Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) was elected to the board of directors of the Nevada Tobacco Control & Smoke-free Coalition. During her initial one-year term, Dr. Demopoulos will work to promote the coalition’s mission of improving the health of all Nevadans by advocating for the elimination of exposure to secondhand smoke and vape emissions…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation to join the American Dental Education Association’s (ADEA) task force for revising the competencies for the new general dentist. This document was last updated and approved by the ADEA House of Delegates in 2008. The yearlong project will culminate with pre-doctoral curriculum and competency…
Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) presented a poster with Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) during the American Public Health Association meeting titled "Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and Threats Analysis of ChatGPT in Oral Health Education." The authors concluded ChatGPT has the promise to augment the oral healthcare…
Dr. Maryam Tabrizi (Dental) gave a presentation about geriatric oral health during the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting in collaboration with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV NIHAN and University of Nevada, Reno Medical School ICECAP programs. Both programs are Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded…
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 (‘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…
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “DAMPS and Alarmin Gene Expression Patterns in Aging Healthy and Diseased Mucosal Tissues,” 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…
Dr. Linh Nguyen and Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (both Dental), along with dental school alumni Dr. James Chon (‘21), Dr. Eunbee Kim (‘22) and Dr. Jennifer Cheng (‘22), co-authored “Biological Aging and Periodontal Disease: Analysis of NHANES (2001-2002),” which published in JDR Clinical and Translational Research. The study aimed to test whether…
Dr. Maryam Tabrizi (Dental) served as first author for “Linking Current Dental Education to Gerontological Education to Meet the Oral Health Needs of Growing Aging Populations,” 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…
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…
UNLV School of Dental Medicine received a grant of nearly $182,000 from the State of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services’ 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…
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.