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…

Katherine M. Howard, Karl Kingsley, Dustin Hunsaker, and James Landon Moore (all Dental) recently published "Vitamin D Receptor and CYP450 Enzyme Dysregulation May Mediate Oral Cancer Responsiveness" in the MDPI journal Targets.

James Mah (Dental) co-authored the article, "In Vitro Biomechanics of Attachment Use and Their Placement for Extrusive Tooth Movement by Aligner Mechanotherapy" in the Journal of Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research.

Dr. Linh Nguyen and Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (both Dental), along with fourth-year students An-Vinh Tran and Porter Kincheloe, co-authored “Serum Nutrients, Periodontitis and Biological Ageing,” which published January 13 in Journal of Clinical Periodontology.

Hassan Ziada and Neamat Hassan (both Dental) recently co-authored a systematic review titled, "Orthodontic Management of Different Stages and Grades of Periodontitis According to the 2017 Classification of Periodontal Diseases," and published in the Dentistry Journal. This publication is the outcome of an international, multi-center…