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Dov M. Almog, DDS Implant Tomography and Imaging Guides; Carotid Artery Calcifications on Panoramic films; Telemedicine Applications; Dental ASP Applications; Aesthetic Imaging
Clinical Affairs (Practice Management, Quality Assurance, Infection Control, Social Work, Service Utilization, Oral Health Policy, etc.)
Robert J. Berkowitz Early childhood caries; Mutans streptococci infections in early childhood; Healthcare delivery systems (reducing oral health disparities in young children
Jack G. Caton, DDS Wound healing; Diagnostics; Clinical trials
Karel A. deLeeuw, DDS, MD, MBA Salivary function in renal failure patients; radiation therapy (salivary dysfunction and osteoradionecrosis
Carlo Ercoli, DDS Biological response to implant drilling. Cutting efficiency and engineering performance of dental cutting tools. Metal surface characterization with different treatments. Dental materials mechanical and physical properties affecting their clinical performance
Gerald M. Graser, DDS, MS Dental
Hiroko Iida, DDS, MPH Early childhood caries; Sociocultural and behavioral science in oral health promotion; Dental public health; and Sports dentistry and mouth guards
Peter Marshall Jensen, DDS, MS Overcoming disparities in the delivery of dental health in rural areas through technology.
Hyun Koo, DDS, MS, PhD Experimental therapeutics – novel strategies in prevention of plaque-related diseases; oral biofilms (dental plaque) – development of new laboratorial methods; analysis of virulence factors using biochemical and molecular approaches; animal models of plaque-related diseases
Stephanos Kyrkanides, DDS, MS, PhD Molecular craniofacial biology, including growth & development; clinical cleft palate research, including genetic studies; pain research, including gene therapy for orofacial pain; gene therapy for lysosomal storage disorders, including Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff disease; temporomandibular joint disorders
Wayne Lipschitz, DDS Models for the treatment of developmentally disabled patients
Hans Malmström, DDS General Dentistry; Implantology; esthetic dentistry; dental materials; pain and analgesic drugs
Cyril Meyerowitz, BDS, MS Cariology, salivary dysfunction, dental aspects of medically compromised patients and postdoctoral general dentistry education.
Ralph H. Saunders, Jr., DDS, MS Geriatric dentistry; General dentistry
J. Daniel Subtelny, DDS, MS Craniofacial Dysmorphologies: emphasis on cleft lip and palate; growth and development of the craniofacial complex; the temporomandibular joint; occlusion and malocclusion diagnosis and treatment; speech – velopharyngeal physiology and pathology; the role of neuronal function in craniofacial diseases; craniofacial anomalies in lysosomal metabolic diseases; gene therapy for the treatment of congenital craniofacial anomalies; study of orofacial pain from the temporomandibular joint; effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on remodeling of the periodontium
Andy (Yen-Tung) Teng, DDS, MS, PhD Infectious periodontal biofilms and host immunity; Cellular and molecular mechanisms of periodontal pathogenesis in humans; Identify and study important microbial virulence factors involved in human periodontitis; Develop new markers for clinical periodontal dianosis and treatment outcomes; Develop new reagents for periodontal therapy (i.e., single-chain human monoclonal antibodies and vaccines and others); Develop new animal models for studying periodontal pathogenesis; Infectious perodontal biofilms in diabetes and its clinical complications; Infectious periodontal biofilms and its clinical diagnosis (i.e., quantitative PCR for monitoring clincial disease progression)
Todd Thierer, DDS, MPH Decision analysis; Cost-effectiveness analysis, patient preference for health states; Dental anxiety and phobia; Health services research