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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Improving A Dental School's Clinic Operations Using Lean Process Improvement, Fonda G. Robinson, Larry L. Cunningham, Sharon P. Turner, John E. Lindroth, Deborah Ray, Talib Khan, Audrey Yates
Improving A Dental School's Clinic Operations Using Lean Process Improvement, Fonda G. Robinson, Larry L. Cunningham, Sharon P. Turner, John E. Lindroth, Deborah Ray, Talib Khan, Audrey Yates
Oral Health Practice Faculty Publications
The term "lean production," also known as "Lean," describes a process of operations management pioneered at the Toyota Motor Company that contributed significantly to the success of the company. Although developed by Toyota, the Lean process has been implemented at many other organizations, including those in health care, and should be considered by dental schools in evaluating their clinical operations. Lean combines engineering principles with operations management and improvement tools to optimize business and operating processes. One of the core concepts is relentless elimination of waste (non-value-added components of a process). Another key concept is utilization of individuals closest to …
Transcriptome Analysis Of B Cell Immune Functions In Periodontitis: Mucosal Tissue Responses To The Oral Microbiome In Aging, Jeffrey L. Ebersole, Sreenatha S. Kirakodu, Michael John Novak, Luis Orraca, Janis Gonzalez-Martinez, Larry Cunningham Jr., Mark V. Thomas, Arnold J. Stromberg, Subramanya N. Pandruvada, Octavio A. Gonzalez
Transcriptome Analysis Of B Cell Immune Functions In Periodontitis: Mucosal Tissue Responses To The Oral Microbiome In Aging, Jeffrey L. Ebersole, Sreenatha S. Kirakodu, Michael John Novak, Luis Orraca, Janis Gonzalez-Martinez, Larry Cunningham Jr., Mark V. Thomas, Arnold J. Stromberg, Subramanya N. Pandruvada, Octavio A. Gonzalez
Center for Oral Health Research Faculty Publications
Evidence has shown activation of T and B cells in gingival tissues in experimental models and in humans diagnosed with periodontitis. The results of this adaptive immune response are noted both locally and systemically with antigenic specificity for an array of oral bacteria, including periodontopathic species, e.g., Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. It has been recognized through epidemiological studies and clinical observations that the prevalence of periodontitis increases with age. This report describes our studies evaluating gingival tissue transcriptomes in humans and specifically exploiting the use of a non-human primate model of naturally occurring periodontitis to delineate gingival mucosal …
Phylotoast: Bioinformatics Tools For Species-Level Analysis And Visualization Of Complex Microbial Datasets, Shareef M. Dabdoub, Megan L. Fellows, Akshay D. Paropkari, Matthew R. Mason, Sarandeep S. Huja, Alexandra A. Tsigarida, Purnima S. Kumar
Phylotoast: Bioinformatics Tools For Species-Level Analysis And Visualization Of Complex Microbial Datasets, Shareef M. Dabdoub, Megan L. Fellows, Akshay D. Paropkari, Matthew R. Mason, Sarandeep S. Huja, Alexandra A. Tsigarida, Purnima S. Kumar
Oral Health Science Faculty Publications
The 16S rRNA gene is widely used for taxonomic profiling of microbial ecosystems; and recent advances in sequencing chemistry have allowed extremely large numbers of sequences to be generated from minimal amounts of biological samples. Analysis speed and resolution of data to species-level taxa are two important factors in large-scale explorations of complex microbiomes using 16S sequencing. We present here new software, Phylogenetic Tools for Analysis of Species-level Taxa (PhyloToAST), that completely integrates with the QIIME pipeline to improve analysis speed, reduce primer bias (requiring two sequencing primers), enhance species-level analysis, and add new visualization tools. The code …
A Simplified Technique For Implant-Abutment Level Impression After Soft Tissue Adaptation Around Provisional Restoration, Ahmad Kutkut, Osama Abu-Hammad, Robert Q. Frazer
A Simplified Technique For Implant-Abutment Level Impression After Soft Tissue Adaptation Around Provisional Restoration, Ahmad Kutkut, Osama Abu-Hammad, Robert Q. Frazer
Oral Health Practice Faculty Publications
Impression techniques for implant restorations can be implant level or abutment level impressions with open tray or closed tray techniques. Conventional implant-abutment level impression techniques are predictable for maximizing esthetic outcomes. Restoration of the implant traditionally requires the use of the metal or plastic impression copings, analogs, and laboratory components. Simplifying the dental implant restoration by reducing armamentarium through incorporating conventional techniques used daily for crowns and bridges will allow more general dentists to restore implants in their practices. The demonstrated technique is useful when modifications to implant abutments are required to correct the angulation of malpositioned implants. This technique …
An Instrument To Measure Dental Students' Communication Skills With Patients In Six Specific Circumstances: An Exploratory Factor Analysis, Joanna Alice Aalboe, Mitzi M. Schumacher
An Instrument To Measure Dental Students' Communication Skills With Patients In Six Specific Circumstances: An Exploratory Factor Analysis, Joanna Alice Aalboe, Mitzi M. Schumacher
Center for Oral Health Research Faculty Publications
The aim of this study was to explore the internal structure of an instrument assessing dental students' confidence in their ability to communicate with patients in six specific circumstances (anxious, in pain, etc.) using exploratory factor analysis. In a Communication in the Dental Health Care Setting course at a U.S. dental school, second-year dental students in two years (2013 and 2014) responded to the six items on a survey instrument. Of the total 123 students, 122 fully completed the instrument, for a response rate of 99%. Analysis of the results identified a unidimensional scale with regards to patient-specific communication self-efficacy …