Research publications

RECENTLY PUBLISHED RESEARCH

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Impact of Acculturation on Dental Attendance of Preschoolers Among Filipino Immigrants in Edmonton, Canada

Badri P, Dahlan R, Amin M. Published in Global Social Welfare. Sep 2020. doi: 10.1007/s40609-020-00189-x

Perceived Effectiveness and Applicability of Think-Pair-Share Including Storytelling (TPS-S) to Enhance Clinical Learning

Ganatra S, Doblanko T, Rasmussen K, Green J, Kebbe M, Amin M, Perez A. Published in Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2020 Sep 2;1-12. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2020.1811094

Prevalence of hyposalivation in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pina GMS, Mota Carvalho R, Silva BSF, Almeida FT. Published in Gerodontology. 2020 Sep 23. doi: 10.1111/ger.12497. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32965067 Review.

Spontaneous Palatal Cleft Closure

Ritto FG, Sperber GH, Smith KS. Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal (online ahead of print). 2020 Sep 28:1055665620960970. doi: 10.1177/1055665620960970.

Strategies to reduce attrition in managing paediatric obesity: A systematic review.

Ball GDC, Sebastianski M, Wijesundera J, Keto-Lambert D, Ho J, Zenlea I, Perez A, Nobles J, Skelton JA. Published in Pediatric Obesity. 2020 Sep 22:e12733. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12733. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32959990 Review.

The use of finite element analysis in dentistry and orthodontics: Critical points for model development and interpreting results

Romanyk DL, Vafaeian B, Addison O, Adeeb S. Published in Seminars in Orthodontics. Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 162-173

Augmented Reality Application to Develop a Learning Tool for Students: Transforming Cellphones into Flashcards

Sharmin N, Chow AK. Published in Healthcare Informatics Research. 2020 Jul;26(3):238-242. doi: 10.4258/ hir.2020.26.3.238. Epub 2020 Jul 31

Dental enamel

Sperber GH. Published in The South African Dental Journal. August 2020, Vol. 75 No. 7 p384 - p386

Detection of mast cells in ameloblastomas and odontogenic keratocysts

dos Santos ES, de Andrade RRA, Sampaio GC, Catunda RQ, Andrade ESDS. Published in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry. Volume 12, Issue 8, 1 August 2020, Pages e755-e761

Erythroid precursors and progenitors suppress adaptive immunity and get invaded by SARS-CoV-2

Shahbaz S, Xu L, Osman M, Sligl W, Shields J, Joyce M, Tyrrell L, Oyegbami O, Elahi S. Preprinted in bioRxiv 2020.08.18.255927; doi: https:// doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.18.255927

Evaluation of mandibular changes after rapid maxillary expansion: a CBCT study in youngsters with unilateral posterior crossbite using a surface-to-surface matching technique

Leonardi RM, Aboulazm K, Giudice AL, Ronsivalle V, D’Antò V, Lagravère M, Isola G. Published in Clinical Oral Investigations. 2020 Aug 2. doi: 10.1007/s00784-02003480-5.

Influence of heritability on occlusal traits: a systematic review of studies in twins

Santana LG, Flores-Mir C, Iglesias-Linares A, Pithon MM, Marques LS. Published in Progress in OrthodonticsOpen AccessVolume 21, Issue 1, 1 December 2020, Article number 29

Neonatal and Children’s Immune System and COVID-19: Biased Immune Tolerance versus Resistance Strategy

Elahi S. Published in The Journal of Immunology. 2020 Aug 21:ji2000710. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000710.

A peptide coating preventing the attachment of Porphyromonas gingivalis on the surfaces of dental implants

Fang D, Yuran S, Reches M, Catunda R, Levin L, Febbraio M. Published in Journal of Periodontal Research. Volume 55, Issue 4, 1 August 2020, Pages 503-510

Selective Upregulation of CTLA-4 on CD8+ T Cells Restricted by HLA-B*35Px Renders them to an Exhausted Phenotype in HIV-1 infection

Elahi S, Shahbaz S, Houston S. Published in PLoS Pathogens. 2020 Aug 6;16(8):e1008696. doi: 10.1371/journal. ppat.1008696. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Neural crest-specific loss of Bmp7 leads to midfacial hypoplasia, nasal airway obstruction and disordered breathing, modeling obstructive sleep apnea

Pranidhi Baddam, Vivian Biancardi, Daniela M. Roth, Farah Eaton, Claudine Thereza-Bussolaro, Rupasri Mandal, David S. Wishart, Amy Barr, Joanna MacLean, Carlos Flores-Mir, Silvia Pagliardini and Daniel Graf. Disease Models & Mechanisms 2021 14: dmm047738 doi: 10.1242/dmm.047738 Published 11 February 2021

Effect of diagnostic score reporting following a structured clinical assessment of dental hygiene student performance

Alix Clarke, MSc; Hollis Lai, PhD; Alexandra DE Sheppard, RDH, BA, MEd; Minn N Yoon, PhD | Can J Dent Hyg 2021;55(1): 39-47

Development of diagnostic score reporting for a dental hygiene structured clinical assessment

Alix Clarke, MSc; Hollis Lai, PhD; Alexandra DE Sheppard, BA, MEd, RDH; Minn N Yoon, PhD | Can J Dent Hyg 2021;55(1): 48-56

A comparison of 2- and 3-dimensional mandibular superimposition techniques against Björk’s structural superimposition method

Christopher Stephen Franco, Christopher Sexton, Carlos Flores-Mir, David Healey Ajo-Do Volume 159, Issue 3, E253-E273

Oropharyngeal 3-dimensional changes after maxillary expansion with 2 different orthodontic approaches

Silvia Gianoni-Capenakas, Carlos FloresMir, Manuel Lagravère Vich, Camila Pacheco-Pereira. Ajo-Do Volume 159, Issue 3, P352-359,

Finite element analysis: Is it justifiable? Manuel Lagravère

Ajo-Do GUEST EDITORIAL,Volume 159, Issue 3, P255-256