Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) presented “The Use of Caries Risk and Smoking Assessment Tools in the Implementation of Intervention Strategies in a US Dental School” during the STAR-ICON Conferences’ Global Summit on Women Empowerment, Surgery, Telehealth Care & Medicine, which had attendees from South America, the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Dr. Robin Weltman (Dental) co-authored “Altered Human Alveolar Bone Gene Expression in Type 2 Diabetes — A cross-sectional Study,” which appeared Nov. 15 online ahead of print in the Journal of Periodontal Research.

Sonal Shah (Dental) gave two presentations during the American Dental Association’s annual national meeting in October. The first was titled "Oral Pathology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and the second, which was given on behalf of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, was titled "Specialty Spotlight: The Spectrum of…

Dr. Tina Brandon Abbatangelo (Dental) accepted an invitation by the American Dental Association to speak at its annual meeting during the first SmileCon event. Modeled after the popular TED Talks, SmileCon featured three speakers who shared insight from their lives and careers. Brandon Abbatangelo, after completing a preparation course led by…

Dr. Linh Nguyen, Dr. Karl Kingsley and co-authors Tommy Le, Eunice Chun, and Ivan Lopez (all Dental School) recently published their research "Screening for Selenomonas Noxia and Akkermansia Muciniphila from the Oral Cavity of Pediatric Patients" in Microbiology Research Journal International

Dr. Steven Saxe (Dental) received the Fae Ahlstrom award from the Southern Nevada Dental Society in recognition of his career-spanning commitment of service to organized dentistry and the citizens of Nevada. During his more than 30 years in practice, Saxe has served as delegate for the Clark County Dental Society (now the Southern Nevada Dental…

Dr. Lily T. Garcia (Dental) co-authored Physical Evaluation and Treatment Planning in Dental Practice, 2nd Edition, which includes information pertinent when considering comprehensive treatment planning and specialists' perspectives for a wide variety of dental procedures. The book was published in July 2021.

Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) co-authored “Oral Microbiome and Gingival Gene Expression of Inflammatory Biomolecules with Aging and Periodontitis,” which appeared Sept. 17 in the Oral Infections and Microbes section of Frontiers in Oral Health.

Dr. Robin Weltman (Dental Medicine) co-authored “Vertical Ridge Augmentation (VRA) around Dental Implants with the Use of a Dense PTFE Membrane, to Correct Previously Failed Augmentations,” which appeared online ahead of print in Clinical Advancement in Periodontics.

Karl Kingsley, Joshua Polanski, Camille Frayna, Christoffer Devantier and Braden Harris (all Dental) recently published the manuscript "Education Regarding and Adherence to Recommended Nutrition Guidelines among Dental Students" in Dentistry Journal, Special Edition on Dental Education.

The class of 2021 alumni Dr. Anthony Fusco, Dr. Syed Ahmed, and Dr. Jared Link, under the supervision of Dr. Tanya Al-Talib and Dr. Neamat Hassan (all Dental Medicine), published  “Performance of Different Orthodontic Brackets after Exposure to Dietary Components: An in Vitro Pilot Study,” which appeared online Sept. 14 in the Open…

Dr. Frank Jones (Dental) directed two four-day live surgical implant courses in Tijuana, Mexico during July and August. The self-funded courses deliver free surgical care to individuals regardless of citizenship or current immigration status. High demand for patient care continues in Mexico unabated due to the impact of COVID-19 and limited…