270. doi:10.1002/jdd.13245 
  • Dorsey AK, Mol A, Green P, Ludlow J, Johnson KB. Radiation doses in extraoral bitewing radiography compared with intraoral bitewing and panoramic radiography. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. Published online September 11, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2023.09.002 
  • Brame JL. Trends in dental hygiene academic leadership development: Influencers, barriers, and enabling mechanisms. Int J Dent Hyg. Published online September 10, 2023. doi:10.1111/idh.12737 
  • Quinonez RB, Zomorodi M, Broome A, Mason M, Duqum I. Using a change management model to develop and implement dental curricula: A case study. J Dent Educ. 2023;87(9):1279-1283. doi:10.1002/jdd.13289
  • Moreira RWF, Lima SM, Lima FBDJB. Komplikationen in der orthognathen Chirurgie. In: Gassner R, editor. Komplikationen in der Kranio-Maxillofazialen und Oralen Chirurgie. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2023. p. 77–97.
  • Turvey TA, Fernandez R, Ward B. What is the American Academy of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons? J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2023 Sep;81(9):1065–6. 

August 2023 

  • Fang Y, Potter GG, Wu D, Zhu H, Liu M. Addressing multi-site functional MRI heterogeneity through dual-expert collaborative learning for brain disease identification. Hum Brain Mapp. 2023;44(11):4256-4271. doi:10.1002/hbm.26343 
  • Altitinchi A, Schweizer A, Dean K, Lawson N, Sulaiman T, Fouad AF. An Ex-Vivo Model for Investigating Bacterial Extrusion from Infected Root Canals during Masticatory Function. J Endod. Published online August 21, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.joen.2023.08.008 
  • Santi SS, Oliveira LM, Casarin M, Susin C, Moreira CHC, Zanatta FB. Association between oral hygiene and gingival abrasion in a rural population in southern Brazil: A multilevel secondary analysis. J Clin Periodontol. 2023;50(8):1033-1041. doi:10.1111/jcpe.13802 
  • Saraiya V, Bradshaw PT, Meyer K, Lund J, Slade GD, Olshan AF. The association between the Mediterranean Diet Score and death from cancer of the head and neck. Cancer Causes Control. Published online August 10, 2023. doi:10.1007/s10552-023-01761-4 
  • Miguez PA, Bash E, Musskopf ML, Tuin SA, Rivera-Concepcion A, Chapple ILC, Liu J. Control of tissue homeostasis by the extracellular matrix: Synthetic heparan sulfate as a promising therapeutic for periodontal health and bone regeneration. Periodontol 2000. Published online August 24, 2023. doi:10.1111/prd.12515 
  • Quinonez RB, Danciu T, Ramaswamy V, Murdoch-Kinch CA. Bridging the gap between dental education and clinical practice: The entrustable professional activities model. J Am Dent Assoc. 2023;154(8):687-689. doi:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.05.009 
  • Graves CL, Norloff E, Thompson D, Kosyk O, Sang Y, Chen A, Zannas AS, Wallet SM. Chronic early life stress alters the neuroimmune profile and functioning of the developing zebrafish gut. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2023;31:100655. doi:10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100655 
  • Xu S, Li B, Inscoe CR, Bastawros D, Tyndall DA, Lee YZ, Lu J, Zhou O. Evaluation of the feasibility of a multisource CBCT for maxillofacial imaging. Phys Med Biol. 2023;68(17). doi:10.1088/1361-6560/acea17 
  • Schrank TP, Kothari A, Weir WH, Stepp WH, Rehmani H, Liu X, Wang X, Sewell A, Li X, Tasoulas J, Kim S, Yarbrough G, Xie Y, Flamand Y, Marur S, Hayward MC, Wu D, Burtness B, Anderson KS, Baldwin AS, Yarbrough WG, Issaeva N. Noncanonical HPV carcinogenesis drives radiosensitization of head and neck tumors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2023;120(32):e2216532120. doi:10.1073/pnas.2216532120 
  • Sanders AE, Wallace ED, Ehrmann BM, Soma PS, Shaikh SR, Preisser JS, Ohrbach R, Fillingim RB, Slade GD. Non-esterified erythrocyte linoleic acid, arachidonic acid, and subjective sleep outcomes. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2023;195:102580. doi:10.1016/j.plefa.2023.102580 
  • Silva LM, Divaris K, Bugge TH, Moutsopoulos NM. Plasmin-Mediated Fibrinolysis in Periodontitis Pathogenesis. J Dent Res. 2023;102(9):972-978. doi:10.1177/00220345231171837 
  • Tembhe A, Preisser JS, Batorsky A, Weintraub JA. Ten-year cross-sectional and longitudinal assessment and factors associated with unfavourable self-rated oral health in older adults in the United States. Gerodontology. Published online August 7, 2023. doi:10.1111/ger.12710
  • Oakley M, Tran A, Paye C, Trudan E, Turvey T, Blakey G, Zajac D, Mielke J, Jacox L. Dentofacial disharmony patients’ sibilants differ from controls’ more in source than filter properties. Proc Int Congr Phon Sci. 2023 Aug;20:823-827. PMID: 38250564; PMCID: PMC10798805. 

