Dr. Moni Ahmadian, D.M.D and Dr. Tushar Kakkar D.M.D (both Dental) co-authored and presented an abstract titled, "Diffuse Spongiotic Gingival Hyperplasia: Report of a Rare Case and Review of the Literature," as a poster in 2025 annual meeting of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (AAOMP) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr.…

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published with colleagues at the UNLV School of Medicine (Kenneth Izuora, Amber Champion, Shauna Groven) and Dental Medicine (Jeffrey Ebersole) findings from a 28-week randomized control trial titled, "Strawberries improve insulin resistance and related cardiometabolic markers in…

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) presented a poster titled "A Mandibular Radiolucency Leads to Extra-Oral Findings and an Unexpected Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis" during the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology annual meeting earlier this month. The case focused on a 49-year-old female who was initially referred to oral surgery for…

Tanya Al-Talib, Hassan Ziada, Neamat Hassan (all Dental), and Xan Goodman (University Libraries) published in the Journal of Dentistry (Elsevier) a manuscript titled, "Bruxism and Direct and Indirect Restorations Failure: A Scoping Review." This manuscript evaluated the relationship between bruxism and the failure of both direct and indirect…

Neamat Hassan and John Colombo (all Dental) were recently appointed guest editors for a special issue of the Dentistry Journal titled, “Recreational Drugs, Smoking, and Their Impact on Oral Health.” This issue aims to feature novel research examining both the short- and long-term effects of recreational drug use and smoking on oral health.

Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) earned the Distinguished Alumni Award by Maharishi Markandeshwar University College of Dental Sciences and Research (MMCDSR) in India. Dr. Mago, Class of 2014, completed her specialty training in Oral Medicine and Radiology and “exemplifies the excellence fostered by MMCDSR across all dental specialties."

Victoria Sullivan, Karl Kingsley, Tanner Gamble, Carter Wilkerson, and Cindy Kim (all Dental) recently published "Assessment of Trends in Non-Restorative and Preventative Dental Treatment Pre- and Post-COVID-19: A Health Informatics Pilot Study" in the MDPI journal Children.

Neamat Hassan, Tanya Al-Talib, Nastaran Bahar, Arshia Badani, Stanley Nelson, and Jyoti Mago (all Dental) recently published their research article, “Correlation Between Condylar Shape and Malocclusion: CBCT Analysis,” in the journal Diagnostics. Their study introduces a new classification system utilizing cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) to…

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) presented a multi-institution national presentation titled “Empowering Accurate Pathology Diagnoses in People of Color" during the American Dental Education Association annual meeting March 7-11. Dr. Shah was among nine presenters from around the country who discussed how oral lesions may present differently, or be…

Michael Pearson, Samuel Stewart, Linda Ma, Karl Kingsley, and Victoria Sullivan (all Dental) recently published "Differential Antimicrobial Effects of Endodontic Irrigant Endocyn on Oral Bacteria" in the MDPI journal Hygiene. 

Victoria Sullivan, Karl Kingsley, Brennan Truman, Linda Ma, and Samuel Stewart (all Dental) recently published "Assessment of Endocyn on Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs): A Pilot Study of Endodontic Irrigant Effects" in the MDPI journal Methods and Protocols.  

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation to present a virtual lecture titled “Velscope and Advanced Technologies for the Early Detection of Oral Precancers and Cancers” for the International Oral Cancer Congress held in India on Feb 7-9, 2025. During the presentation, she discussed the use of the Velscope autofluorescence device, salivary…