Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
51ԹϺ School of Dental Medicine received a grant of nearly $182,000 from the State of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Health Care Financing and Policy to expand the Seal Nevada South program through June 30, 2024. Seal Nevada South offers oral health education, oral hygiene instruction, oral health screenings, dental…
Charlton Bassett, Hunter Triplett, Keegan Lott (all Medicine) with Katherine M. Howard and Karl Kingsley (both Dental) recently published their study, "Differential Expression of MicroRNA (MiR-27, MiR-145) among Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs) Following Neurogenic Differentiation Stimuli," in the MDPI journal, Biomedicines.
Gio Lee, Justin Vo, and Neamat Hassan (all Dental) recently published their study, "Shear Bond Strength of Different Types of Cement Used for Bonding Band and Loop Space Maintainer," in the Open Journal of Stomatology.
Dr. Jyoti Mago, Dr. Neamat Hassan, and third-year dental students Luke Smith and Nicholas Bautista (all Dental), presented "Identifying Indirect Restorations using two-dimensional Imaging and three-dimensional imaging by using low dose and standard protocols on two different CBCT Machines” during the poster session of the American Academy of Oral…
Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) presented “The Potential Usefulness of ChatGPT in the Queries related to Radiation Biology and Radiation Protection” during the poster session of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology meeting. The study concluded that ChatGPT-3 being a descriptive model is quite competent in answering queries related to…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) has been appointed section co-head for the World Workshop of Oral Medicine IX by the American Academy of Oral Medicine. The section's task is defining a global undergraduate oral medicine curriculum and minimal competencies for graduating dental students around the world. The group comprises 12 prominent oral medicine…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) has been appointed section co-head for the World Workshop of Oral Medicine IX by the American Academy of Oral Medicine. The section's task is defining a global undergraduate oral medicine curriculum and minimal competencies for graduating dental students around the world. The group comprises 12 prominent oral medicine…
Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) has been inducted as a fellow of the International College of Dentists, USA Section. The College of Dentists is a worldwide honorary organization for outstanding dentists who have demonstrated abiding interest and concern for their communities and profession through serving others with leadership, integrity, and ethical…
Jyoti Mago (Dental) has been inducted as a fellow by the Pierre Fauchard Academy, which recognizes and develops outstanding leadership within the dental profession. Fellowship in the Academy is by nomination and based on past contributions to dentistry including dental literature, service to the profession, and service to the general community.…
Dr. Neamat Hassan (Dental) received her induction as a fellow of the American College of Dentists during the American Dental Association’s annual meeting earlier this month. The American College of Dentists – the oldest national-level honorary organization for dentists – strives to advance excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership in…
Hunter Hinton, Spencer Coleman, JR Salem, and Karl Kingsley (all Dental) recently published their study, "Screening for High-Risk Oral Human Papillomavirus (HPV31, HPV33, HPV35) in a Multi-Racial Pediatric and Adult Clinic Patient Population," in the MDPI journal Cancers.
Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation by the American Dental Association to co-present a national oral pathology continuing education course titled, "Beyond the Smile: Exploring Oral Pathology for Dental Professionals." The three-hour webinar focused on performing comprehensive extra-oral and intra-oral exams, diagnosis and treatment of…