July 2023 

  • Cho H, Liu C, Preisser JS, Wu D. A bivariate zero-inflated negative binomial model and its applications to biomedical settings. Stat Methods Med Res. 2023;32(7):1300-1317. doi:10.1177/09622802231172028 
  • Crockett B, Broome A, Tawil P, Tyndall D. Comparison of incidental findings on cone beam computed tomographic and 2-dimensional images. General dentistry. 2023;71(4):64-71. 
  • Jones JA, Moss K, Finlayson TL, Preisser JS, Weintraub JA. Edentulism predicts cognitive decline in the US health and retirement cohort study. J Dent Res. 2023;102(8):863-870. doi:10.1177/00220345231167805 
  • Alsayed B, Suliman AA, Clark W, Cook R, Sulaiman TA. Effect of Photo-polymerization Delay on the Bond Strength and Microhardness of Dual-polymerizing Resin Cements. Oper Dent. 2023;48(4):457-463. doi:10.2341/22-119-L 
  • Hajjaj MS, Barboud HM, Almashabi HK, Alzahrani SJ, Haimed TSA, Alnoury AS, Sulaiman TA. Evaluation of Different Priming Agents with Conventional and Bioactive Self-Adhesive Resin Cements on Shear Bond Strength to Zirconia. Appl Sci. 2023;13(14):8369. doi:10.3390/app13148369 
  • Tchivileva IE, Johnson KW, Chai X, VanDam LR, Lim PF, Slade GD. Evaluation of Plasma Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide as a Biomarker for Painful Temporomandibular Disorder and Migraine. J Pain Res. 2023;16:2331-2346. doi:10.2147/JPR.S408044 
  • Passos L, de Vasconcellos AB, Kanashiro L, Kina S. The natural CAD/CAM anterior implant single tooth restoration: A novel digital workflow. J Esthet Restor Dent. Published online July 14, 2023. doi:10.1111/jerd.13073 
  • Lakhani A, Esteves A, Hudson J, Ester T, Guthmiller J, Karimbux N, Panagakos F, Theisen M, Stewart J, Mintz J, Nadershahi N. New thinking for the new century: Preparing for the next 100 years. J Dent Educ. 2023;87(7):1057-1063. doi:10.1002/jdd.13307 
  • Companioni S, Nguyen T, Divaris K, Christensen J. Optimizing donor tooth selection for autotransplantation in the anterior maxilla via CBCT-based root width and crown-root angle measurements. Dent Traumatol. 2023;39 Suppl 1:63-69. doi:10.1111/edt.12847 
  • Fujiwara N, Yamashita S, Okamoto M, Cooley MA, Ozaki K, Everett ET, Suzuki M. Perfluorooctanoic acid-induced cell death via the dual roles of ROS-MAPK/ERK signaling in ameloblast-lineage cells. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2023;260:115089. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115089 
  • Daline IH, Slade GD, Fouad AF, Nixdorf DR, Tchivileva IE. Prevalence of painful temporomandibular disorders in endodontic patients with tooth pain. J Oral Rehabil. 2023;50(7):537-547. doi:10.1111/joor.13457 
  • Tallent B, Padilla RJ, McKay C, Foreman AKM, Fan Z, Blatt J. Response of central giant cell granuloma of the jaw to imatinib. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023;45(5):278-280. doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000002608 
  • Alsahafi TA, Walter R, Nunes M, Sulaiman TA. Wear of Bulk-fill Composite Resins After Thermo-mechanical Loading. Oper Dent. 2023;48(4):416-424. doi:10.2341/22-039-L
  • Companioni S, Nguyen T, Divaris K, Christensen J. Optimizing donor tooth selection for autotransplantation in the anterior maxilla via CBCT-based root width and crown-root angle measurements. Dent Traumatol. 2023 Jul;39 Suppl 1:63-69. doi: 10.1111/edt.12847. Epub 2023 Apr 14. PMID: 37060204.
  • Oh C, Lee H, Kim J, Lee JH, Nguyen T, Kim K-H, Chung CJ. The influence of age and orthodontic debonding on the prevalence and severity of enamel craze lines. J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Jul;154(7):601–9.
  • Brennan MT, Treister NS, Sollecito TP, Schmidt BL, Patton LL, Lin A, Elting LS, Helgeson ES, Lalla RV. Dental Caries Postradiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2023 Jul;8(3):234-243. doi: 10.1177/23800844221086563. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35403479; PMCID: PMC10286183. 

June 2023 

  • Baumann KB, Lim SO, Padilla R. Clinical pathologic conference case 5: asymptomatic patient referred for evaluation of her mouth. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2023;135(6):e148-e149. doi:10.1016/j.oooo.2022.11.021 
  • Uthappa DM, Ellett TL, Hecker EJ, Engle DL, Cho AH, Hickert K, Karlovich N, Liebkemann S, Oshima SM, Ostrovsky D, Sipp D, McNeill D, Zomorodi M, Heflin MT. Creating opportunities for telehealth education, assessment, and care through Hotspotting (CO-TEACH): An interprofessional telehealth delivery curriculum and guide. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice. 2023;31:100615. doi:10.1016/j.xjep.2023.100615 
  • Weiner S, Bashiri R, Wang H. The role of peri-implant strains in dental implant systems: a narrative review. Front Oral Maxillofac Med. 2023;5:19-19. doi:10.21037/fomm-21-50 
  • Naglieri CM, Bash E, Karunanayake GA, Camargo CHR, Komabayashi T. Successful Non-Surgical Root Canal Treatment on Auto-Transplanted Maxillary Premolar with Apical Periodontitis. Case Rep Dent. 2023;2023:9389760. doi:10.1155/2023/9389760 
  • Pan Y, Landis JT, Moorad R, Wu D, Marron JS, Dittmer DP. The Poisson distribution model fits UMI-based single-cell RNA-sequencing data. BMC Bioinformatics. 2023;24(1):256. doi:10.1186/s12859-023-05349-2 
  • Luo H, Wu B, González HM, Stickel A, Kaste LM, Tarraf W, Daviglus ML, Sanders AE, Cai J. Tooth loss, periodontal disease, and mild cognitive impairment among hispanic/latino immigrants: the moderating effects of age at immigration. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023;78(6):949-957. doi:10.1093/gerona/glac178 
  • Li G, Chen M-H, Li G, Wu D, Lian C, Sun Q, Rushmore RJ, Wang L. Volumetric Analysis of Amygdala and Hippocampal Subfields for Infants with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2023;53(6):2475-2489. doi:10.1007/s10803-022-05535-w
  • Stock NM, Crerand CE, Johns AL, McKinney CM, Koudstaal MJ, Drake AF, Heike CL. Establishing an International Interdisciplinary Research Network in Craniofacial Microsomia: The CARE Program. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2023 May 29:10556656231176904. doi: 10.1177/10556656231176904. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37248561.
  • Trotman CA, Faraway J, Bennett ME, Garson GD, Phillips C, Bruun R, Daniel R, David LR, Ganske I, Leeper LK, Rogers-Vizena CR, Runyan C, Scott AR, Wood J. Decision Considerations and Strategies for Lip Surgery in Patients with Cleft lip/Palate: A Qualitative Study. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Apr 21:2023.04.20.23287416. doi: 10.1101/2023.04.20.23287416. PMID: 37131720; PMCID: PMC10153332. [preprint]
  • Bode C, Ghaltakhchyan N, Silva ER, Turvey T, Blakey G, White R, Mielke J, Zajac D, Jacox L. Impacts of Development, Dentofacial Disharmony, and Its Surgical Correction on Speech: A Narrative Review for Dental Professionals. Appl Sci (Basel). 2023 May;13(9):5496. doi: 10.3390/app13095496. Epub 2023 Apr 28. PMID: 37323873; PMCID: PMC10270670.
  • Lalla RV, Hodges JS, Treister NS, Sollecito TP, Schmidt BL, Patton LL, Lin A, Brennan MT. Tooth-level predictors of tooth loss and exposed bone after radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. J Am Dent Assoc. 2023 Jun;154(6):519-528.e4.