Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) co-authored “Performance and Safety of Handheld, Portable X-ray Units,” which appears in the April issue of the Journal of the Greater Houston Dental Society. The findings indicated that new hand-held radiography units were clinically acceptable, with the anticipated operator dose well below the annual occupational limits…
Katherine Howard, Karl Kingsley, Matthew Hunsaker, and Greta Barba (all Dental) published the manuscript "Differential MicroRNA Expression of miR-21 and miR-155 within Oral Cancer Extracellular Vesicles in Response to Melatonin" in the May issue of Dentistry Journal. Hunsaker and Barba are seniors in the doctor of dental medicine program.
Drs. Larry Hon, Mohamed Ahmed, and Edward Lynch (all Dental) co-authored "Reliability of Colour and Hardness Clinical Examinations in Detecting Dentine Caries Severity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," which appears in the April issue of Scientific Reports – Nature. The study systematically reviewed, for the first time, the accuracy and…
Dr. Christina Demopoulos and Marcia Ditmyer (both Dental) accepted invitations to speak and be part of a discussion panel during the National Oral Health Conference. Demopoulos presented “Building the Field: AAPHD Foundation Horowitz Scholars and Small Grant Recipients Impact on Dental Public Health,” and both presented “Tools to Improve Work-Life…
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) co-authored with mentee and doctoral student Divya P Kumari “Development of a new atraumatic restorative treatment material incorporated with Azadirachta indica (Neem) as an antibacterial agent,” which concluded the newly developed treatment material had properties acceptable for clinical use, was non-mutagenic, and could…
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental Medicine) accepted a one-year appointment as Dentistry Board Member for the Global Outreach Medical & Health Association. The association, which comprises representatives from 20 countries, promotes and provides accreditation, certification, education, training and other resources for organizations, professionals and…
Lacey Rahmig (Dental) authored “Oral Healthcare Education for the Nursing Staff,” which explores the need for oral healthcare education among nursing staff working in long-term care facilities. The article appears in the fall 2018 issue of Workforce Education Forum.
Elena Farfel, Justin Orton, Richard Foote, and Karl Kingsley (all Dental) recently published their manuscript, "Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester (CAPE) Induces Oral Cancer Cell Apoptosis," in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Biomedical Science and Research. Orton and Foote are dental students, while Kingsley is a faculty member and Farfel is a…
Dr. Edward Lynch (Dental) co-presented a poster titled “Protocol for Anti-microbial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT), with a Biofilm Remover and a Multiple Wavelength Diode Laser, for the Treatment of periodontitis” at the Biophotonics conference in March.
Jason Klingler and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) published their manuscript "Aggregatibacter Ctinomycetemcomitans and Fusobacterium Nucleatum Prevalence Correlates with Salivary Microbial Burden in Orthodontic Patients" in the International Journal of Dental Research and Reviews.
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Microbiome Profiles of Ligature-Induced Periodontitis in Nonhuman Primates Across the Lifespan,” which appeared in the March issue of Infection and Immunity. The study compared the microbiome colonizing teeth during the initiation, progression, and resolution of periodontitis in nonhuman primates at different…
Cale Forgues and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) recently published their manuscript "Effects of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Alone and in Combination on Rapidly Dividing Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSC)" in the journal EC Dental Sciences.