LLUSD researchers well represented at IADR/AADR 2010

Seventeen research posters from a cross section of LLUSD students, faculty, and staff were featured at the most recent joint annual proceedings of the International Association for Dental Research and the American Association for Dental Research held in Washington, DC, March 3-6, 2010.

Listed below are the LLUSD research posters that were displayed at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, as well as pictures of some of the LLUSD research cohort that attended the convention.

Comparing Effectiveness Of Plaque Removal Of Three Different Interproximal Devices
A. MOBILIA, G. ERICKSON, V. DROUIN, J. MERCER, and S. SEVILLA PEREZ, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

Identification of Microorganisms in Dental Plaques Using Checkerboard DNA-DNA Hybridization
Y. LI, R. APRECIO, W. ZHANG, and S. LEE, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
 

L-R: Alisa Wilson, RDA, OSMA, safety coordinator; Sean Lee, DDS, assistant professor, Restorative Dentistry; Michele Arambula, DA, technical assistant; Jung-Wei “Anna” Chen, DDS, MS, PhD, director, Advanced Education Program, Pediatric Dentistry; Clyde Roggenkamp, DDS, MS, associate professor, Restorative Dentistry

Tongue-coating Score Variations in Different Tongue-coating Zones
S. LEE, W. JEONG, J. MOON, and D. LEE, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

Efficacy and Compliance of Sterilization Methods in Dental Practice
S. PURI, S. GOVINDAGOUDAR, W. ZHANG, R. KHOIE, O. MOHAMED, Q. WANG, K. POULSON, J. KIM, and Y. LI, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

L-R: Shweta Puri, DDS, CDR lab researcher, Alisa Wilson, RDA, OSMA, safety coordinator; Michele Arambula, DA, technical assistant, Center for Dental Research; Jung-Wei “Anna” Chen, DDS, MS, PhD, director, Advanced Education Program, Pediatric Dentistry; Adrian Mobilia, DDS, associate professor, Periodontics; Graig Erickson, SD’09, resident, Advanced Education Program, Periodontics; Chun Xiao Sun, DMD, PhD, MSD’09, associate professor, Periodontics 

Infection Control/Safety Compliance by Faculty, Staff and Students
A.C. WILSON, P.L. RICHARDSON, S.G. MORROW, and W.P. NAYLOR, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

P Gingivalis Engages Immune Pathways Linked to TH1/TH17 Lineage Differentiation
N. MOUTSOPOULOS, B. GUPTA, N. ANGELOV, S. NARES, and S. WAHL, NIDCR/NIH, Bethesda, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Effects of Contaminations on Dentin Bonding Strength of Glass Ionomers
L. BUTLER, J.-W. CHEN, F.R. TRAFICANTE, II, C. ROGGENKAMP, and H. RITER, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

Five-Year Clinical Evaluation of Tetric EvoCeram Restorations in Anterior Teeth
S. LEE, M. ARAMBULA, K. POULSEN, K. BRAY, and Y. LI, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

A Digital Instruction of Techniques and Principles of Mucoperiosteal Flaps
S. ARCENEAUX, M. LU, W. TANAKA, F. ORBAN, and M. KNUTSON, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

Polarized Light Microscopy Lesion Area in Early Caries Detection
J. WEFEL, M. MEHARRY, D. DAWSON, J. HARLESS, and C. KUMMET, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

Use of a Grading Rubric to Evaluate Research Abstracts
K. WILKINS, C. WHITT, D. CHEEK, R. WILKINS, and J. STEPHENS, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

Relationship between Parent’s Knowledge of Caries Transmissibility and Caries Prevalence
S. SEGURA, J.-W. CHEN, B. NELSON, and F.R. TRAFICANTE, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

Histological Evaluation of New Carrier System for rhBMP-2
M. LU, J. HONG, A. HERFORD, and P. BOYNE, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

Mouse Model of Experimental Diabetic Periodontitis Induced by Gram-negative Infection
Q. WANG, W. ZHANG, R. APRECIO, O. MOHAMED, S. GOVINDAGOUDAR, S. PURI, and Y. LI, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, CA; State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Chengdu, China, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

Expression of 25-HydroxyvitaminD₃-1-a-Hydroxylase in Gingival Epithelial Cells
Q. WANG, W. ZHANG, R. APRECIO, and Y. LI, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, CA, USA; State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Chengdu, China, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA

Expression Change of Adenosine Receptors in Human Chronic Periodontitis
C.-X. SUN, N.R. WALL, N. ANGELOV, C. RIRIE, J.-W. CHEN, D.S. BOSKOVIC, and J.M. HENKIN, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

Anatomical Proximity of the Maxillary Artery to the Gow-Gates Injection
S. SEHEULT, M. LU, B. KRALL, N. MARONGIU, and J. ASK, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA