• Identification of barriers and beliefs influencing engagement by adult and teen Mexican-Americans in oral health behaviors 

  Aguirre-Zero, Odette; Westerhold, C.; Goldsworthy, R.; Maupome, G. (Dennis Barber, Ltd., 2016-03)

  OBJECTIVE: To identify barriers and beliefs influencing oral health and dental care-seeking among Mexican-Americans. RESEARCH DESIGN: Interviews and Likert-scale survey questions were utilized to explore urgent and ...
• The influence of delayed light curing on the degree of conversion and polymerization contraction stress in dual-cured resin luting agents 

  Labban, Nawaf; Iskander, Mounir; Platt, Jeffrey A.; Andres, Carl J.; Levon, John A.; Hovijitra, Suteera; Brown, David T. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  The aim of the study was to assess the effect of delayed photo-initiation on the polymerization contraction stress (PCS) and degree of conversion (DC) of a dual-cure resin-luting agent. Thirty-five disk (6 mm × 1 mm) samples ...
• Synthesis and characterization of CaO-loaded electrospun matrices for bone tissue engineering 

  Münchow, Eliseu A.; Pankajakshan, Divya; Albuquerque, Maria T. P.; Kamocki, Krzysztof; Piva, Evandro; Gregory, Richard L.; Bottino, Marco C. (Springer, 2016-11)

  Objectives To synthesize and characterize biodegradable polymer-based matrices loaded with CaO-nanoparticles for osteomyelitis treatment and bone tissue engineering. Materials and methods Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) ...
• Evaluation of a Web-based Error Reporting Surveillance System in a Large Iranian Hospital 

  Askarian, Mehrdad; Ghoreishi, Mahboobeh; Haghighinejad, Hourvash Akbari; Palenik, Charles John; Ghodsi, Maryam (2017-08)

  BACKGROUND: Proper reporting of medical errors helps healthcare providers learn from adverse incidents and improve patient safety. A well-designed and functioning confidential reporting system is an essential component to ...
• Snus use and rejection in the USA 

  Biener, Lois; Roman, Anthony M.; McInerney, Scott A.; Bolcic-Jankovic, Dragana; Hatsukami, Dororthy K.; Loukas, Alexandra; O’Connor, Richard J.; Romito, Laura (BMJ, 2016-07)

  OBJECTIVE: To determine whether snus might become a strategy for reducing the harm associated with cigarette smoking in the USA as appears to be the case in Sweden, we examined receptivity to snus use in two cities with ...
• Triple Antibiotic Polymer Nanofibers for Intracanal Drug Delivery: Effects on Dual Species Biofilm and Cell Function 

  Pankajakshan, Divya; Albuquerque, Maria T.P.; Evans, Joshua D.; Kamocka, Malgorzata M.; Gregory, Richard L.; Bottino, Marco C. (Elsevier, 2016-10)

  Introduction Root canal disinfection and the establishment of an intracanal microenvironment conducive to the proliferation/differentiation of stem cells play a significant role in regenerative endodontics. This study was ...
• Effects of air-abrasion pressure on the resin bond strength to zirconia: a combined cyclic loading and thermocycling aging study 

  Al-Shehri, Eman Z.; Al-Zain, Afnan O.; Sabrah, Alaa H.; Al-Angari, Sarah S.; Al Dehailan, Laila; Eckert, George J.; Özcan, Mutlu; Platt, Jeffrey A.; Bottino, Marco C. (XMLink, 2017-08)

  Objectives To determine the combined effect of fatigue cyclic loading and thermocycling (CLTC) on the shear bond strength (SBS) of a resin cement to zirconia surfaces that were previously air-abraded with aluminum oxide ...
• Effect of Commonly Prescribed Liquid Medications on Streptococcus mutans Biofilm. An in vitro study 

  Clark, Samantha A.; Vinson, LaQuia A.; Eckert, George; Gregory, Richard L. (Massage Therapy Foundation and the Registered Massage Therapists Association of British Columbia., 2017)

  Objective: This study addressed the effect of pediatric liquid antibiotic medications on Streptococcus mutans UA159. These suspensions commonly contain sugars such as sucrose to make them more palatable for children. The ...
• Optimizing light-cured composite through variations in camphorquinone and butylhydroxytoluene concentrations 

  Nassar, Hani; Chu, Tien-Min; Platt, Jeffrey (2016-05)

  The use of a free-radical polymerization inhibitor, butylhydroxytoluene (BHT), and a common photo-initiator, camphorquinone (CQ), to reduce polymerization stress in dental composite was investigated in this study. Samples ...
• Biomimetic and enzyme-responsive dynamic hydrogels for studying cell-matrix interactions in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma 

  Liu, Hung-Yi; Korc, Murray; Lin, Chien-Chi (Elsevier, 2018-04)

  The tumor microenvironment (TME) governs all aspects of cancer progression and in vitro 3D cell culture platforms are increasingly developed to emulate the interactions between components of the stromal tissues and cancer ...
• Nicotine Upregulates Coaggregation of Candida albicans and Streptococcus mutans 

  Ashkanane, Ali; Gomez, Grace F.; Levon, John; Windsor, Jack; Eckert, George J.; Gregory, Richard L. (Wiley, 2017)

  Purpose Denture stomatitis is a condition of painless inflammation of denture-bearing mucosa. Reports indicate that nicotine, the major psychoactive ingredient in tobacco, increases growth of Streptococcus mutans and ...
• The Effect of Polymerization Methods and Fiber Types on the Mechanical Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Resin-Based Composites 

  Huang, Nan-Chieh; Bottino, Marco C.; Chu, Tien-Min G. (Wiley, 2017-04)

  Purpose Glass fibers were introduced to increase the fracture resistance of resin-based composites restorations; however, the poor polymerization between fibers and resin-based composite were sometimes noted and can ...
• Pyk2 and Megakaryocytes Regulate Osteoblast Differentiation and Migration Via Distinct and Overlapping Mechanisms 

  Eleniste, Pierre P.; Patel, Vruti; Posritong, Sumana; Zero, Odette; Largura, Heather; Cheng, Ying-Hua; Himes, Evan R.; Hamilton, Matthew; Baughman, Jenna; Kacena, Melissa A.; Bruzzaniti, Angela (Wiley, 2016-06)

  Osteoblast differentiation and migration are necessary for bone formation during bone remodeling. Mice lacking the proline-rich tyrosine kinase Pyk2 (Pyk2-KO) have increased bone mass, in part due to increased osteoblast ...
• Dimensionally stable and bioactive membrane for guided bone regeneration: An in vitro study 

  Rowe, Matthew J.; Kamocki, Krzysztof; Pankajakshan, Divya; Li, Ding; Bruzzaniti, Angela; Thomas, Vinoy; Blanchard, Steve B.; Bottino, Marco C. (Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons), 2016-04)

  Composite fibrous electrospun membranes based on poly(dl-lactide) (PLA) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) were engineered to include borate bioactive glass (BBG) for the potential purposes of guided bone regeneration (GBR). ...
• Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disuse osteoporosis 

  Li, Jie; Yang, Shuang; Li, Xinle; Liu, Daquan; Gao, Zhe; Zhao, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Jiuguo; Gou, Fanglin; Yokota, Hiroki; Zhang, Ping (Elsevier, 2017-04)

  Osteoporosis is a major skeletal disease with low bone mineral density, which leads to an increased risk of bone fracture. Salubrinal is a synthetic chemical that inhibits dephosphorylation of eukaryotic translation ...
• Ontogenetic and functional modularity in the rodent mandible 

  Menegaz, Rachel A.; Ravosa, Matthew J. (Elsevier, 2017)

  The material properties of diets consumed by juvenile individuals are known to affect adult morphological outcomes. However, much of the current experimental knowledge regarding dietary effects on masticatory form is derived ...
• Effects of Novel 3-dimensional Antibiotic-containing Electrospun Scaffolds on Dentin Discoloration 

  Porter, Margaret Louise A.; Münchow, Eliseu A.; Albuquerque, Maria T. P.; Spolnik, Kenneth J.; Hara, Anderson T.; Bottino, Marco C. (Elsevier, 2016-01)

  INTRODUCTION: Although intracanal application of the triple antibiotic paste (TAP) may offer advantages (eg, disinfection), this practice has been associated with significant drawbacks, including tooth discoloration. ...
• Fracture Resistance and Microleakage of Endocrowns Utilizing Three CAD-CAM Blocks 

  El-Damanhoury, Hatem M.; Haj-Ali, Reem N.; Platt, Jeffrey A. (2015-03)

  This study assessed marginal leakage and fracture resistance of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) fabricated ceramic crowns with intracoronal extensions into the pulp chambers of endodontically ...
• Effect of nicotine on cariogenic virulence of Streptococcus mutans 

  Li, Mingyun; Huang, Ruijie; Zhou, Xuedong; Qiu, Wei; Xu, Xin; Gregory, Richard L. (Springer, 2016-11)

  Nicotine has well-documented effects on the growth and colonization of Streptococcus mutans. This study attempts to investigate the effects of nicotine on pathogenic factors of S. mutans, such as the effect on biofilm ...
• Photo Inactivation of Streptococcus mutans Biofilm by Violet-Blue light 

  Gomez, Grace F.; Huang, Ruijie; MacPherson, Meoghan; Zandona, Andrea G. Ferreira; Gregory, Richard L. (Springer, 2016-09)

  Among various preventive approaches, non-invasive phototherapy/photodynamic therapy is one of the methods used to control oral biofilm. Studies indicate that light at specific wavelengths has a potent antibacterial effect. ...

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